# Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. (NCDL) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $12.52, market value $618 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 13.3×** (5-yr avg 6.5×, 3-yr avg 6.5×). Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. trades at 13.3× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 6.5×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×. Forward P/E is 8.2×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / book: 0.7×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 7.5%**. The inverse of the P/E: 7.5% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Return on equity: 7.5%**. 7.5% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.

## Growth
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -17.7%** (3-yr -1.6%/yr). Earnings per share fell 17.7%.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 12.14%** ($1.52 per share, trailing). Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. yields 12.14%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 156%**. The dividend exceeds earnings (156% payout), which is rarely sustainable outside REITs and one-off years.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: buy** (5 analysts). 5 analysts cover Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp.; the consensus is buy, with an average price target of $13.70 (+9% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -11.3%** (YTD -0.2%, 3-mo 1.0%). The shares are down 11.3% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -21.6%** (4.6% above the low). Trading 22% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 52**. An RSI of 52 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.62** (volatility 24%). Beta of 0.62 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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