Reviewing Pearl Diver Credit (PDCC) & The Competition

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

Dividends

Pearl Diver Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.3%. 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 -89.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Pearl Diver Credit and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pearl Diver Credit	$22.80 million	N/A	-1.79
Pearl Diver Credit Competitors	$9.14 billion	$1.07 billion	9.35

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

Risk and Volatility

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Pearl Diver Credit and its competitors, as provided 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	1950	6853	11579	437	2.50

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential upside of 0.05%. Given Pearl Diver Credit’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pearl Diver Credit has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Pearl Diver Credit and its competitors’ 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	-413.67%	-16.19%	-6.14%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

43.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.9% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Pearl Diver Credit competitors 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.