Palmer Square Capital BDC (PSBD) Competitors $15.94 +0.04 (+0.25%) (As of 12/20/2024 04:33 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends PSBD vs. ECPG, PRAA, OMCC, MCVT, OCTO, DBRG, APLD, STC, HTH, and OFGShould 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), Old Market Capital (OMCC), Mill City Ventures III (MCVT), Eightco (OCTO), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), Applied Digital (APLD), Stewart Information Services (STC), Hilltop (HTH), and OFG Bancorp (OFG). Palmer Square Capital BDC vs. Encore Capital Group PRA Group Old Market Capital Mill City Ventures III Eightco DigitalBridge Group Applied Digital Stewart Information Services Hilltop OFG Bancorp Palmer Square Capital BDC (NYSE:PSBD) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PSBD or ECPG? 6.5% of Palmer Square Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Palmer Square Capital BDC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Encore Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts recommend PSBD or ECPG? Palmer Square Capital BDC presently has a consensus target price of $16.93, indicating a potential upside of 6.20%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus target price of $62.33, indicating a potential upside of 33.11%. Given Encore Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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) 3 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.57Encore Capital Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.25 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PSBD or ECPG? Encore Capital Group received 324 more outperform votes than Palmer Square Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Palmer Square Capital BDC an outperform vote while only 62.08% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPalmer Square Capital BDCOutperform Votes562.50% Underperform Votes337.50% Encore Capital GroupOutperform Votes32962.08% Underperform Votes20137.92% Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PSBD or ECPG? 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 RatioPalmer Square Capital BDC$61.39M8.48$107.84M$1.928.30Encore Capital Group$1.33B0.84-$206.49M-$7.85-5.97 Does the media favor PSBD or ECPG? In the previous week, Encore Capital Group had 2 more articles in the media than Palmer Square Capital BDC. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Encore Capital Group and 0 mentions for Palmer Square Capital BDC. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Palmer Square Capital BDC's score of 0.67 indicating that Encore Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Palmer Square Capital BDC Positive Encore Capital Group Positive Is PSBD or ECPG more profitable? 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% SummaryPalmer Square Capital BDC and Encore Capital Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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 PSBD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPalmer Square Capital BDCShort IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$519.09M$345.72M$11.01B$19.18BDividend Yield10.57%6.86%9.87%3.60%P/E Ratio8.304.6828.5441.28Price / Sales8.489.5848.5217.60Price / Cash8.856.7630.3621.28Price / Book1.120.962.745.32Net Income$107.84M-$33.66M$1.03B$989.88M7 Day Performance-0.62%-1.21%-2.88%-3.54%1 Month Performance2.38%0.22%-2.87%-3.68%1 Year PerformanceN/A-8.05%11.31%12.14% Palmer Square Capital BDC Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PSBDPalmer Square Capital BDC1.3367 of 5 stars$15.94+0.3%$16.93+6.2%N/A$519.09M$61.39M8.30N/AECPGEncore Capital Group4.0084 of 5 stars$49.85+1.3%$62.33+25.0%-5.6%$1.18B$1.33B-6.177,400Positive NewsPRAAPRA Group4.245 of 5 stars$22.65+7.3%$32.00+41.3%-16.6%$893.09M$802.55M19.193,155OMCCOld Market CapitalN/A$5.97-0.8%N/AN/A$75.82M$1.39M-2.567Positive NewsGap DownMCVTMill City Ventures III2.2299 of 5 stars$1.96+1.7%N/A-18.1%$12.52M$2.39M-27.523News CoverageGap DownOCTOEightcoN/A$1.60+0.6%N/A-40.1%$3.90M$75.30M0.0035News CoverageDBRGDigitalBridge Group4.9409 of 5 stars$11.98-2.2%$17.88+49.2%-34.0%$2.09B$891.16M16.78300APLDApplied Digital3.6194 of 5 stars$9.87+10.9%$10.50+6.4%+20.8%$2.08B$189.96M-8.29121Analyst ForecastNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeSTCStewart Information Services3.4644 of 5 stars$74.88+1.1%$81.00+8.2%+22.8%$2.08B$2.26B35.196,800Positive NewsHTHHilltop4.4635 of 5 stars$31.82+0.8%$34.50+8.4%-15.9%$2.07B$1.11B19.393,820Analyst DowngradeOFGOFG Bancorp3.0875 of 5 stars$44.22+1.3%$50.00+13.1%+12.8%$2.03B$770.73M10.682,248Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Encore Capital Group Competitors PRA Group Competitors Old Market Capital Competitors Mill City Ventures III Competitors Eightco Competitors DigitalBridge Group Competitors Applied Digital Competitors Stewart Information Services Competitors Hilltop Competitors OFG Bancorp Competitors 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 (NYSE:PSBD) 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. 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