Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD) Competitors

Eagle Point Credit (NYSE:ECC) and Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ECC or CGBD?

Eagle Point Credit has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Carlyle Secured Lending. Eagle Point Credit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carlyle Secured Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eagle Point Credit	$139.07M	5.62	$118.75M	$1.78	5.70
Carlyle Secured Lending	$241.63M	3.76	$92.28M	$1.71	10.46

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ECC or CGBD?

Eagle Point Credit received 96 more outperform votes than Carlyle Secured Lending when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.86% of users gave Eagle Point Credit an outperform vote while only 57.72% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eagle Point Credit	Outperform Votes 283 68.86%	Underperform Votes 128 31.14%
Carlyle Secured Lending	Outperform Votes 187 57.72%	Underperform Votes 137 42.28%

Which has more risk & volatility, ECC or CGBD?

Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ECC or CGBD a better dividend stock?

Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.6%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Eagle Point Credit pays out 94.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 93.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carlyle Secured Lending has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate ECC or CGBD?

Eagle Point Credit presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.37%. Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.56%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Eagle Point Credit is more favorable than Carlyle Secured Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eagle Point Credit	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Carlyle Secured Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ECC or CGBD?

19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ECC or CGBD more profitable?

Eagle Point Credit has a net margin of 84.05% compared to Eagle Point Credit's net margin of 38.15%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 14.27% beat Eagle Point Credit's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Point Credit	84.05%	14.27%	10.23%
Carlyle Secured Lending	38.15%	12.92%	5.71%

Does the media favor ECC or CGBD?

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 10 more articles in the media than Eagle Point Credit. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 2 mentions for Eagle Point Credit. Eagle Point Credit's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Carlyle Secured Lending's score of -0.50 indicating that Carlyle Secured Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eagle Point Credit	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Carlyle Secured Lending	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Eagle Point Credit beats Carlyle Secured Lending on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.