NYSE:PFLT PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT) Stock Price, News & Analysis $6.94 -0.06 (-0.79%) Closing price 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$6.95 +0.02 (+0.22%) As of 07:46 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 Massive. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesNews and TrendsOwnershipSEC FilingsShort Interest About PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Stock (NYSE:PFLT) View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced 1 Day 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced Show volume Show extended hours Get PFLT alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$6.87▼$6.9950-Day Range$6.85▼$7.5952-Week Range$6.83▼$9.75Volume750,068 shsAverage Volume1.09 million shsMarket Capitalization$688.09 millionP/E Ratio13.60Dividend Yield13.84%Price Target$9.80Consensus RatingModerate Buy Company Overview PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (NYSE:PFLT) is a business development company (BDC) that provides financing to middle-market companies. The company primarily invests in floating-rate, senior secured loans, with a focus on first-lien and other secured debt investments. It may also make second-lien debt investments and receive equity interests in portfolio companies. PFLT seeks to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation by investing in privately owned businesses across a range of industries. Its financing solutions can support acquisitions, recapitalizations, refinancing, growth initiatives and other corporate purposes. The company generally targets established middle-market businesses in the United States. Founded in 2011, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is externally managed by PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC, an affiliate of PennantPark Investment Corporation. PennantPark co-founder Arthur H. Penn serves as chairman and chief executive officer of the company and its investment adviser. As a BDC, PFLT is regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and is designed to make capital available to privately held companies that may not access traditional financing markets.AI Generated. May Contain Errors. Read More PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks79th Percentile Overall ScorePFLT MarketRank™: PennantPark Floating Rate Capital scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 318th out of 854 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion3.7 / 5Analyst RatingModerate Buy Consensus RatingPennantPark Floating Rate Capital has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Upside PotentialPennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a consensus price target of $9.80, representing about 41.3% upside from its current price of $6.94.Amount of Analyst CoveragePennantPark Floating Rate Capital has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.Read more about PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation2.5 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth1.89% Earnings GrowthEarnings for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital are expected to grow by 1.89% in the coming year, from $1.06 to $1.08 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is 13.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.82.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is 13.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.58.Price to Book Value per Share RatioPennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a P/B Ratio of 0.64. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Short Interest2.0 / 5Short Interest LevelBearish Percentage of Shares Shorted4.01% of the float of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverPennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.48.Change versus previous monthShort interest in PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has recently increased by 3.03%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing. Dividend1.7 / 5Dividend StrengthWeak Dividend LeadershipPennantPark Floating Rate Capital is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 13.73%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthPennantPark Floating Rate Capital does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is 188.24%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.Dividend SustainabilityBased on EPS estimates, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital will have a dividend payout ratio of 88.89% in the coming year. This indicates that PennantPark Floating Rate Capital may not be able to sustain their current dividend.Read more about PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's dividend. News and Social Media2.8 / 5News Sentiment0.48 News SentimentPennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a news sentiment score of 0.48. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.72 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.Search InterestOnly 8 people have searched for PFLT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -58% compared to the previous 30 days.MarketBeat Follows8 people have added PennantPark Floating Rate Capital to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 700% compared to the previous 30 days. Company Ownership0.3 / 5Insider TradingN/A Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders1.00% of the stock of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions19.77% of the stock of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is held by institutions.Read more about PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's insider trading history. Receive PFLT Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Submit View SMS TermsSMS is currently available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 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(NYSE:PFLT) Stock Rated "Moderate Buy" by Wall Street AnalystsSeptember 25 at 2:45 AM | americanbankingnews.comTrump's New DollarPorter Stansberry says President Trump has signed an executive order initiating what he calls a full U.S. dollar reset - and most Americans don't know it's happening. The last time America underwent a monetary shift like this, under Nixon in the 1970s, it minted an average of 1,300 new millionaires a day for over half a century. Stansberry has released a new documentary naming the assets he believes are positioned to surge as a result.September 28 at 1:00 AM | Porter & Company (Ad)PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: Stable Asset Quality And Opportunities In PFLASeptember 18, 2026 | seekingalpha.comThe Fed’s Next Move Could Awaken These Big BDC DividendsSeptember 13, 2026 | forbes.comPennantPark Floating Rate Capital Declares September DividendSeptember 2, 2026 | tipranks.comPennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. Announces Monthly Distribution of $0.0833 per ShareSeptember 2, 2026 | globenewswire.comPennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.’s Unconsolidated Joint Venture, PennantPark Senior Secured Loan Fund I LLC Completes the Reset of $316.7 Million Securitization ...August 31, 2026 | markets.businessinsider.comSee More Headlines PFLT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have PFLT shares performed this year? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stock was trading at $9.28 on January 1st, 2026. Since then, PFLT stock has decreased by 25.3% and is now trading at $6.9350. How were PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's earnings last quarter? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (NYSE:PFLT) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 10th. The company reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.01. The company earned $66.09 million during the quarter. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.24% and a net margin of 18.53%. Read the conference call transcript. Who are PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's major shareholders? Top institutional investors of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital include Van ECK Associates Corp (2.49%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.82%), BlackRock Inc. (0.38%) and NewEdge Wealth LLC (0.17%). Insiders that own company stock include Jose A Briones and Richard T Allorto Jr. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital? Shares of PFLT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that PennantPark Floating Rate Capital investors own include AT&T (T), NVIDIA (NVDA), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Meta Platforms (META), Altria Group (MO), ExxonMobil (XOM) and Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC). Company Calendar Last Earnings8/10/2026Record date for 9/1 Dividend8/14/2026Ex-Dividend for 9/1 Dividend8/14/2026Dividend Payable9/01/2026Record date for 10/1 Dividend9/15/2026Ex-Dividend for 10/1 Dividend9/15/2026Today9/28/2026Fiscal Year End9/30/2026Dividend Payable10/01/2026Get Stock Alerts Health Indicator TradeSmith's Health IndicatorA long-term volatility-based measure designed for securities held 12 months or longer.Green: Strong and healthy uptrend with normal pullbacks.Yellow: Significant pullback but still within expected volatility.Red: Dropped beyond expected volatility; considered unhealthy. Red Zone (3m+) 1-Year History Sep 25 Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26 PFLT's financial health is in the Red zone, according to TradeSmith. PFLT has been in this zone for over 3 months. Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE SectorFinance Industry Capital Markets Sub-IndustryAsset Management & Custody Banks Current SymbolNYSE:PFLT Previous SymbolNASDAQ:PFLT CIK1504619 Webwww.pennantpark.com Phone(212) 905-1000Fax212-905-1075Employees658Year Founded2007Price Target and Rating Average Price Target for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital$9.80 High Price Target$10.50 Low Price Target$9.00 Potential Upside/Downside+41.3%Consensus RatingModerate Buy Rating Score (0-4)2.50 Research Coverage6 Analysts Profitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)$0.51 Trailing P/E Ratio13.60 Forward P/E Ratio6.54 P/E GrowthN/ANet Income$66.36 million Net Margins18.53% Pretax Margin18.53% Return on Equity10.24% Return on Assets3.88% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.94 Current Ratio0.19 Quick Ratio0.19 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$261.43 million Price / Sales2.63 Cash Flow$1.34 per share Price / Cash Flow5.17 Book Value$10.83 per share Price / Book0.64Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares99,220,000Free Float98,226,000Market Cap$688.09 million OptionableN/A Beta0.78 7 Stocks That Could Lead the Next Market BoomTesla, Nvidia, and Google helped shape the last era of market growth, but the next wave could come from a new group of companies. 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