Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) and Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NYSE:NCDL) Head-To-Head Analysis

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NYSE:NCDL) and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	$207.86 million	2.57	$65.61 million	$0.95	11.37
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	$68.84 billion	0.95	$7.47 billion	$3.75	8.98

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

27.9% of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	24.44%	9.60%	4.10%
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	11.53%	8.46%	0.47%

Volatility and Risk

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	1	2	2	0	2.20
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	0	6	10	0	2.62

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending presently has a consensus price target of $13.62, indicating a potential upside of 26.16%. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has a consensus price target of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.69%. Given Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft is more favorable than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending.

Summary

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft beats Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. is a specialty finance company focused primarily on investing in senior secured loans to private equity-owned U.S. middle market companies. It has elected to be regulated as a business development company. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. is based in NEW YORK.

About Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, a stock corporation, provides corporate and investment banking, and asset management products and services to private individuals, corporate entities, and institutional clients in Germany, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through Corporate Bank, Investment Bank, Private Bank, and Asset Management segments. The Corporate Bank segment offers cash management, trade finance and lending, trust and agency, and securities services, as well as risk management solutions. The Investment Bank segment provides debt origination, merger and acquisitions, foreign exchange, and equity advisory and origination platform services. The Private Bank segment offers payment and account services, and credit and deposit products, as well as investment advice products, such as environmental, social, and governance products. This segment also provides banking, wealth management, other financial, and postal and parcel services; and supports in planning, managing and investing wealth, financing personal and business interests, and servicing institutional and corporate needs. The Asset Management segment offers investment solutions, such as alternative investments, which include real estate, infrastructure, liquid real assets, and sustainable investments; and various other services, including insurance and pension solutions, asset liability management, portfolio management solutions, and asset allocation advisory to individuals and institutions. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.