Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NCDL) Competitors

49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held 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.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending presently has a consensus target price of $13.63, indicating a potential upside of 22.03%. Crescent Capital BDC has a consensus target price of $12.63, indicating a potential upside of 37.68%. Given Crescent Capital BDC's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the broader market.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a net margin of 24.44% compared to Crescent Capital BDC's net margin of -2.02%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's return on equity of 9.60% beat Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Crescent Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending pays out 151.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crescent Capital BDC pays out -1,511.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crescent Capital BDC has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Crescent Capital BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending and Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending both had 3 articles in the media. Crescent Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's score of -0.33 indicating that Crescent Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Carlyle Secured 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 Carlyle Secured Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the broader market.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a net margin of 24.44% compared to Carlyle Secured Lending's net margin of 14.26%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's return on equity of 9.60% beat Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity.

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 7 more articles in the media than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 3 mentions for Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's score of -0.33 indicating that Carlyle Secured Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending pays out 151.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 274.5% 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 presently has a consensus target price of $13.63, indicating a potential upside of 22.03%. Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus target price of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 13.74%. Given Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending is more favorable than Carlyle Secured Lending.

New Mountain Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.2%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. New Mountain Finance pays out -212.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending pays out 151.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. New Mountain Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

New Mountain Finance has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the broader market.

New Mountain Finance presently has a consensus price target of $8.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.35%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a consensus price target of $13.63, suggesting a potential upside of 22.03%. Given Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending is more favorable than New Mountain Finance.

32.1% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending shares are held by company 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.

In the previous week, Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending had 2 more articles in the media than New Mountain Finance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending and 1 mentions for New Mountain Finance. New Mountain Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's score of -0.33 indicating that New Mountain Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a net margin of 24.44% compared to New Mountain Finance's net margin of -16.78%. New Mountain Finance's return on equity of 10.94% beat Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's return on equity.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has lower revenue, but higher earnings than New Mountain Finance. New Mountain Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance currently has a consensus target price of $12.60, indicating a potential upside of 13.46%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a consensus target price of $13.63, indicating a potential upside of 22.03%. Given Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending is more favorable than Bain Capital Specialty Finance.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending had 2 more articles in the media than Bain Capital Specialty Finance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending and 1 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of -0.33 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of -1.04 indicating that Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a net margin of 24.44% compared to Bain Capital Specialty Finance's net margin of 24.22%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's return on equity of 10.40% beat Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's return on equity.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.1%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays out 169.7% 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 151.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bain Capital Specialty Finance has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Bain Capital Specialty Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.