Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) and Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NYSE:NCDL) Head-To-Head Contrast

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NYSE:NCDL) and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	$59.43 million	9.15	$65.61 million	$0.95	11.59
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	$32.87 billion	2.06	$7.47 billion	$3.75	9.32

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Dividends

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending pays out 151.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft pays out 5.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	1	2	2	0	2.20
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	0	5	5	0	2.50

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending presently has a consensus price target of $13.62, suggesting a potential upside of 23.74%. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has a consensus price target of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.98%. Given Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending is more favorable than Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft.

Profitability

This table compares Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	24.44%	9.60%	4.10%
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	11.53%	8.46%	0.47%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

27.9% of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft beats Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. is a specialty finance company focused primarily on investing in senior secured loans to private equity-owned U.S. middle market companies. It has elected to be regulated as a business development company. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. is based in NEW YORK.

About Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, a stock corporation, provides corporate and investment banking, and asset management products and services to private individuals, corporate entities, and institutional clients in Germany, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through Corporate Bank, Investment Bank, Private Bank, and Asset Management segments. The Corporate Bank segment offers cash management, trade finance and lending, trust and agency, and securities services, as well as risk management solutions. The Investment Bank segment provides debt origination, merger and acquisitions, foreign exchange, and equity advisory and origination platform services. The Private Bank segment offers payment and account services, and credit and deposit products, as well as investment advice products, such as environmental, social, and governance products. This segment also provides banking, wealth management, other financial, and postal and parcel services; and supports in planning, managing and investing wealth, financing personal and business interests, and servicing institutional and corporate needs. The Asset Management segment offers investment solutions, such as alternative investments, which include real estate, infrastructure, liquid real assets, and sustainable investments; and various other services, including insurance and pension solutions, asset liability management, portfolio management solutions, and asset allocation advisory to individuals and institutions. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.