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PNNT vs. ARCC, GBDC, GLAD, MFIC, NMFC, OCSL, PFLT, BCSF, MAIN, and TSLX

Should you be buying PennantPark Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PennantPark Investment include Ares Capital (ARCC), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Main Street Capital (MAIN), and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

PennantPark Investment vs. Its Competitors

PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) and Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Ares Capital has a net margin of 44.94% compared to PennantPark Investment's net margin of 11.33%. PennantPark Investment's return on equity of 11.59% beat Ares Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PennantPark Investment11.33% 11.59% 4.23%
Ares Capital 44.94%10.48%5.00%

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 14 more articles in the media than PennantPark Investment. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ares Capital and 1 mentions for PennantPark Investment. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat PennantPark Investment's score of 1.10 indicating that Ares Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PennantPark Investment
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ares Capital
10 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PennantPark Investment$61.29M7.65$48.85M$0.2134.21
Ares Capital$2.99B5.25$1.52B$2.0510.85

PennantPark Investment currently has a consensus target price of $6.33, suggesting a potential downside of 11.85%. Ares Capital has a consensus target price of $22.86, suggesting a potential upside of 2.73%. Given Ares Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ares Capital is more favorable than PennantPark Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PennantPark Investment
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Ares Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

26.6% of PennantPark Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Ares Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of PennantPark Investment 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.

PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. PennantPark Investment pays out 457.1% 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. PennantPark Investment has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. PennantPark Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Ares Capital beats PennantPark Investment on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PNNT vs. The Competition

MetricPennantPark InvestmentInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$469.15M$302.72M$12.50B$9.84B
Dividend Yield13.54%12.81%5.44%4.02%
P/E Ratio27.648.8419.4626.63
Price / Sales7.657.2227.17121.17
Price / Cash7.476.7822.1859.36
Price / Book0.950.702.366.69
Net Income$48.85M$19.57M$1.01B$265.59M
7 Day Performance1.27%-0.22%2.28%3.44%
1 Month Performance-1.64%2.25%2.29%1.12%
1 Year Performance3.53%-8.83%540.66%23.91%

PennantPark Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
1.2153 of 5 stars
$7.19
+0.2%
$6.33
-11.9%
+2.4%$469.15M$61.29M27.64N/APositive News
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.1383 of 5 stars
$22.08
-1.1%
$22.86
+3.5%
+5.8%$15.74B$2.99B10.772,550Positive News
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
2.2658 of 5 stars
$14.65
-0.9%
$15.00
+2.4%
-2.5%$3.94B$724.68M10.32N/APositive News
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
1.2975 of 5 stars
$26.15
-1.2%
$24.50
-6.3%
+15.1%$591.29M$96.62M7.7170Positive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
1.892 of 5 stars
$13.03
-0.8%
$13.30
+2.1%
-4.1%$1.23B$301.78M8.21N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.3039 of 5 stars
$10.34
-0.5%
$10.75
+4.0%
-15.3%$1.11B$371.67M7.99N/APositive News
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
1.3163 of 5 stars
$13.65
-0.7%
$15.00
+9.9%
-18.3%$1.21B$381.67M24.38N/APositive News
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.4133 of 5 stars
$10.08
-1.1%
$10.88
+7.9%
-8.6%$999.62M$89.89M7.20658
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
2.5991 of 5 stars
$15.40
-0.5%
$16.50
+7.1%
-6.9%$1.00B$292.65M9.281,000Positive News
MAIN
Main Street Capital
2.2051 of 5 stars
$64.02
-1.6%
$59.75
-6.7%
+31.3%$5.82B$541.03M10.5590Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
1.96 of 5 stars
$24.06
-0.1%
$23.28
-3.3%
+14.6%$2.27B$482.53M11.97N/ADividend Cut

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This page (NASDAQ:PNNT) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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