Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (CGBD) vs New Mountain Finance Corporation (NMFC)

Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. and New Mountain Finance Corporation are both Asset Management companies. Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $733.5M against $651.3M — 1.1× the size. New Mountain Finance Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. trades at 20.4×. Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.7% against −60.6%. Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. has the higher net margin (14.3% vs −41.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.75% vs −1.29%). Both pay a dividend; New Mountain Finance Corporation yields more (16.9% vs 14.4%). Across the 19 metrics below, Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. leads on 12 and New Mountain Finance Corporation on 7.

Valuation

Metric CGBD NMFC Asset Management median
P/E 20.41 n/m 13.99
P/S 2.78 5.40 2.76
P/B 0.67 0.61 0.85
Price to free cash flow 4.34 0.96 8.32
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.90% (6.98%) 4.72%
Free cash flow yield 23.05% 103.81% 4.44%

Profitability

Metric CGBD NMFC Asset Management median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 74.29% 0.00% 33.42%
Net margin 14.26% (41.05%) 13.37%
Free cash flow margin 64.17% 560.64% 12.36%
Return on equity 3.25% (4.12%) 4.79%
Return on assets 1.47% (1.74%) 1.55%
Return on invested capital 2.75% (1.29%) 2.97%

Growth

Metric CGBD NMFC Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.71% (60.64%) 7.42%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (36.08%) (84.47%) (6.67%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.01% (1.03%) 12.51%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 72.30% (22.37%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CGBD NMFC Asset Management median
Debt to equity 1.20 1.30 0.44
Current ratio 0.79 13.33 1.30
Net debt to EBITDA 9.27 0.00 1.02

Dividend

Metric CGBD NMFC Asset Management median
Dividend yield 14.44% 16.94% 6.60%
Payout ratio 2.95 — 0.94

Size

Metric CGBD NMFC Asset Management median
Market cap 733.46m 651.25m 694.86m

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