PSBD · CIK 0001794776 · FY2025 live · 2025-12-31
Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc.
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Model
Z″
FY2025
0.30
Zone
Distress
Prior
—
Market DD
—
1y PD
—
0.30
Classic Z 0.22
Z″ 0.30 · distress below 1.10, grey to 2.60, safe above.
Z″ factor contributions
X1 Working capital / assets
Short-term liquidity. Carries more weight in Z″ than in classic Z.
0.006.56 × = 0.00X2 Retained earnings / assets
Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.
−0.113.26 × = −0.35X3 EBIT / assets
Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.
0.006.72 × = 0.00X4 Book equity / liabilities
Book equity versus the liability stack. Sales / assets is omitted so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score.
0.611.05 × = 0.65
Five-year path
Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.
Meridian Rank
38.64
0–100 · Z″ family
Book standing
37
Year change
—
Market PD
—
O-score
43
Events on this name
Same published rows as Today.
No published events on this print.
Overview
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Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc. is on Z″ at 0.30 (distress) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Book equity / liabilities is the line that sets the print. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Z″ omits sales/assets so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score. X4 is book equity on every name.
Book screen Distress; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.
Market DD · naive Merton
No market tape yet.
Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.
Sector peers
Closest Z″ scores · 39th percentile in Unclassified.
- FRBPDistressFranklin BSP Capital Corp0.30
- STGDistressSunlands Technology Group0.28
- GSBDDistressGoldman Sachs BDC, Inc.0.32
- WHFDistressWhiteHorse Finance, Inc.0.40
- SARDistressSARATOGA INVESTMENT CORP.0.44
- BSAADistressBEST SPAC I Acquisition Corp.0.15
- PFLTDistressPennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.0.45
- TPVGDistressTriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp.0.14
Filing line items
Current assets
$0
Total assets
$1.2B
Current liabilities
$0
Total liabilities
$755M
Working capital
$0
Retained earnings
−$130M
EBIT
$0
Total sales
$0
Book equity
$464M
Accession 0001193125-26-073362. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-12-31). Z″ is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.