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 $749.3M against $661.2M — 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 20.7×. Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.60% against −63.6%. Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. has the higher net margin (14.4% vs −57.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.73% vs −1.54%). Both pay a dividend; New Mountain Finance Corporation yields more (16.3% vs 13.8%). Across the 18 metrics below, Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. leads on 11 and New Mountain Finance Corporation on 7.

Valuation

Metric CGBD NMFC Asset Management median
P/E 20.68 n/m 13.38
P/S 2.91 6.64 2.99
P/B 0.70 0.65 0.91
Price to free cash flow 4.42 1.05 7.79
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.84% (7.72%) 4.67%
Free cash flow yield 22.63% 94.81% 4.85%

Profitability

Metric CGBD NMFC Asset Management median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.00% 27.27%
Net margin 14.39% (57.29%) 11.89%
Free cash flow margin 65.93% 629.18% 5.96%
Return on equity 3.26% (5.01%) 4.57%
Return on assets 1.47% (2.10%) 1.40%
Return on invested capital 2.73% (1.54%) 2.12%

Growth

Metric CGBD NMFC Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.60% (63.56%) 7.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (36.08%) (84.47%) (5.64%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.01% (1.03%) 11.84%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 72.30% (22.37%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CGBD NMFC Asset Management median
Debt to equity 1.22 1.29 0.40
Current ratio 0.00 9.89 1.23
Net debt to EBITDA 9.27 0.00 1.06

Dividend

Metric CGBD NMFC Asset Management median
Dividend yield 13.82% 16.29% 6.43%
Payout ratio 2.95 — 0.91

Size

Metric CGBD NMFC Asset Management median
Market cap 749.28m 661.16m 692.54m

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