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NASDAQ:PFLT

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT) Competitors

$10.91
-0.04 (-0.37%)
(As of 06/9/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$10.89
$10.97
50-Day Range
$10.37
$11.06
52-Week Range
$9.43
$13.22
Volume
356,248 shs
Average Volume
472,114 shs
Market Capitalization
$542.55 million
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
11.00%
Price Target
$12.00

PFLT vs. GAIN, TPVG, CSWC, PNNT, SCM, PTMN, NMFC, TSLX, CFB, and BTO

Should you be buying PennantPark Floating Rate Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital include Gladstone Investment (GAIN), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), Capital Southwest (CSWC), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital vs.

Gladstone Investment (NASDAQ:GAIN) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Gladstone Investment received 117 more outperform votes than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.14% of users gave Gladstone Investment an outperform vote while only 50.92% of users gave PennantPark Floating Rate Capital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Gladstone InvestmentOutperform Votes
366
62.14%
Underperform Votes
223
37.86%
PennantPark Floating Rate CapitalOutperform Votes
249
50.92%
Underperform Votes
240
49.08%

Gladstone Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Gladstone Investment pays out 73.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out -342.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Gladstone Investment has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Gladstone Investment. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and 1 mentions for Gladstone Investment. Gladstone Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's score of 0.82 indicating that Gladstone Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Gladstone Investment Very Positive
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Positive

12.1% of Gladstone Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Gladstone Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gladstone Investment$81.54 million5.30$35.55 million$1.319.82
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital$105.49 million5.14$3.45 million-$0.35-31.17

Gladstone Investment presently has a consensus target price of $13.17, indicating a potential upside of 2.31%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a consensus target price of $11.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.94%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is more favorable than Gladstone Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gladstone Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Gladstone Investment has a net margin of 53.82% compared to PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's net margin of -10.46%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity of 10.47% beat Gladstone Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gladstone Investment 53.82% 7.95% 4.67%
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital -10.46% 10.47% 4.43%

Gladstone Investment has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gladstone Investment beats PennantPark Floating Rate Capital on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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PFLT vs. The Competition

MetricPennantPark Floating Rate CapitalInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$542.55M$1.01B$6.25B$6.28B
Dividend Yield10.96%10.20%7.30%6.27%
P/E Ratio-31.175.37146.3012.31
Price / Sales5.143.186,519.1489.01
Price / Cash6.6610.6333.41115.16
Price / Book0.940.781.865.30
Net Income$3.45M$74.15M$645.90M$193.31M
7 Day Performance1.21%0.13%1.22%1.29%
1 Month Performance1.68%0.13%3.10%4.60%
1 Year Performance-6.51%-17.09%13.79%5.86%

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
1.9086 of 5 stars
$12.88
+0.2%
$13.17
+2.2%
-10.9%$431.66M$32.66M9.83N/APositive News
TPVG
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC
1.0982 of 5 stars
$11.18
+3.2%
$11.75
+5.1%
-19.2%$395.60M$119.42M-19.96N/APositive News
CSWC
Capital Southwest
1.9973 of 5 stars
$19.06
+1.2%
$21.30
+11.8%
-8.1%$699.88M$119.30M17.1721
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
1.4589 of 5 stars
$5.70
+2.2%
$6.25
+9.6%
-15.4%$371.75M$104.97M-3.11N/APositive News
SCM
Stellus Capital Investment
1.4954 of 5 stars
$13.87
+0.1%
N/A+12.6%$289.05M$75.11M19.542
PTMN
Portman Ridge Finance
1.637 of 5 stars
$19.12
-0.3%
$23.75
+24.2%
-14.9%$182.41M$69.61M-7.38N/APositive News
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
1.8159 of 5 stars
$12.32
+1.1%
$12.67
+2.8%
-1.9%$1.24B$294.63M15.80N/APositive News
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
2.4757 of 5 stars
$18.79
-0.1%
$20.83
+10.9%
-5.7%$1.54B$309.30M12.53N/A
CFB
CrossFirst Bankshares
2.26 of 5 stars
$11.08
+8.1%
$15.00
+35.4%
-12.9%$538.49M$265.79M9.01360Positive News
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
0 of 5 stars
$28.17
+4.5%
N/A-26.0%$541.99MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:PFLT) was last updated on 6/10/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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