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Palmer Square Capital BDC (PSBD) Competitors

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$13.97 -0.19 (-1.37%)
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PSBD vs. MSDL, GSBD, TRIN, NMFC, KBDC, BBDC, BCSF, AMAL, NCDL, and FDUS

Should you be buying Palmer Square Capital BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palmer Square Capital BDC include Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Trinity Capital (TRIN), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Kayne Anderson BDC (KBDC), BARINGS BDC (BBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NCDL), and Fidus Investment (FDUS). These companies are all part of the "fin - sbic&commrl" industry.

Palmer Square Capital BDC vs. Its Competitors

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE:MSDL) and Palmer Square Capital BDC (NYSE:PSBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund presently has a consensus price target of $19.70, indicating a potential upside of 11.61%. Palmer Square Capital BDC has a consensus price target of $14.38, indicating a potential upside of 2.93%. Given Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is more favorable than Palmer Square Capital BDC.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Palmer Square Capital BDC
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Palmer Square Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund pays out 103.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Palmer Square Capital BDC pays out 257.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Palmer Square Capital BDC had 1 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Palmer Square Capital BDC and 1 mentions for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Palmer Square Capital BDC's score of -0.14 indicating that Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Palmer Square Capital BDC
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Palmer Square Capital BDC. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palmer Square Capital BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund$416.08M3.68$215.56M$1.939.15
Palmer Square Capital BDC$143.51M3.13$47.67M$0.5624.94

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has a net margin of 42.65% compared to Palmer Square Capital BDC's net margin of 13.51%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's return on equity of 11.24% beat Palmer Square Capital BDC's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund42.65% 11.24% 5.28%
Palmer Square Capital BDC 13.51%10.91%4.15%

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palmer Square Capital BDC has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

6.5% of Palmer Square Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Palmer Square Capital BDC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund beats Palmer Square Capital BDC on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PSBD vs. The Competition

MetricPalmer Square Capital BDCFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$454.90M$1.62B$12.56B$21.31B
Dividend Yield10.17%11.28%5.44%3.53%
P/E Ratio24.9411.6919.3228.85
Price / Sales3.1352.2926.1453.07
Price / Cash7.2011.1719.1818.23
Price / Book0.850.932.284.69
Net Income$47.67M$152.42M$1.01B$995.89M
7 Day Performance-0.42%0.21%1.46%1.90%
1 Month Performance2.32%-3.45%1.25%1.72%
1 Year Performance-14.16%-4.94%541.13%10.19%

Palmer Square Capital BDC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSBD
Palmer Square Capital BDC
1.4904 of 5 stars
$13.97
-1.4%
$14.38
+2.9%
-13.2%$454.90M$143.51M24.94N/A
MSDL
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
2.4503 of 5 stars
$17.82
+0.4%
$19.70
+10.5%
-13.8%$1.54B$416.08M9.23N/A
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.3697 of 5 stars
$11.15
+0.2%
$10.00
-10.3%
-19.4%$1.27B$434.37M8.85N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Cut
TRIN
Trinity Capital
2.1093 of 5 stars
$15.92
-0.2%
$15.75
-1.1%
+12.1%$1.12B$237.69M7.1440
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.3774 of 5 stars
$10.39
+0.9%
$10.75
+3.5%
-15.9%$1.10B$371.67M13.67N/APositive News
KBDC
Kayne Anderson BDC
3.2284 of 5 stars
$15.15
+0.8%
$16.50
+8.9%
-7.9%$1.06B$213.11M8.97N/APositive News
BBDC
BARINGS BDC
3.0927 of 5 stars
$9.66
+1.4%
$9.67
+0.1%
-3.8%$1.00B$286.17M10.0626Positive News
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
2.8102 of 5 stars
$15.22
+1.1%
$16.50
+8.4%
-7.2%$987.96M$125.44M9.171,000Positive News
AMAL
Amalgamated Financial
2.8793 of 5 stars
$28.88
+0.2%
$33.00
+14.3%
-7.5%$867.44M$434.51M8.65380News Coverage
Positive News
NCDL
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending
2.0516 of 5 stars
$16.12
+0.3%
$16.63
+3.2%
-8.9%$793.65M$98.18M8.85N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
FDUS
Fidus Investment
1.4396 of 5 stars
$21.17
0.0%
$22.00
+3.9%
+7.0%$749.35M$146.15M9.16N/APositive News

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