PennantPark Investment (PNNT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

PennantPark Investment Corporation is a business development company that provides financing to middle-market businesses. Its investments include secured loans, other debt and, in some cases, equity securities.

The company focuses primarily on businesses in the United States and seeks to support their operations, growth and acquisitions through customized financing. PennantPark Investment began investing in 2007 and is externally managed by PennantPark Investment Advisers, an affiliate of PennantPark.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $3.23 to $3.30
• 50-Day Range: $2.81 to $3.74
• 52-Week Range: $2.78 to $6.57
• Volume: 250,545 shs
• Average Volume: 709,656 shs
• Market Capitalization: $211.89 million
• P/E Ratio: 12.48
• Dividend Yield: 14.79%
• Price Target: $5.10
• Consensus Rating: Hold

PennantPark Investment Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

PennantPark Investment scored higher than 71% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 452nd out of 852 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

PennantPark Investment has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

PennantPark Investment has a consensus price target of $5.10, representing about 57.2% upside from its current price of $3.25.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

PennantPark Investment has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 2.56%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for PennantPark Investment are expected to grow by 2.56% in the coming year, from $0.78 to $0.80 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of PennantPark Investment is 12.48, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.45.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of PennantPark Investment is 12.48, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 20.66.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

PennantPark Investment has a P/B Ratio of 0.43. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for PNNT.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

PennantPark Investment is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 14.33%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

PennantPark Investment has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of PennantPark Investment is 300.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, PennantPark Investment will have a dividend payout ratio of 60.00% next year. This indicates that PennantPark Investment will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

PennantPark Investment has a news sentiment score of 0.50. 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 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for PennantPark Investment this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

7 people have searched for PNNT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 75% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added PennantPark Investment to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, PennantPark Investment insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.00% of the stock of PennantPark Investment is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

26.62% of the stock of PennantPark Investment is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 11/2 Dividend: 10/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/2 Dividend: 10/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/02/2026
• Today: 11/12/2026
• Record date for 12/1 Dividend: 11/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/1 Dividend: 11/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/01/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PNNT
• CIK: 1383414
• Web: www.pennantpark.com
• Phone: (212) 905-1000
• Fax: 212-905-1075
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: 2007

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for PennantPark Investment: $5.10
• High Price Target: $5.50
• Low Price Target: $4.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +57.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.16
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.48
• Forward P/E Ratio: 4.06
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $48.85 million
• Net Margins: 11.33%
• Pretax Margin: 37.78%
• Return on Equity: 11.59%
• Return on Assets: 4.23%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.56
• Current Ratio: 0.47
• Quick Ratio: 0.47

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $21.51 million
• Price / Sales: 9.85
• Cash Flow: $0.43 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.47
• Book Value: $7.57 per share
• Price / Book: 0.43

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 65,296,000
• Free Float: 63,337,000
• Market Cap: $211.89 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.65