Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (BCSF) vs Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. (NCDL)

Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. and Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. are both Asset Management companies. Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $724.6M against $585.9M — 1.2× the size. Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 11.3× against 13.8×. Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −6.95% against −14.2%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. has the higher net margin (24.2% vs 24.0%) and the lower return on invested capital (3.01% vs 11.5%). Both pay a dividend; Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. yields more (11.3% vs 3.77%). Across the 20 metrics below, Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. leads on 11 and Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. on 9.

Valuation

Metric BCSF NCDL Asset Management median
P/E 11.28 13.83 13.38
P/S 2.75 3.20 2.99
P/B 0.67 0.70 0.91
Price to free cash flow 5.42 4.23 7.79
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 8.86% 7.23% 4.67%
Free cash flow yield 18.43% 23.63% 4.85%

Profitability

Metric BCSF NCDL Asset Management median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 75.36% 80.72% 27.27%
Net margin 24.22% 23.98% 11.89%
Free cash flow margin 50.60% 75.67% 5.96%
Return on equity 5.76% 5.12% 4.57%
Return on assets 2.37% 2.23% 1.40%
Return on invested capital 3.01% 11.52% 2.12%

Growth

Metric BCSF NCDL Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) (6.95%) (14.24%) 7.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (17.84%) (39.53%) (5.64%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.04% 73.29% 11.84%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 64.18% 98.20% 0.00%

Health

Metric BCSF NCDL Asset Management median
Debt to equity 1.39 0.00 0.40
Current ratio 7.20 0.06 1.23
Net debt to EBITDA 6.85 5.46 1.06

Dividend

Metric BCSF NCDL Asset Management median
Dividend yield 11.28% 3.77% 6.43%
Payout ratio 1.27 0.52 0.91

Size

Metric BCSF NCDL Asset Management median
Market cap 724.58m 585.87m 692.54m

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