PennantPark Investment (PNNT) Competitors $6.56 -0.35 (-4.99%) Closing price 05/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$6.64 +0.08 (+1.22%) As of 04:07 AM 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 Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock PNNT vs. PSEC, OCSL, VRTS, CSWC, SLRC, FDUS, TCPC, GLAD, GAIN, and DHILShould you be buying PennantPark Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PennantPark Investment include Prospect Capital (PSEC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), and Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry. PennantPark Investment vs. Prospect Capital Oaktree Specialty Lending Virtus Investment Partners Capital Southwest SLR Investment Fidus Investment BlackRock TCP Capital Gladstone Capital Gladstone Investment Diamond Hill Investment Group Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) and PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking. Is PSEC or PNNT a better dividend stock? Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.6%. PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.6%. Prospect Capital pays out -62.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PennantPark Investment pays out 640.0% 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. Prospect Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Which has more volatility & risk, PSEC or PNNT? Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher valuation & earnings, PSEC or PNNT? Prospect Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PennantPark Investment. Prospect 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 RatioProspect Capital-$182.78M-8.46$262.83M-$0.86-4.03PennantPark Investment$64.78M6.62$48.85M$0.1543.77 Does the media favor PSEC or PNNT? In the previous week, Prospect Capital and Prospect Capital both had 6 articles in the media. Prospect Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat PennantPark Investment's score of 0.63 indicating that Prospect Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Prospect Capital 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive PennantPark Investment 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community favor PSEC or PNNT? PennantPark Investment received 45 more outperform votes than Prospect Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.23% of users gave PennantPark Investment an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Prospect Capital an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformProspect CapitalOutperform Votes31951.45% Underperform Votes30148.55% PennantPark InvestmentOutperform Votes36457.23% Underperform Votes27242.77% Is PSEC or PNNT more profitable? PennantPark Investment has a net margin of 11.33% compared to Prospect Capital's net margin of 1.18%. Prospect Capital's return on equity of 12.31% beat PennantPark Investment's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Prospect Capital1.18% 12.31% 5.79% PennantPark Investment 11.33%11.59%4.23% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PSEC or PNNT? 9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of PennantPark Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 28.3% of Prospect Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of PennantPark Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts recommend PSEC or PNNT? Prospect Capital currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.54%. PennantPark Investment has a consensus target price of $5.88, indicating a potential downside of 10.51%. Given PennantPark Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PennantPark Investment is more favorable than Prospect Capital.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Prospect Capital 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.00PennantPark Investment 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.67 SummaryPennantPark Investment beats Prospect Capital on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get PennantPark Investment News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PNNT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart PNNT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPennantPark InvestmentInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$428.67M$1.09B$11.49B$8.39BDividend Yield14.31%11.98%5.45%4.10%P/E Ratio25.2513.0022.4819.71Price / Sales6.6211.2027.28117.39Price / Cash7.4714.7017.6234.62Price / Book0.871.042.794.50Net Income$48.85M$96.63M$1.04B$248.18M7 Day Performance-2.31%-0.06%-0.01%0.20%1 Month Performance5.46%11.83%6.70%12.37%1 Year Performance-10.25%-4.18%537.71%7.04% PennantPark Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PNNTPennantPark Investment0.9036 of 5 stars$6.57-5.0%$5.88-10.5%-11.6%$428.67M$64.78M25.25N/AAnalyst ForecastGap DownPSECProspect Capital0.8829 of 5 stars$3.69+4.2%$3.00-18.7%-39.0%$1.64B$101.04M-18.452,019High Trading VolumeOCSLOaktree Specialty Lending2.768 of 5 stars$14.02+1.7%$16.00+14.1%-26.5%$1.23B$-1,542,000.0020.93N/APositive NewsInsider TradeVRTSVirtus Investment Partners2.291 of 5 stars$173.07+4.7%$167.75-3.1%-27.8%$1.20B$898.60M10.24770Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst UpgradeCSWCCapital Southwest1.851 of 5 stars$20.80+3.9%$22.50+8.2%-21.6%$1.05B$98.09M14.7520High Trading VolumeSLRCSLR Investment2.7068 of 5 stars$16.13+2.1%$15.79-2.1%+0.1%$880.05M$104.99M9.11N/APositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeFDUSFidus Investment2.7106 of 5 stars$19.67+0.1%$20.00+1.7%+0.9%$683.18M$91.39M7.03N/APositive NewsTCPCBlackRock TCP Capital0.9662 of 5 stars$7.43+3.2%$7.00-5.8%-29.9%$632.12M$-45,395,366.00-14.8619,800GLADGladstone Capital1.278 of 5 stars$25.87+2.9%$23.00-11.1%+17.1%$577.68M$105.41M6.3370Dividend AnnouncementGAINGladstone Investment0.8163 of 5 stars$14.04+2.1%$13.50-3.8%+4.3%$517.19M$66.70M7.3170Dividend AnnouncementDHILDiamond Hill Investment Group3.1235 of 5 stars$142.74+1.9%N/A-9.6%$397.82M$152.98M8.08130Positive NewsGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Prospect Capital Competitors Oaktree Specialty Lending Competitors Virtus Investment Partners Competitors Capital Southwest Competitors SLR Investment Competitors Fidus Investment Competitors BlackRock TCP Capital Competitors Gladstone Capital Competitors Gladstone Investment Competitors Diamond Hill Investment Group Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PNNT) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersJuly 2025 Rule Change to Impact Retirement InvestorsThere's a massive change from a new rule going into effect this July. 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