OFS Capital (OFS) Competitors

PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) and OFS Capital (NASDAQ:OFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is PNNT or OFS more profitable?

PennantPark Investment has a net margin of 11.33% compared to OFS Capital's net margin of -2.29%. PennantPark Investment's return on equity of 11.59% beat OFS Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PennantPark Investment	11.33%	11.59%	4.23%
OFS Capital	-2.29%	11.26%	4.06%

Which has better valuation and earnings, PNNT or OFS?

PennantPark Investment has higher revenue and earnings than OFS Capital. OFS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PennantPark Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PennantPark Investment	$64.78M	6.96	$48.85M	$0.15	46.07
OFS Capital	$34.59M	3.37	-$470K	$2.25	3.87

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PNNT or OFS?

PennantPark Investment received 133 more outperform votes than OFS Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.69% of users gave OFS Capital an outperform vote while only 57.32% of users gave PennantPark Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PennantPark Investment	Outperform Votes 364 57.32%	Underperform Votes 271 42.68%
OFS Capital	Outperform Votes 231 59.69%	Underperform Votes 156 40.31%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PNNT or OFS?

26.6% of PennantPark Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of OFS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of PennantPark Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of OFS Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer PNNT or OFS?

PennantPark Investment currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential downside of 13.17%. Given PennantPark Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe PennantPark Investment is more favorable than OFS Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PennantPark Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
OFS Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is PNNT or OFS a better dividend stock?

PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.9%. OFS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.6%. PennantPark Investment pays out 640.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OFS Capital pays out 60.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PennantPark Investment has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and OFS Capital has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. OFS Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, PNNT or OFS?

PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFS Capital has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PNNT or OFS?

In the previous week, PennantPark Investment had 6 more articles in the media than OFS Capital. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for PennantPark Investment and 1 mentions for OFS Capital. PennantPark Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat OFS Capital's score of 0.57 indicating that PennantPark Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PennantPark Investment	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OFS Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

PennantPark Investment beats OFS Capital on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.