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, AACT, FSNB, CION, INV, and NETDShould 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), Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT), Fusion Acquisition Corp. II (FSNB), CION Investment (CION), Innventure (INV), and Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II (NETD). New Providence Acquisition vs. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Blue Owl Capital Co. III Kayne Anderson BDC Bain Capital Specialty Finance Trinity Capital Ares Acquisition Co. II Fusion Acquisition Corp. II CION Investment Innventure Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II New Providence Acquisition (NASDAQ:NPA) and Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL) are both small-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking. Is NPA or MSDL 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 New Providence AcquisitionN/A N/A N/A Morgan Stanley Direct Lending 54.89%12.69%6.52% Do analysts rate NPA or MSDL? Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a consensus target price of $21.42, suggesting a potential downside of 0.02%. Given Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is more favorable than New Providence Acquisition.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score New Providence Acquisition 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Morgan Stanley Direct Lending 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.17 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NPA or MSDL? Morgan Stanley Direct Lending received 7 more outperform votes than New Providence Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformNew Providence AcquisitionN/AN/AMorgan Stanley Direct LendingOutperform Votes743.75% Underperform Votes956.25% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NPA or MSDL? 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NPA or MSDL? Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has higher revenue and earnings than New Providence Acquisition. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNew Providence AcquisitionN/AN/A$660KN/AN/AMorgan Stanley Direct Lending$367.74M5.17$231.01M$2.558.40 Does the media refer more to NPA or MSDL? In the previous week, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending had 2 more articles in the media than New Providence Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and 0 mentions for New Providence Acquisition. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat New Providence Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment New Providence Acquisition Neutral Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Positive SummaryMorgan Stanley Direct Lending beats New Providence Acquisition on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get New Providence Acquisition News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NPA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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.Skip Chart NPA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNew Providence AcquisitionHolding & Other Investment Offices Industry SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$597.43M$444.94M$1.97B$9.11BDividend YieldN/A7.17%14.06%4.00%P/E RatioN/A2.4210.8713.06Price / SalesN/A111.0010,356.4576.04Price / Cash585.0869.4021.4232.89Price / Book122.244.682.404.58Net Income$660,000.00$34.48M-$909.82M$224.84M New Providence Acquisition Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NPANew Providence AcquisitionN/A$20.78-1.0%N/A+572.5%$597.43MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading VolumeMSDLMorgan Stanley Direct Lending1.9343 of 5 stars$20.91+1.9%$21.42+2.4%N/A$1.86B$257.79M8.20N/ANews CoverageOBDEBlue Owl Capital Co. III3.1644 of 5 stars$14.13-1.4%$16.00+13.2%N/A$1.74B$244.17M8.03N/AKBDCKayne Anderson BDC1.3185 of 5 stars$16.51-0.2%$17.30+4.8%N/A$1.17B$114.11M0.00N/ANews CoverageBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.1528 of 5 stars$17.14+1.3%$17.00-0.8%+13.9%$1.11B$146.71M8.611,000TRINTrinity Capital1.6757 of 5 stars$14.32+0.4%$15.17+5.9%+3.2%$843.53M$142.47M8.3740AACTAres Acquisition Co. IIN/A$10.98flatN/A+4.9%$686.25MN/A0.00N/AFSNBFusion Acquisition Corp. IIN/A$10.49flatN/AN/A$655.63MN/A0.002High Trading VolumeCIONCION Investment1.9594 of 5 stars$11.07+1.6%$12.25+10.7%+3.2%$589.88M$90.95M7.53N/AINVInnventureN/A$11.44-1.1%N/AN/A$566.83M$988,000.000.00N/ANETDNabors Energy Transition Corp. IIN/A$10.80-0.1%N/A+3.7%$411.75MN/A0.00N/APositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies MSDL Alternatives OBDE Alternatives KBDC Alternatives BCSF Alternatives TRIN Alternatives AACT Alternatives FSNB Alternatives CION Alternatives INV Alternatives NETD 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 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCollect $7k per month from Tesla’s SECRET dividendTesla doesn't pay a traditional dividend.... 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