Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD) Competitors

Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CGBD or DNP?

Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Carlyle Secured Lending	$107.43M	8.53	$92.28M	$1.79	10.06
DNP Select Income Fund	-$131.43M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CGBD or DNP?

DNP Select Income Fund received 7 more outperform votes than Carlyle Secured Lending when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 56.84% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carlyle Secured Lending	Outperform Votes 187 56.84%	Underperform Votes 142 43.16%
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%

Does the media favor CGBD or DNP?

In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Carlyle Secured Lending. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 2 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.80 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CGBD or DNP?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CGBD or DNP?

Carlyle Secured Lending presently has a consensus price target of $16.67, suggesting a potential downside of 7.41%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than DNP Select Income 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
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is CGBD or DNP more profitable?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 40.69% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 12.60% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carlyle Secured Lending	40.69%	12.60%	5.77%
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is CGBD or DNP a better dividend stock?

Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. 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.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CGBD or DNP?

24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Carlyle Secured Lending beats DNP Select Income Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.