Notice: This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. New Providence Acquisition (NPA) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisCompetitorsTrends NPA vs. MSDL, OBDE, KBDC, BCSF, TRIN, PRPB, AACT, FSNB, CION, and INVShould you be buying New Providence Acquisition stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Providence Acquisition include Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (MSDL), Blue Owl Capital Co. III (OBDE), Kayne Anderson BDC (KBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Trinity Capital (TRIN), CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II (PRPB), Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT), Fusion Acquisition Corp. II (FSNB), CION Investment (CION), and Innventure (INV). New Providence Acquisition vs. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Blue Owl Capital Co. III Kayne Anderson BDC Bain Capital Specialty Finance Trinity Capital CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II Ares Acquisition Co. II Fusion Acquisition Corp. II CION Investment Innventure Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL) and New Providence Acquisition (NASDAQ:NPA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends. Does the media favor MSDL or NPA? In the previous week, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending had 1 more articles in the media than New Providence Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and 0 mentions for New Providence Acquisition. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled New Providence Acquisition'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Neutral New Providence Acquisition Neutral Which has higher valuation and earnings, MSDL or NPA? Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has higher revenue and earnings than New Providence Acquisition. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMorgan Stanley Direct Lending$367.74M5.03$231.01M$2.558.17New Providence AcquisitionN/AN/A$660KN/AN/A Do analysts rate MSDL or NPA? Morgan Stanley Direct Lending presently has a consensus target price of $21.42, indicating a potential upside of 2.77%. Given Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is more favorable than New Providence Acquisition.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Morgan Stanley Direct Lending 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.17New Providence Acquisition 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MSDL or NPA? Morgan Stanley Direct Lending received 7 more outperform votes than New Providence Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformMorgan Stanley Direct LendingOutperform Votes743.75% Underperform Votes956.25% New Providence AcquisitionN/AN/A Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MSDL or NPA? 63.9% of New Providence Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is MSDL or NPA more profitable? Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a net margin of 54.89% compared to New Providence Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's return on equity of 12.69% beat New Providence Acquisition's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Morgan Stanley Direct Lending54.89% 12.69% 6.52% New Providence Acquisition N/A N/A N/A SummaryMorgan Stanley Direct Lending beats New Providence Acquisition on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad ProsperityPubCrypto’s hidden gem + greatest crypto bull run in history = $$$?You don’t actually want to buy Bitcoin this time around. That’s because there’s a better way to take advantage of this new bull market… One market expert calls it Crypto’s Hidden Gem And it’s a new way that has given folks like you and me the chance to see bigger and faster moves than the traditional way of buying Bitcoin… That means if you’ve stayed away from Bitcoin and crypto because it's confusing or seems risky… This is a much safer and better approach to ride this years’ crypto bull run. 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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.Skip Chart NPA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNew Providence AcquisitionHolding & Other Investment Offices Industry SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$657.80M$422.11M$1.95B$9.08BDividend YieldN/A6.40%14.46%4.23%P/E RatioN/A2.5110.9917.18Price / SalesN/A129.087,696.29116.99Price / Cash585.0861.1516.1237.86Price / Book134.5984.221.854.78Net Income$660,000.00$33.84M-$938.78M$225.60M New Providence Acquisition Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NPANew Providence AcquisitionN/A$22.88-0.5%N/A+344.9%$657.80MN/A0.00N/AGap DownHigh Trading VolumeMSDLMorgan Stanley Direct Lending1.0478 of 5 stars$21.24+0.3%$21.42+0.8%N/A$1.89B$257.79M8.31N/AOBDEBlue Owl Capital Co. III2.4989 of 5 stars$14.84-0.7%$16.00+7.8%N/A$1.83B$422.83M8.44N/AKBDCKayne Anderson BDC1.0744 of 5 stars$16.96-0.2%$17.30+2.0%N/A$1.20B$114.11M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.4999 of 5 stars$17.14-0.6%$17.00-0.8%+10.8%$1.11B$297.79M8.661,000TRINTrinity Capital2.3688 of 5 stars$14.55-0.3%$15.17+4.2%-4.2%$857.14M$181.85M8.5140News CoveragePRPBCC Neuberger Principal Holdings IIN/A$9.35+9.1%N/A-54.1%$774.18MN/A0.004AACTAres Acquisition Co. IIN/A$10.95+0.1%N/A+5.1%$684.38MN/A0.00N/AFSNBFusion Acquisition Corp. IIN/A$10.49flatN/AN/A$655.63MN/A0.002CIONCION Investment1.7554 of 5 stars$11.81-0.5%$12.25+3.7%+1.3%$629.31M$90.95M8.07N/ANews CoverageINVInnventureN/A$12.44-0.9%N/AN/A$616.38M$988,000.000.00N/AHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies MSDL Alternatives OBDE Alternatives KBDC Alternatives BCSF Alternatives TRIN Alternatives PRPB Alternatives AACT Alternatives FSNB Alternatives CION Alternatives INV Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:NPA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. And one team...True Market Insiders | SponsoredDid You See Trump’s Bombshell Exec. Order 001?Biden broke it... 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