Pearl Diver Credit (PDCC) vs. Its Competitors Head-To-Head Analysis

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

43.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.9% 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current 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	1950	6853	11579	437	2.50

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

Volatility and Risk

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

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.

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	-413.67%	-16.19%	-6.14%

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.