Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (CGBD) vs PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (PFLT)

Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. are both Asset Management companies. Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $733.5M against $660.1M — 1.1× the size. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 12.8× against 20.4×. Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.7% against 9.33%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. has the higher net margin (18.5% vs 14.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.51% vs 2.75%). Both pay a dividend; PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. yields more (15.9% vs 14.4%). Across the 19 metrics below, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. leads on 13 and Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CGBD PFLT Asset Management median
P/E 20.41 12.76 13.99
P/S 2.78 2.38 2.76
P/B 0.67 0.63 0.85
Price to free cash flow 4.34 n/m 8.32
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.90% 7.83% 4.72%
Free cash flow yield 23.05% (9.04%) 4.44%

Profitability

Metric CGBD PFLT Asset Management median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 74.29% 76.57% 33.42%
Net margin 14.26% 18.53% 13.37%
Free cash flow margin 64.17% (21.54%) 12.36%
Return on equity 3.25% 4.77% 4.79%
Return on assets 1.47% 1.95% 1.55%
Return on invested capital 2.75% 3.51% 2.97%

Growth

Metric CGBD PFLT Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.71% 9.33% 7.42%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (36.08%) (48.57%) (6.67%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.01% 22.32% 12.51%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 72.30% 29.23% 0.00%

Health

Metric CGBD PFLT Asset Management median
Debt to equity 1.20 0.94 0.44
Current ratio 0.79 0.19 1.30
Net debt to EBITDA 9.27 3.46 1.02

Dividend

Metric CGBD PFLT Asset Management median
Dividend yield 14.44% 15.94% 6.60%
Payout ratio 2.95 2.03 0.94

Size

Metric CGBD PFLT Asset Management median
Market cap 733.46m 660.13m 694.86m

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