PennantPark Investment (PNNT) Competitors $6.42 -0.10 (-1.46%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$6.44 +0.02 (+0.31%) As of 07:42 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 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 PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) and Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk. Do institutionals and insiders believe in PNNT or PSEC? 26.6% of PennantPark Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of PennantPark Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of Prospect Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is PNNT or PSEC a better dividend stock? PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.1%. PennantPark Investment pays out 369.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prospect Capital pays out -270.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prospect Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Do analysts recommend PNNT or PSEC? PennantPark Investment currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.98%. Prospect Capital has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.96%. Given Prospect Capital's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Prospect Capital is more favorable than PennantPark Investment.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score PennantPark Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Prospect Capital 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.00 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PNNT or PSEC? PennantPark Investment received 45 more outperform votes than Prospect Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.50% of users gave PennantPark Investment an outperform vote while only 51.53% of users gave Prospect Capital an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPennantPark InvestmentOutperform Votes36457.50% Underperform Votes26942.50% Prospect CapitalOutperform Votes31951.53% Underperform Votes30048.47% Is PNNT or PSEC 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 PennantPark Investment11.33% 11.59% 4.23% Prospect Capital 1.18%12.31%5.79% Which has more risk & volatility, PNNT or PSEC? PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to PNNT or PSEC? In the previous week, Prospect Capital had 6 more articles in the media than PennantPark Investment. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Prospect Capital and 4 mentions for PennantPark Investment. Prospect Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat PennantPark Investment's score of 0.68 indicating that Prospect Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment PennantPark Investment 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Prospect Capital 5 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PNNT or PSEC? Prospect Capital has higher revenue and earnings 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 RatioPennantPark Investment$64.78M6.57$48.85M$0.2625.08Prospect Capital$101.04M15.75$262.83M-$0.20-17.85 SummaryProspect Capital beats PennantPark Investment on 11 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$425.73M$1.03B$11.12B$7.82BDividend Yield14.84%12.41%5.79%4.22%P/E Ratio25.0812.7222.0018.48Price / Sales6.5710.6526.09103.60Price / Cash7.4714.7017.6034.62Price / Book0.860.932.654.25Net Income$48.85M$96.63M$1.03B$248.23M7 Day Performance1.40%0.54%0.57%0.89%1 Month Performance-7.67%-6.41%-0.43%3.53%1 Year Performance-7.45%-10.84%537.91%5.08% PennantPark Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PNNTPennantPark Investment0.7182 of 5 stars$6.43-1.5%$6.00-6.6%-8.4%$419.53M$64.78M24.71N/APSECProspect Capital1.2564 of 5 stars$3.49-2.0%$4.50+28.9%-31.5%$1.56B$101.04M-17.452,019Upcoming EarningsEx-DividendAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsOCSLOaktree Specialty Lending2.0262 of 5 stars$14.08-1.9%$16.42+16.6%-24.8%$1.16B$48.88M21.02N/AEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsGap DownVRTSVirtus Investment Partners3.1961 of 5 stars$142.95-4.0%$179.00+25.2%-29.8%$990.79M$902.82M8.46770Earnings ReportAnalyst DowngradeCSWCCapital Southwest3.0751 of 5 stars$19.36-1.6%$22.50+16.2%-21.1%$979.27M$98.09M13.7320Dividend AnnouncementNews CoveragePositive NewsSLRCSLR Investment1.6934 of 5 stars$15.11-2.5%$15.85+4.9%+1.2%$824.40M$104.99M8.54N/AUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageFDUSFidus Investment1.4009 of 5 stars$18.15-2.2%$20.00+10.2%-7.2%$630.39M$91.39M6.48N/AUpcoming EarningsTCPCBlackRock TCP Capital2.0852 of 5 stars$6.68-1.6%$8.33+24.8%-32.1%$568.31M$-45,395,366.00-13.3619,800Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageGLADGladstone Capital2.0342 of 5 stars$23.95-3.2%$23.00-4.0%+16.5%$534.80M$105.41M5.8670Upcoming EarningsNews CoverageGAINGladstone Investment0.8617 of 5 stars$13.55-1.9%$13.75+1.5%-3.8%$499.14M$66.70M7.0670News CoveragePositive NewsDHILDiamond Hill Investment Group3.183 of 5 stars$125.49-2.8%N/A-15.6%$349.74M$151.10M7.11130Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementInsider TradePositive News 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 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | SponsoredElon Musk’s next move from the Oval Office?No one is closer to President Trump than Tesla CEO Elon Musk. 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