Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. (NCDL) vs New Mountain Finance Corporation (NMFC)

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. and New Mountain Finance Corporation are both Asset Management companies. New Mountain Finance Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $662.1M against $578.3M — 1.1× the size. New Mountain Finance Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. trades at 12.3×. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −14.4% against −60.6%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. has the higher net margin (24.4% vs −41.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.1% vs −1.29%). Across the 19 metrics below, Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. leads on 13 and New Mountain Finance Corporation on 6.

Valuation

Metric NCDL NMFC Asset Management median
P/E 12.32 n/m 14.62
P/S 3.01 5.60 2.97
P/B 0.68 0.64 0.94
Price to free cash flow 5.11 1.00 8.93
EV/EBITDA 9.13 n/m 10.32
EV/Sales 8.59 16.48 5.72
Earnings yield 8.12% (6.73%) 4.53%
Free cash flow yield 19.57% 100.09% 4.65%

Profitability

Metric NCDL NMFC Asset Management median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 80.82% 0.00% 33.03%
Net margin 24.44% (41.05%) 13.53%
Free cash flow margin 58.99% 560.64% 12.44%
Return on equity 5.40% (4.12%) 4.83%
Return on assets 2.31% (1.74%) 1.57%
Return on invested capital 12.06% (1.29%) 3.04%

Growth

Metric NCDL NMFC Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) (14.44%) (60.64%) 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (39.53%) (84.47%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 73.29% (1.03%) 12.13%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 98.20% (22.37%) 0.00%

Health

Metric NCDL NMFC Asset Management median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.30 0.42
Current ratio 0.06 13.33 1.28
Net debt to EBITDA 5.46 0.00 1.06

Dividend

Metric NCDL NMFC Asset Management median
Dividend yield — 10.01% 6.92%
Payout ratio — 1.36 0.77

Size

Metric NCDL NMFC Asset Management median
Market cap 578.32m 662.11m 721.34m

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