SURO Capital (SSSS) Competitors

SURO Capital (NASDAQ:SSSS) and Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts recommend SSSS or CGBD?

SURO Capital currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.76%. Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus target price of $14.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.98%. Given SURO Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe SURO Capital is more favorable than Carlyle Secured Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SURO Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Carlyle Secured Lending	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60

Which has more volatility and risk, SSSS or CGBD?

SURO Capital has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SSSS or CGBD more profitable?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 32.72% compared to SURO Capital's net margin of -462.84%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 10.49% beat SURO Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SURO Capital	-462.84%	-6.61%	-4.48%
Carlyle Secured Lending	32.72%	10.49%	4.88%

Does the media favor SSSS or CGBD?

In the previous week, SURO Capital had 6 more articles in the media than Carlyle Secured Lending. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for SURO Capital and 3 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat SURO Capital's score of 0.24 indicating that Carlyle Secured Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SURO Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Carlyle Secured Lending	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, SSSS or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than SURO Capital. SURO Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carlyle Secured Lending, 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
SURO Capital	$4.67M	43.07	-$38.12M	-$1.89	-4.46
Carlyle Secured Lending	$232.59M	3.08	$88.98M	$1.35	10.41

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SSSS or CGBD?

13.0% of SURO Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of SURO Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by company 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

Carlyle Secured Lending beats SURO Capital on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.