Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (CGBD) vs Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (VRTS)

Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. and Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. are both Asset Management companies. Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $813.9M against $733.5M — 1.1× the size. Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 6.8× against 20.4×. Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.7% against −7.16%. Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. has the higher net margin (14.5% vs 14.3%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 2.75%). Both pay a dividend; Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. yields more (14.4% vs 9.87%). Across the 19 metrics below, Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. leads on 11 and Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CGBD VRTS Asset Management median
P/E 20.41 6.84 13.99
P/S 2.78 0.99 2.76
P/B 0.67 0.86 0.85
Price to free cash flow 4.34 n/m 8.32
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.90% 14.62% 4.72%
Free cash flow yield 23.05% (6.38%) 4.44%

Profitability

Metric CGBD VRTS Asset Management median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 74.29% 15.71% 33.42%
Net margin 14.26% 14.52% 13.37%
Free cash flow margin 64.17% (6.29%) 12.36%
Return on equity 3.25% 12.99% 4.79%
Return on assets 1.47% 2.91% 1.55%
Return on invested capital 2.75% 0.00% 2.97%

Growth

Metric CGBD VRTS Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.71% (7.16%) 7.42%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (36.08%) 18.24% (6.67%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.01% 7.15% 12.51%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 72.30% 11.60% 0.00%

Health

Metric CGBD VRTS Asset Management median
Debt to equity 1.20 0.44 0.44
Current ratio 0.79 10.54 1.30
Net debt to EBITDA 9.27 (12.38) 1.02

Dividend

Metric CGBD VRTS Asset Management median
Dividend yield 14.44% 9.87% 6.60%
Payout ratio 2.95 0.69 0.94

Size

Metric CGBD VRTS Asset Management median
Market cap 733.46m 813.93m 694.86m

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