Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD) Competitors

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

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

10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, PTY or CGBD?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, PTY or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	$230.95M	11.35	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	$99.28M	8.68	$92.28M	$1.62	10.44

Is PTY or CGBD more profitable?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 40.69% compared to PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 12.60% beat PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	40.69%	12.60%	5.77%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PTY or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending received 63 more outperform votes than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 56.33% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 124 64.92%	Underperform Votes 67 35.08%
Carlyle Secured Lending	Outperform Votes 187 56.33%	Underperform Votes 145 43.67%

Does the media refer more to PTY or CGBD?

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 2 more articles in the media than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 4 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Carlyle Secured Lending's score of 1.30 indicating that PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carlyle Secured Lending	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend PTY or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.53%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Carlyle Secured Lending	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33

Is PTY or CGBD a better dividend stock?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 98.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Carlyle Secured Lending beats PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.