Nicholas Financial (NASDAQ:NICK – Get Free Report) and Palmer Square Capital BDC (NYSE:PSBD – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Nicholas Financial and Palmer Square Capital BDC, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Nicholas Financial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Palmer Square Capital BDC | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.57 |
Palmer Square Capital BDC has a consensus target price of $16.93, suggesting a potential upside of 2.78%. Given Palmer Square Capital BDC’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Palmer Square Capital BDC is more favorable than Nicholas Financial.
Profitability
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Nicholas Financial | -134.48% | -50.06% | -42.27% |
Palmer Square Capital BDC | 96.09% | 23.31% | 9.23% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Nicholas Financial and Palmer Square Capital BDC’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Nicholas Financial | $2.00 million | 44.76 | -$34.12 million | ($5.01) | -1.41 |
Palmer Square Capital BDC | $112.22 million | 4.78 | $107.84 million | N/A | N/A |
Palmer Square Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Nicholas Financial.
Dividends
Nicholas Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Palmer Square Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Nicholas Financial pays out -9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
39.9% of Nicholas Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Palmer Square Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of Nicholas Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Palmer Square Capital BDC beats Nicholas Financial on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Nicholas Financial
Nicholas Financial, Inc. operates as a consumer finance company in the United States. The company engages in acquiring and servicing automobile finance installment contracts for the purchase of new and used automobiles and light trucks. It also originates direct consumer loans and sells consumer-finance related products. The company operates branch offices located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin. Nicholas Financial, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida.
About Palmer Square Capital BDC
Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc. is an externally managed, non-diversified closed-end management investment company which primarily lends to and invests in corporate debt securities, including small to large private U.S. companies and has elected to be regulated as a business development company. Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc. is based in MISSION WOODS, Kan.
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