Contrasting Pearl Diver Credit (PDCC) and 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 peers? We will compare Pearl Diver Credit to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Pearl Diver Credit and its peers, 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	1970	6881	11614	442	2.50

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential downside of 2.45%. Given Pearl Diver Credit’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pearl Diver Credit has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pearl Diver Credit	$22.80 million	N/A	-1.63
Pearl Diver Credit Competitors	$6.44 billion	$1.07 billion	8.59

Pearl Diver Credit’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Pearl Diver Credit. Pearl Diver Credit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, 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 21.3%. 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 -88.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility and Risk

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 peers have a beta of 2.50, meaning that their average stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Pearl Diver Credit and its peers’ 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	-409.63%	-16.14%	-6.10%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

43.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 22.2% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

About Pearl Diver Credit

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.