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Palmer Square Capital BDC (PSBD) Competitors

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$12.80 -0.34 (-2.55%)
Closing price 04/17/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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PSBD vs. ECPG, PRAA, PLBC, OMCC, MCVT, OCTO, HMN, CASH, GNL, and CHCO

Should you be buying Palmer Square Capital BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palmer Square Capital BDC include Encore Capital Group (ECPG), PRA Group (PRAA), Plumas Bancorp (PLBC), Old Market Capital (OMCC), Mill City Ventures III (MCVT), Eightco (OCTO), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Pathward Financial (CASH), Global Net Lease (GNL), and City (CHCO).

Palmer Square Capital BDC vs.

Palmer Square Capital BDC (NYSE:PSBD) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.

6.5% of Palmer Square Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Palmer Square Capital BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Encore Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Palmer Square Capital BDC and Palmer Square Capital BDC both had 7 articles in the media. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Palmer Square Capital BDC's score of 0.24 indicating that Encore Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Palmer Square Capital BDC
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Encore Capital Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Palmer Square Capital BDC has a net margin of 41.67% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -13.91%. Encore Capital Group's return on equity of 12.70% beat Palmer Square Capital BDC's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Palmer Square Capital BDC41.67% 11.97% 4.68%
Encore Capital Group -13.91%12.70%2.61%

Palmer Square Capital BDC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Encore Capital Group. Encore Capital Group 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
Palmer Square Capital BDC$52.31M7.98$107.84M$1.488.65
Encore Capital Group$1.32B0.55-$206.49M-$5.87-5.18

Encore Capital Group received 326 more outperform votes than Palmer Square Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.87% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Palmer Square Capital BDC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Palmer Square Capital BDCOutperform Votes
5
55.56%
Underperform Votes
4
44.44%
Encore Capital GroupOutperform Votes
331
61.87%
Underperform Votes
204
38.13%

Palmer Square Capital BDC has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Palmer Square Capital BDC presently has a consensus price target of $16.17, suggesting a potential upside of 26.25%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus price target of $62.67, suggesting a potential upside of 106.07%. Given Encore Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than Palmer Square Capital BDC.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Palmer Square Capital BDC
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Encore Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

Summary

Encore Capital Group beats Palmer Square Capital BDC on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PSBD vs. The Competition

MetricPalmer Square Capital BDCShort IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$417.60M$262.96M$10.87B$18.42B
Dividend Yield11.10%7.80%5.77%4.18%
P/E Ratio6.672.7521.5631.09
Price / Sales7.983.1825.5126.53
Price / Cash8.617.8817.6217.52
Price / Book0.900.752.504.30
Net Income$107.84M-$33.79M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.76%-1.51%1.82%1.42%
1 Month Performance-12.65%-10.69%-4.03%-7.92%
1 Year Performance-23.78%-25.52%535.48%1.71%

Palmer Square Capital BDC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSBD
Palmer Square Capital BDC
3.2371 of 5 stars
$12.81
-2.5%
$16.17
+26.3%
-23.8%$417.60M$52.31M6.67N/AAnalyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
ECPG
Encore Capital Group
4.0442 of 5 stars
$29.62
+1.0%
$62.67
+111.6%
-28.8%$701.73M$1.32B-3.776,900Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
PRAA
PRA Group
4.0789 of 5 stars
$17.03
+1.9%
$32.00
+87.9%
-30.2%$672.86M$1.12B9.513,280Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
PLBC
Plumas Bancorp
4.6849 of 5 stars
$40.40
+1.1%
$58.00
+43.6%
+15.8%$239.17M$62.23M8.43190Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
OMCC
Old Market Capital
N/A$6.05
+1.7%
N/AN/A$40.54M$4.59M-7.667
MCVT
Mill City Ventures III
1.7874 of 5 stars
$1.46
+2.8%
N/A-43.3%$9.32M$3.57M-20.852Short Interest ↓
Positive News
OCTO
Eightco
N/A$1.02
-1.8%
N/A-64.7%$2.49M$39.84M0.0035
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.5583 of 5 stars
$40.55
+3.0%
$43.67
+7.7%
+9.8%$1.66B$1.55B16.351,450Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CASH
Pathward Financial
4.0419 of 5 stars
$69.39
+2.4%
$90.50
+30.4%
+39.6%$1.65B$600.62M10.121,150Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
GNL
Global Net Lease
4.0253 of 5 stars
$7.20
+3.0%
$9.50
+31.9%
+12.1%$1.65B$805.01M-7.661Positive News
CHCO
City
1.4229 of 5 stars
$111.33
+1.6%
$116.75
+4.9%
+10.4%$1.64B$285.06M14.11910Upcoming Earnings
Ex-Dividend
Positive News

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