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 businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.

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%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GHLD or NCDL?

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Guild. Guild 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Guild	$655.19M	1.15	-$39.01M	-$1.55	-7.86
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	$161.76M	5.82	$75.94M	$2.34	7.38

Do analysts prefer GHLD or NCDL?

Guild currently has a consensus price target of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 36.84%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a consensus price target of $18.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.10%. Given Guild's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Guild is more favorable than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Guild	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

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

17.5% of Guild shares are held by institutional investors. 78.5% of Guild shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to GHLD or NCDL?

In the previous week, Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending had 3 more articles in the media than Guild. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending and 1 mentions for Guild. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Guild's score of 0.69 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GHLD or NCDL?

Guild received 16 more outperform votes than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 39.22% of users gave Guild an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Guild	Outperform Votes 20 39.22%	Underperform Votes 31 60.78%
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	Outperform Votes 4 36.36%	Underperform Votes 7 63.64%

Summary

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending beats Guild on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.