The Taiwan Fund (TWN) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TWN or CGBD?

24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of The Taiwan 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TWN or CGBD more profitable?

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

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TWN or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Taiwan Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Taiwan Fund	$99.70M	1.95	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	$99.28M	7.33	$92.28M	$1.62	8.82

Is TWN or CGBD a better dividend stock?

The Taiwan Fund pays an annual dividend of $7.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 24.3%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, TWN or CGBD?

The Taiwan Fund has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TWN or CGBD?

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 1 more articles in the media than The Taiwan Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 3 mentions for The Taiwan Fund. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat The Taiwan Fund's score of 0.33 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
The Taiwan Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Carlyle Secured Lending	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TWN or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending received 133 more outperform votes than The Taiwan Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.05% of users gave The Taiwan Fund an outperform vote while only 56.33% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Taiwan Fund	Outperform Votes 54 71.05%	Underperform Votes 22 28.95%
Carlyle Secured Lending	Outperform Votes 187 56.33%	Underperform Votes 145 43.67%

Do analysts recommend TWN or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.96%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than The Taiwan Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Taiwan 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

Summary

Carlyle Secured Lending beats The Taiwan Fund on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.