Contrasting Pearl Diver Credit (PDCC) & Its Rivals

Pearl Diver Credit (NYSE:PDCC) is one of 342 public companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Pearl Diver Credit to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Risk & Volatility

Pearl Diver Credit has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pearl Diver Credit’s rivals have a beta of 2.50, meaning that their average stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Pearl Diver Credit and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pearl Diver Credit	0	0	1	0	3.00
Pearl Diver Credit Competitors	1962	6867	11596	442	2.50

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential downside of 2.29%. Given Pearl Diver Credit’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pearl Diver Credit has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

43.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Pearl Diver Credit and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pearl Diver Credit	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pearl Diver Credit Competitors	-409.64%	-16.14%	-6.10%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Pearl Diver Credit and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pearl Diver Credit	$22.80 million	N/A	-1.61
Pearl Diver Credit Competitors	$24.48 billion	$1.08 billion	9.16

Pearl Diver Credit’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Pearl Diver Credit. Pearl Diver Credit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Pearl Diver Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.5%. Pearl Diver Credit pays out -34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Financial Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.3% and pay out -89.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Pearl Diver Credit rivals beat Pearl Diver Credit on 8 of the 14 factors compared.

Pearl Diver Credit Company Profile

Pearl Diver Credit Company Inc. is a newly organized, externally managed, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to maximize its portfolio’s total return, with a secondary objective of generating high current income. Pearl Diver Credit Company Inc. is based in NEW YORK.