Catalina Capital Group LLC Boosts Holdings in Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. (NYSE:NCDL)

Catalina Capital Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. (NYSE:NCDL) by 26.2% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 13,184 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,735 shares during the quarter. Catalina Capital Group LLC’s holdings in Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending were worth $221,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending by 1,045,043.2% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 386,703 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,736,000 after acquiring an additional 386,666 shares in the last quarter. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending by 184.1% in the 3rd quarter. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 194,638 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,391,000 after purchasing an additional 126,131 shares in the last quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending by 99.7% during the 3rd quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. now owns 157,803 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,749,000 after acquiring an additional 78,785 shares in the last quarter. Aprio Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending by 104.1% in the fourth quarter. Aprio Wealth Management LLC now owns 111,604 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,873,000 after buying an additional 56,916 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Accurate Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending by 348.1% during the 4th quarter. Accurate Wealth Management LLC now owns 66,070 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,078,000 after acquiring an additional 51,324 shares in the last quarter.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Trading Up 0.6 %

NYSE NCDL opened at $17.34 on Tuesday. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. has a 12 month low of $16.00 and a 12 month high of $18.10. The company has a market capitalization of $944.58 million and a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 1.69 and a quick ratio of 1.69. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $16.96 and its 200 day moving average price is $17.20.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NYSE:NCDL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The company reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $60.28 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $58.40 million. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending had a return on equity of 12.72% and a net margin of 53.56%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. will post 2.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a — dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.10 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a yield of 10.5%. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending’s dividend payout ratio is presently 76.92%.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Kenneth J. Kencel purchased 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 27th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $17.35 per share, with a total value of $347,000.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief executive officer now directly owns 10,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $173,500. This trade represents a -200.00 % increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.53% of the company’s stock.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Company Profile

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.