Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DNP or CGBD?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, DNP or CGBD?

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

Is DNP or CGBD 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
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	40.69%	12.60%	5.77%

Which has better valuation & earnings, DNP or CGBD?

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
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	$241.63M	3.50	$92.28M	$1.79	9.28

Do analysts recommend DNP or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus price target of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.34%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Carlyle Secured Lending	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DNP or CGBD?

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

Is DNP or CGBD a better dividend stock?

DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. 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.

Does the media refer more to DNP or CGBD?

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 3 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 1 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Carlyle Secured Lending's score of 1.52 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DNP Select Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Carlyle Secured Lending	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

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