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PennantPark Investment (PNNT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$6.42 -0.11 (-1.68%)
Closing price 05/5/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$6.43 +0.01 (+0.16%)
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About PennantPark Investment Stock (NASDAQ:PNNT)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$6.41
$6.60
50-Day Range
$5.92
$7.26
52-Week Range
$5.72
$8.04
Volume
635,839 shs
Average Volume
486,130 shs
Market Capitalization
$419.20 million
P/E Ratio
24.69
Dividend Yield
14.95%
Price Target
$6.00
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

PennantPark Investment Corporation, a business development company is a private equity fund specializes in direct and mezzanine investments in middle market companies. It invests in the form of mezzanine debt, senior secured loans, and equity investments. The fund typically invests in buildings and real estate, hotels, gaming and leisure, technology, telecommunications, transportation, information technology services, electronics, healthcare & pharmaceuticals, education and childcare, financial services, printing and publishing, consumer products, business services, energy & Related Services and utilities, distribution, oil and gas, media, environmental services, aerospace and defense, building materials, capital equipment, chemicals, plastics, & rubber, food & beverage, wholesale, manufacturing and basic industries and retail. It invests in equity securities and debt transactions through preferred stock, common stock, warrants, options, senior secured debt, subordinated debt, subordinated loans, first lien debt, mezzanine loans, and distressed debt securities and private equity co-investments. It seeks to invest in companies based in the United States. The fund seeks to invest between $10 million and $100 million cross the capital structure (senior secured loans, subordinated debt, and other investments) in its portfolio companies with EBITDA between $10 to $50 million. Its mezzanine loans, senior secured loans, and other investments in its portfolio companies are between $15 million and $50 million. The fund may also make non-control equity and debt investments.

PennantPark Investment Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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15th Percentile Overall Score

PNNT MarketRank™: 

PennantPark Investment scored higher than 15% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 919th out of 949 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    PennantPark Investment has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    PennantPark Investment has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about PennantPark Investment's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for PennantPark Investment are expected to grow by 2.56% in the coming year, from $0.78 to $0.80 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of PennantPark Investment is 24.69, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.89.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of PennantPark Investment is 24.69, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.33.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    PennantPark Investment has a P/B Ratio of 0.85. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for PNNT.
  • Dividend Leadership

    PennantPark Investment is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 14.98%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

    PennantPark Investment has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of PennantPark Investment is 369.23%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on EPS estimates, PennantPark Investment will have a dividend payout ratio of 120.00% in the coming year. This indicates that PennantPark Investment may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

  • Read more about PennantPark Investment's dividend.
  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for PNNT.
  • News Sentiment

    PennantPark Investment has a news sentiment score of 0.67. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.93 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for PennantPark Investment this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 11 people have searched for PNNT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -35% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    6 people have added PennantPark Investment to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, PennantPark Investment insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 3.00% of the stock of PennantPark Investment is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    Only 26.62% of the stock of PennantPark Investment is held by institutions.

  • Read more about PennantPark Investment's insider trading history.
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PNNT Stock News Headlines

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PennantPark price target lowered to $6.50 from $7 at Keefe Bruyette
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PNNT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

PennantPark Investment's stock was trading at $7.08 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, PNNT shares have decreased by 9.3% and is now trading at $6.42.
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PennantPark Investment Co. (NASDAQ:PNNT) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 17th. The asset manager reported $0.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.03. The asset manager earned $23.13 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $21.04 million. PennantPark Investment had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.59% and a net margin of 11.33%.

PennantPark Investment's top institutional shareholders include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.20%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.17%), Garner Asset Management Corp (0.15%) and Sunbelt Securities Inc. (0.11%). Insiders that own company stock include Arthur H Penn and Samuel L Katz.
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Shares of PNNT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that PennantPark Investment investors own include Energy Transfer (ET), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Rithm Capital (RITM), Ares Capital (ARCC) and Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
11/17/2021
Record date for 5/1 Dividend
4/15/2025
Ex-Dividend for 5/1 Dividend
4/15/2025
Dividend Payable
5/01/2025
Today
5/06/2025
Record date for 6/2 Dividend
5/15/2025
Ex-Dividend for 6/2 Dividend
5/15/2025
Dividend Payable
6/02/2025
Fiscal Year End
9/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Finance
Industry
Investors, not elsewhere classified
Sub-Industry
Asset Management & Custody Banks
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:PNNT
Employees
N/A
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$6.00
High Stock Price Target
$6.00
Low Stock Price Target
$6.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-6.5%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.00
Research Coverage
5 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
24.69
Forward P/E Ratio
8.23
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$48.85 million
Pretax Margin
37.78%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$64.78 million
Cash Flow
$0.86 per share
Price / Cash Flow
7.47
Book Value
$7.57 per share
Price / Book
0.85

Miscellaneous

Free Float
63,337,000
Market Cap
$419.20 million
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.02
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This page (NASDAQ:PNNT) was last updated on 5/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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