PFLT vs. ARCC, MFIC, NMFC, OCSL, PNNT, SLRC, BCSF, MAIN, OBDC, and TSLX
Should 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), 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), Blue Owl Capital (OBDC), and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital vs. Its Competitors
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) and Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital presently has a consensus target price of $10.88, indicating a potential upside of 23.79%. Ares Capital has a consensus target price of $22.81, indicating a potential upside of 17.05%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is more favorable than Ares Capital.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.0%. Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. 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.
19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Ares Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Ares Capital had 23 more articles in the media than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Ares Capital and 3 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's score of 0.39 indicating that Ares Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ares Capital beats PennantPark Floating Rate Capital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:PFLT) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
