Pearl Diver Credit (PDCC) versus Its Peers Financial Survey

Pearl Diver Credit (NYSE:PDCC) is one of 341 public companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Pearl Diver Credit to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pearl Diver Credit	$22.80 million	N/A	-1.67
Pearl Diver Credit Competitors	$24.29 billion	$1.07 billion	8.65

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, meaning 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, meaning that their average share 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 rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pearl Diver Credit	0	0	1	0	3.00
Pearl Diver Credit Competitors	1974	6879	11623	443	2.50

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential downside of 4.13%. Given Pearl Diver Credit’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pearl Diver Credit has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

43.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.7% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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	-409.63%	-16.12%	-6.09%

Dividends

Pearl Diver Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.8%. 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 4.2% and pay out -69.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Pearl Diver Credit rivals 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.