SCM vs. PNNT, GAIN, CSWC, TPVG, PTMN, PFLT, NMFC, FRGE, PPT, and SRG
Should you be buying Stellus Capital Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stellus Capital Investment include PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), Capital Southwest (CSWC), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Forge Global (FRGE), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), and Seritage Growth Properties (SRG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Stellus Capital Investment (NYSE:SCM) and PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
PennantPark Investment received 60 more outperform votes than Stellus Capital Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.14% of users gave Stellus Capital Investment an outperform vote while only 57.96% of users gave PennantPark Investment an outperform vote.
Stellus Capital Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Stellus Capital Investment pays out 148.1% 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 pays out 91.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Stellus Capital Investment has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PennantPark Investment has a net margin of 40.14% compared to Stellus Capital Investment's net margin of 24.08%. Stellus Capital Investment's return on equity of 14.08% beat PennantPark Investment's return on equity.
Stellus Capital Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PennantPark Investment. PennantPark Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stellus Capital Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
13.2% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of PennantPark Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of PennantPark Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Stellus Capital Investment had 2 more articles in the media than PennantPark Investment. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Stellus Capital Investment and 0 mentions for PennantPark Investment. Stellus Capital Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat PennantPark Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that Stellus Capital Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stellus Capital Investment currently has a consensus price target of $13.63, suggesting a potential downside of 1.55%. PennantPark Investment has a consensus price target of $6.94, suggesting a potential downside of 6.50%. Given Stellus Capital Investment's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stellus Capital Investment is more favorable than PennantPark Investment.
Summary
Stellus Capital Investment beats PennantPark Investment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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