Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD) Competitors

Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) and Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CGBD or ERO?

Carlyle Secured Lending received 183 more outperform votes than Ero Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.72% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote while only 17.39% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carlyle Secured Lending	Outperform Votes 187 57.72%	Underperform Votes 137 42.28%
Ero Copper	Outperform Votes 4 17.39%	Underperform Votes 19 82.61%

Does the media refer more to CGBD or ERO?

In the previous week, Ero Copper had 14 more articles in the media than Carlyle Secured Lending. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ero Copper and 3 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.53 indicating that Carlyle Secured Lending is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carlyle Secured Lending	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ero Copper	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CGBD or ERO?

Ero Copper has higher revenue and earnings than Carlyle Secured Lending. Carlyle Secured Lending is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ero Copper, 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
Carlyle Secured Lending	$241.63M	3.77	$92.28M	$1.71	10.48
Ero Copper	$427.48M	5.12	$92.80M	$0.65	32.77

Do analysts rate CGBD or ERO?

Carlyle Secured Lending presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.71%. Ero Copper has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.68%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Carlyle Secured Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carlyle Secured Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Ero Copper	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has more risk & volatility, CGBD or ERO?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CGBD or ERO more profitable?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 38.15% compared to Ero Copper's net margin of 14.23%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 12.92% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carlyle Secured Lending	38.15%	12.92%	5.71%
Ero Copper	14.23%	11.86%	5.85%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CGBD or ERO?

24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ero Copper beats Carlyle Secured Lending on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.