The Mexico Fund (MXF) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MXF or CGBD?

24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of The Mexico Fund 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MXF or CGBD a better dividend stock?

The Mexico Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 98.8% 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 MXF or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.62%. 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
The Mexico Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Carlyle Secured Lending	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MXF or CGBD?

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 56.33% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Mexico Fund	Outperform Votes 98 57.31%	Underperform Votes 73 42.69%
Carlyle Secured Lending	Outperform Votes 187 56.33%	Underperform Votes 145 43.67%

Is MXF or CGBD 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
The Mexico Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	40.69%	12.60%	5.77%

Which has more risk and volatility, MXF or CGBD?

The Mexico Fund has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor MXF or CGBD?

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 2 more articles in the media than The Mexico Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 1 mentions for The Mexico Fund. The Mexico Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Carlyle Secured Lending's score of 0.97 indicating that The Mexico Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
The Mexico 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MXF or CGBD?

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
The Mexico Fund	-$5.77M	-36.69	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	$99.28M	8.34	$92.28M	$1.62	10.03

Summary

Carlyle Secured Lending beats The Mexico Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.