PFLT vs. DNP, PTY, ADX, OXLC, NUV, USA, GAB, RVT, STEW, and BCAT
Should you be buying PennantPark Floating Rate Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital include DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), and BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital vs. Its Competitors
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital currently has a consensus price target of $10.92, suggesting a potential upside of 4.33%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 45.36% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity of 10.76% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 136.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has higher revenue and earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.
19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund 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.
In the previous week, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital had 3 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and 2 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.92 indicating that PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats DNP Select Income Fund on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PFLT) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
