PNNT vs. OCSL, VRTS, CSWC, TCPC, SLRC, FDUS, GAIN, GLAD, HRZN, and DHIL
Should you be buying PennantPark Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PennantPark Investment include Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), and Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) and Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
PennantPark Investment has a net margin of 40.14% compared to Oaktree Specialty Lending's net margin of 25.90%. PennantPark Investment's return on equity of 13.65% beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity.
In the previous week, PennantPark Investment and PennantPark Investment both had 2 articles in the media. Oaktree Specialty Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat PennantPark Investment's score of 0.24 indicating that Oaktree Specialty Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PennantPark Investment presently has a consensus target price of $6.94, indicating a potential downside of 10.14%. Oaktree Specialty Lending has a consensus target price of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.64%. Given Oaktree Specialty Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Oaktree Specialty Lending is more favorable than PennantPark Investment.
PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. PennantPark Investment pays out 104.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 164.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PennantPark Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oaktree Specialty Lending received 116 more outperform votes than PennantPark Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.45% of users gave Oaktree Specialty Lending an outperform vote while only 57.96% of users gave PennantPark Investment an outperform vote.
Oaktree Specialty Lending has higher revenue and earnings than PennantPark Investment. PennantPark Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oaktree Specialty Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
26.6% of PennantPark Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of PennantPark Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Oaktree Specialty Lending beats PennantPark Investment on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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