Analyzing Palmer Square Capital BDC (NYSE:PSBD) & Mill City Ventures III (NASDAQ:MCVT)

Palmer Square Capital BDC (NYSE:PSBD) and Mill City Ventures III (NASDAQ:MCVT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Palmer Square Capital BDC and Mill City Ventures III, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Palmer Square Capital BDC	0	2	4	0	2.67
Mill City Ventures III	0	0	0	0	N/A

Palmer Square Capital BDC presently has a consensus price target of $16.83, indicating a potential upside of 0.02%. Given Palmer Square Capital BDC’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Palmer Square Capital BDC is more favorable than Mill City Ventures III.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

6.5% of Palmer Square Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.6% of Mill City Ventures III shares are held by institutional investors. 26.5% of Mill City Ventures III shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Palmer Square Capital BDC and Mill City Ventures III’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Palmer Square Capital BDC	$112.22 million	4.87	$107.84 million	N/A	N/A
Mill City Ventures III	$3.30 million	5.08	-$1.17 million	($0.19)	-13.81

Palmer Square Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Mill City Ventures III.

Profitability

This table compares Palmer Square Capital BDC and Mill City Ventures III’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Palmer Square Capital BDC	96.09%	23.31%	9.23%
Mill City Ventures III	-35.31%	-0.58%	-0.56%

Summary

Palmer Square Capital BDC beats Mill City Ventures III on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Palmer Square Capital BDC

Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc. is an externally managed, non-diversified closed-end management investment company which primarily lends to and invests in corporate debt securities, including small to large private U.S. companies and has elected to be regulated as a business development company. Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc. is based in MISSION WOODS, Kan.

About Mill City Ventures III

Mill City Ventures III, Ltd. is a principal investment firm specializing investments in debt and equity securities of public and private companies to fund their operations whether its start-up, acquisition, or growth. It primarily focuses on investing in, lending to, and making managerial assistance available to privately held and publicly traded companies. The firm also advises its portfolio companies with regard to finance and operations. It was formerly known as Poker Magic, Inc. Mill City Ventures III, Ltd. was founded in January, 2006 and is based in Wayzata, Minnesota.