Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NCDL) Competitors

Sixth Street Specialty Lending (NYSE:TSLX) and Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NYSE:NCDL) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Is TSLX or NCDL a better dividend stock?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Sixth Street Specialty Lending pays out 91.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending pays out 98.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TSLX or NCDL?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sixth Street Specialty Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	$482.53M	4.83	$220.02M	$2.01	12.32
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	$224.04M	3.51	$116.32M	$1.82	8.74

Is TSLX or NCDL more profitable?

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a net margin of 43.35% compared to Sixth Street Specialty Lending's net margin of 39.56%. Sixth Street Specialty Lending's return on equity of 13.47% beat Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	39.56%	13.47%	6.17%
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	43.35%	11.88%	5.25%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TSLX or NCDL?

70.3% of Sixth Street Specialty Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Sixth Street Specialty Lending shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, TSLX or NCDL?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TSLX or NCDL?

In the previous week, Sixth Street Specialty Lending had 5 more articles in the media than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Sixth Street Specialty Lending and 3 mentions for Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Sixth Street Specialty Lending's score of 1.23 indicating that Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer TSLX or NCDL?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending currently has a consensus price target of $23.28, suggesting a potential downside of 5.97%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a consensus price target of $16.63, suggesting a potential upside of 4.56%. Given Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending is more favorable than Sixth Street Specialty Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Summary

Sixth Street Specialty Lending beats Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.