Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NCDL) Competitors

Guild (NYSE:GHLD) and Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NYSE:NCDL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GHLD or NCDL?

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Guild. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guild, 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
Guild	$1.04B	0.78	-$39.01M	$0.69	18.90
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	$98.95M	7.96	$75.94M	$1.87	8.38

Is GHLD or NCDL more profitable?

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a net margin of 53.56% compared to Guild's net margin of -12.78%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's return on equity of 12.72% beat Guild's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Guild	-12.78%	6.21%	1.76%
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	53.56%	12.72%	6.05%

Is GHLD or NCDL a better dividend stock?

Guild pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Guild pays out 144.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending pays out 96.3% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GHLD or NCDL?

17.5% of Guild shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.3% of Guild shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, GHLD or NCDL?

Guild has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GHLD or NCDL?

In the previous week, Guild had 3 more articles in the media than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Guild and 2 mentions for Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Guild's score of 0.44 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
Guild	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GHLD or NCDL?

Guild received 16 more outperform votes than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 37.04% of users gave Guild an outperform vote while only 26.67% of users gave Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Guild	Outperform Votes 20 37.04%	Underperform Votes 34 62.96%
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	Outperform Votes 4 26.67%	Underperform Votes 11 73.33%

Do analysts prefer GHLD or NCDL?

Guild presently has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.53%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a consensus price target of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.51%. Given Guild's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Guild is more favorable than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Guild	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Guild and Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.