# Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. (NCDL) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-11-04. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $11.91, market value $588 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 12.0×** (5-yr avg 6.5×, 3-yr avg 6.5×). Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. trades at 12.0× 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 7.6×, 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: 8.3%**. The inverse of the P/E: 8.3% 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: 12.76%** ($1.52 per share, trailing). Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. yields 12.76%, 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.
- **Shareholder yield: 13.2%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 13.2% of the market value a year.

## 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 (+15% 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): -13.3%** (YTD -9.2%, 3-mo -8.6%). The shares are down 13.3% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -21.0%** (15.5% above the low). Trading 21% 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): 60**. An RSI of 60 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.60** (volatility 24%). Beta of 0.60 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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