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Palmer Square Capital BDC (PSBD) Competitors

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$15.94 +0.04 (+0.25%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:33 PM ET)

PSBD vs. ECPG, PRAA, OMCC, MCVT, OCTO, DBRG, APLD, STC, HTH, and OFG

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), 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.

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.

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.

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)
2.57
Encore Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Palmer Square Capital BDCOutperform Votes
5
62.50%
Underperform Votes
3
37.50%
Encore Capital GroupOutperform Votes
329
62.08%
Underperform Votes
201
37.92%

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$61.39M8.48$107.84M$1.928.30
Encore Capital Group$1.33B0.84-$206.49M-$7.85-5.97

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

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%

Summary

Palmer Square Capital BDC and Encore Capital Group tied by winning 9 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$519.09M$345.72M$11.01B$19.18B
Dividend Yield10.57%6.86%9.87%3.60%
P/E Ratio8.304.6828.5441.28
Price / Sales8.489.5848.5217.60
Price / Cash8.856.7630.3621.28
Price / Book1.120.962.745.32
Net Income$107.84M-$33.66M$1.03B$989.88M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSBD
Palmer Square Capital BDC
1.3367 of 5 stars
$15.94
+0.3%
$16.93
+6.2%
N/A$519.09M$61.39M8.30N/A
ECPG
Encore Capital Group
4.0084 of 5 stars
$49.85
+1.3%
$62.33
+25.0%
-5.6%$1.18B$1.33B-6.177,400Positive News
PRAA
PRA Group
4.245 of 5 stars
$22.65
+7.3%
$32.00
+41.3%
-16.6%$893.09M$802.55M19.193,155
OMCC
Old Market Capital
N/A$5.97
-0.8%
N/AN/A$75.82M$1.39M-2.567Positive News
Gap Down
MCVT
Mill City Ventures III
2.2299 of 5 stars
$1.96
+1.7%
N/A-18.1%$12.52M$2.39M-27.523News Coverage
Gap Down
OCTO
Eightco
N/A$1.60
+0.6%
N/A-40.1%$3.90M$75.30M0.0035News Coverage
DBRG
DigitalBridge Group
4.9409 of 5 stars
$11.98
-2.2%
$17.88
+49.2%
-34.0%$2.09B$891.16M16.78300
APLD
Applied Digital
3.6194 of 5 stars
$9.87
+10.9%
$10.50
+6.4%
+20.8%$2.08B$189.96M-8.29121Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
STC
Stewart Information Services
3.4644 of 5 stars
$74.88
+1.1%
$81.00
+8.2%
+22.8%$2.08B$2.26B35.196,800Positive News
HTH
Hilltop
4.4635 of 5 stars
$31.82
+0.8%
$34.50
+8.4%
-15.9%$2.07B$1.11B19.393,820Analyst Downgrade
OFG
OFG Bancorp
3.0875 of 5 stars
$44.22
+1.3%
$50.00
+13.1%
+12.8%$2.03B$770.73M10.682,248Positive News

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This page (NYSE:PSBD) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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