PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT) Competitors $10.18 +0.06 (+0.54%) Closing price 08/22/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.21 +0.03 (+0.25%) As of 08/22/2025 06:39 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PFLT vs. ARCC, GLAD, MFIC, NMFC, OCSL, PNNT, SLRC, BCSF, MAIN, and TSLXShould you be buying PennantPark Floating Rate Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital include Ares Capital (ARCC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), SLR Investment (SLRC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Main Street Capital (MAIN), and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital vs. Its Competitors Ares Capital Gladstone Capital MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance Oaktree Specialty Lending PennantPark Investment SLR Investment Bain Capital Specialty Finance Main Street Capital Sixth Street Specialty Lending PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) and Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends. Is PFLT or ARCC a better dividend stock? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 146.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Capital pays out 93.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PFLT or ARCC? 19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Ares Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer PFLT or ARCC? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital currently has a consensus target price of $10.88, suggesting a potential upside of 6.77%. Ares Capital has a consensus target price of $22.86, suggesting a potential upside of 2.41%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is more favorable than Ares Capital.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75Ares Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.78 Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PFLT or ARCC? Ares Capital has higher revenue and earnings than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. Ares Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPennantPark Floating Rate Capital$89.89M11.24$91.84M$0.8412.13Ares Capital$2.99B5.27$1.52B$2.0510.89 Which has more risk & volatility, PFLT or ARCC? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is PFLT or ARCC more profitable? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 45.36% compared to Ares Capital's net margin of 44.94%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity of 10.76% beat Ares Capital's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets PennantPark Floating Rate Capital45.36% 10.76% 4.65% Ares Capital 44.94%10.48%5.00% Does the media prefer PFLT or ARCC? In the previous week, Ares Capital had 14 more articles in the media than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ares Capital and 3 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's score of 1.00 indicating that Ares Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Ares Capital 13 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryAres Capital beats PennantPark Floating Rate Capital on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get PennantPark Floating Rate Capital News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PFLT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PFLT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PFLT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPennantPark Floating Rate CapitalInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$1.01B$298.30M$12.56B$9.76BDividend Yield12.14%12.87%5.46%4.06%P/E Ratio7.288.8219.4126.05Price / Sales11.247.2126.2888.42Price / Cash12.486.7822.1959.36Price / Book0.930.742.356.60Net Income$91.84M$19.57M$1.01B$265.65M7 Day Performance-0.44%2.88%1.75%2.00%1 Month Performance-4.87%7.85%1.61%0.46%1 Year Performance-8.08%-2.39%541.38%18.88% PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.4376 of 5 stars$10.19+0.5%$10.88+6.8%-8.1%$1.01B$89.89M7.28658Short Interest ↓ARCCAres Capital2.1376 of 5 stars$22.41flat$22.86+2.0%+6.7%$15.81B$2.99B10.932,550Positive NewsGLADGladstone Capital0.7941 of 5 stars$26.93-0.2%$24.50-9.0%+16.8%$601.35M$96.62M7.9470MFICMidCap Financial Investment1.9891 of 5 stars$12.99+0.9%$13.50+3.9%-4.9%$1.21B$301.78M12.03N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance2.408 of 5 stars$10.39+0.9%$10.75+3.5%-15.9%$1.11B$371.67M13.67N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsOCSLOaktree Specialty Lending1.2399 of 5 stars$13.66+1.3%$15.00+9.8%-19.2%$1.20B$381.67M24.39N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsPNNTPennantPark Investment1.2153 of 5 stars$7.11-0.2%$6.33-11.0%+2.4%$464.45M$61.29M27.36N/ASLRCSLR Investment1.3476 of 5 stars$16.47+1.0%$16.25-1.3%+6.4%$898.60M$97.88M10.17N/ABCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance2.8489 of 5 stars$15.22+1.1%$16.50+8.4%-7.2%$987.00M$292.65M9.171,000Positive NewsAnalyst UpgradeMAINMain Street Capital1.1987 of 5 stars$65.64-0.7%$59.75-9.0%+31.0%$5.87B$541.03M10.8190Analyst UpgradeTSLXSixth Street Specialty Lending2.0078 of 5 stars$24.05+0.4%$23.28-3.2%+14.2%$2.27B$482.53M11.96N/APositive NewsDividend Cut Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ARCC Alternatives GLAD Alternatives MFIC Alternatives NMFC Alternatives OCSL Alternatives PNNT Alternatives SLRC Alternatives BCSF Alternatives MAIN Alternatives TSLX Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PFLT) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners[No Brainer Gold Play]: “Show me a better investment.”A Historic Gold Announcement Is About to Rock Wall Street? 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