Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD) Competitors

Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) and Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, CGBD or ADX?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CGBD or ADX?

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 8 more articles in the media than Carlyle Secured Lending. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 2 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's score of 0.54 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CGBD or ADX more profitable?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 40.69% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 12.60% beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carlyle Secured Lending	40.69%	12.60%	5.77%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate CGBD or ADX?

Carlyle Secured Lending currently has a consensus target price of $16.67, indicating a potential downside of 9.71%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carlyle Secured Lending	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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

24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CGBD or ADX?

Carlyle Secured Lending received 41 more outperform votes than Adams Diversified Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.84% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carlyle Secured Lending	Outperform Votes 187 56.84%	Underperform Votes 142 43.16%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 146 53.09%	Underperform Votes 129 46.91%

Is CGBD or ADX a better dividend stock?

Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 89.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CGBD or ADX?

Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Carlyle Secured Lending	$241.63M	3.89	$92.28M	$1.79	10.31
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Carlyle Secured Lending beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.