The Mexico Fund (MXF) Competitors

Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) and The Mexico Fund (NYSE:MXF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, CGBD or MXF?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Mexico Fund has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CGBD or MXF?

24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of The Mexico Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CGBD or MXF?

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 3 more articles in the media than The Mexico Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 5 mentions for The Mexico Fund. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat The Mexico Fund's score of 0.53 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
The Mexico Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate CGBD or MXF?

Carlyle Secured Lending currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.41%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than The Mexico 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
The Mexico Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is CGBD or MXF more profitable?

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

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carlyle Secured Lending	40.69%	12.60%	5.77%
The Mexico Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is CGBD or MXF a better dividend stock?

Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. The Mexico Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. 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.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CGBD or MXF?

Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than The Mexico Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Carlyle Secured Lending	$241.63M	3.91	$92.28M	$1.79	10.37
The Mexico Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CGBD or MXF?

Carlyle Secured Lending received 89 more outperform votes than The Mexico Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.31% of users gave The Mexico Fund an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carlyle Secured Lending	Outperform Votes 187 56.67%	Underperform Votes 143 43.33%
The Mexico Fund	Outperform Votes 98 57.31%	Underperform Votes 73 42.69%

Summary

Carlyle Secured Lending beats The Mexico Fund on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.