Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD – Get Free Report) and MDB Capital (NASDAQ:MDBH – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Carlyle Secured Lending and MDB Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Carlyle Secured Lending | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.43 |
| MDB Capital | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Carlyle Secured Lending currently has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.61%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than MDB Capital.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Volatility and Risk
Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MDB Capital has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Carlyle Secured Lending and MDB Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Carlyle Secured Lending | 14.26% | 8.85% | 3.90% |
| MDB Capital | N/A | -39.77% | -38.48% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Carlyle Secured Lending and MDB Capital”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Carlyle Secured Lending | $255.57 million | 3.02 | $69.97 million | $0.51 | 21.96 |
| MDB Capital | $4.91 million | 5.17 | -$21.25 million | ($2.18) | -1.13 |
Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than MDB Capital. MDB Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carlyle Secured Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Carlyle Secured Lending beats MDB Capital on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Carlyle Secured Lending
Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. is business development company specializing in first lien debt, senior secured loans, second lien senior secured loan unsecured debt, mezzanine debt and investments in equities. It specializes in directly investing. It specializes in middle market. It targets healthcare and pharmaceutical, aerospace and defense, high tech industries, business services, software, beverage food and tobacco, hotel gamming and leisure, banking finance insurance and in real estate sector. The fund seeks to invest across United States of America, Luxembourg, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, and United Kingdom. It invests in companies with EBITDA between $25 million and $100 million.
About MDB Capital
MDB Capital Holdings, LLC, through its subsidiaries, primarily operates as a broker-dealer. The company operates through two segments, Broker Dealer & Intellectual Property Service, and Technology Development. The Broker Dealer & Intellectual Property Service segment operates as a full-service broker dealer that focuses on conducting private and public securities offerings, as well as providing research services for investment banking due diligence. The Technology Development segment engages in the synthetic biology technology development business. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Addison, Texas.
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