BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF) Competitors

Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) and BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (NYSE:DHF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.

Is CGBD or DHF more profitable?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 32.72% compared to BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 10.49% beat BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carlyle Secured Lending	32.72%	10.49%	4.88%
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, CGBD or DHF?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CGBD or DHF?

Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Carlyle Secured Lending	$232.59M	3.10	$88.98M	$1.35	10.49
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	$16.31M	11.57	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is CGBD or DHF a better dividend stock?

Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 118.5% 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 analysts recommend CGBD or DHF?

Carlyle Secured Lending currently has a consensus target price of $14.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.17%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carlyle Secured Lending	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies 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 DHF?

24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor CGBD or DHF?

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 4 more articles in the media than BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 2 mentions for BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's score of 0.37 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Carlyle Secured Lending beats BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.