Financial Analysis: Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NYSE:NCDL) versus Farmhouse (OTCMKTS:FMHS)

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NYSE:NCDL) and Farmhouse (OTCMKTS:FMHS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending and Farmhouse, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	0	3	3	0	2.50
Farmhouse	0	0	0	0	N/A

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending currently has a consensus target price of $18.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.61%. Given Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending is more favorable than Farmhouse.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	50.23%	12.70%	5.92%
Farmhouse	-3,273.33%	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending and Farmhouse”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending	$161.76 million	5.72	$75.94 million	N/A	N/A
Farmhouse	$10,000.00	248.19	-$560,000.00	($0.03)	-4.67

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Farmhouse.

Summary

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending beats Farmhouse on 7 of the 8 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 Farmhouse

Farmhouse, Inc. operates a platform for the legal cannabis industry. It provides @420, a Twitter handle public platform that engages with cannabis enthusiasts; WeeClub, a cannabis social network platform that enables industry professionals to connect, discover products and services, and scale their businesses; and Web3 division, which facilitates licensing opportunities between established cannabis brands and influential digital collectible holders to launch digital collectible branded products and accessories. The company’s platform serves cannabis producers, retailers, consultants, and supply chain professionals. It markets its products through media, networking, live events, partnerships, search engine optimization, and direct sales calls to existing members. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.