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Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (CGBD) vs SLR Investment Corp. (SLRC)

Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. and SLR Investment Corp. are both Asset Management companies. Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $749.3M against $643.0M — 1.2× the size. SLR Investment Corp. trades at the lower P/E: 11.3× against 20.7×. Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.60% against −8.08%. SLR Investment Corp. has the higher net margin (28.8% vs 14.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.96% vs 2.73%). Both pay a dividend; Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. yields more (13.8% vs 12.0%). Across the 20 metrics below, SLR Investment Corp. leads on 16 and Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric CGBD SLRC Asset Management median
P/E 20.68 11.32 13.38
P/S 2.91 3.24 2.99
P/B 0.70 0.67 0.91
Price to free cash flow 4.42 3.00 7.79
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.84% 8.83% 4.67%
Free cash flow yield 22.63% 33.32% 4.85%

Profitability

Metric CGBD SLRC Asset Management median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 0.00% 70.35% 27.27%
Net margin 14.39% 28.75% 11.89%
Free cash flow margin 65.93% 107.93% 5.96%
Return on equity 3.26% 5.91% 4.57%
Return on assets 1.47% 2.28% 1.40%
Return on invested capital 2.73% 2.96% 2.12%

Growth

Metric CGBD SLRC Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.60% (8.08%) 7.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (36.08%) (3.41%) (5.64%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.01% 12.41% 11.84%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 72.30% 43.04% 0.00%

Health

Metric CGBD SLRC Asset Management median
Debt to equity 1.22 1.14 0.40
Current ratio 0.00 1.09 1.23
Net debt to EBITDA 9.27 5.05 1.06

Dividend

Metric CGBD SLRC Asset Management median
Dividend yield 13.82% 12.01% 6.43%
Payout ratio 2.95 1.36 0.91

Size

Metric CGBD SLRC Asset Management median
Market cap 749.28m 642.97m 692.54m

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