NCDL vs. HTGC, TSLX, MSDL, GSBD, NMFC, KBDC, BCSF, BBDC, AMAL, and TRIN
Should you be buying Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending include Hercules Capital (HTGC), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Kayne Anderson BDC (KBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings Bdc (BBDC), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), and Trinity Capital (TRIN). These companies are all part of the "fin - sbic&commrl" industry.
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending vs. Its Competitors
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NYSE:NCDL) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending pays out 96.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hercules Capital pays out 120.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hercules Capital has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hercules Capital and 2 mentions for Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending. Hercules Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's score of 0.00 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending currently has a consensus price target of $16.63, suggesting a potential downside of 2.61%. Hercules Capital has a consensus price target of $20.08, suggesting a potential upside of 4.63%. Given Hercules Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending.
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Capital has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 45.23% compared to Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's net margin of 44.83%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 16.84% beat Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's return on equity.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hercules Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NCDL) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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