PennantPark Investment (PNNT) Competitors $7.18 +0.07 (+0.91%) Closing price 07/11/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$7.17 -0.02 (-0.26%) As of 07/11/2025 07:56 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 FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PNNT vs. ARCC, GBDC, GLAD, MFIC, NMFC, OCSL, PFLT, BCSF, MAIN, and TSLXShould 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 Ares Capital Golub Capital BDC Gladstone Capital MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance Oaktree Specialty Lending PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Bain Capital Specialty Finance Main Street Capital Sixth Street Specialty Lending PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) and Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership. Is PNNT or ARCC a better dividend stock? 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 8.4%. 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. 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. Is PNNT or ARCC more profitable? Ares Capital has a net margin of 43.50% 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 43.50%11.05%5.25% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PNNT or ARCC? 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PNNT or ARCC? 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 RatioPennantPark Investment$56.93M8.24$48.85M$0.1547.90Ares Capital$2.99B5.30$1.52B$2.0511.14 Does the media prefer PNNT or ARCC? In the previous week, Ares Capital had 15 more articles in the media than PennantPark Investment. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ares Capital and 2 mentions for PennantPark Investment. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat PennantPark Investment's score of 0.55 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 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Ares Capital 10 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts rate PNNT or ARCC? PennantPark Investment presently has a consensus price target of $5.88, suggesting a potential downside of 18.23%. Ares Capital has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.68%. Given Ares Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.67Ares Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.78 Which has more volatility and risk, PNNT or ARCC? PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryAres Capital beats PennantPark Investment on 13 of the 20 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 PNNT 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$469.15M$314.93M$12.07B$9.11BDividend Yield13.75%12.70%5.53%4.02%P/E Ratio27.648.9520.0420.25Price / Sales8.248.0825.5199.61Price / Cash7.476.7821.6458.16Price / Book0.950.732.285.49Net Income$48.85M$19.57M$992.82M$250.27M7 Day Performance3.16%0.56%-0.23%4.75%1 Month Performance4.43%1.13%2.76%7.64%1 Year Performance-8.59%-7.14%536.06%16.34% PennantPark Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PNNTPennantPark Investment1.4225 of 5 stars$7.19+0.9%$5.88-18.2%-7.9%$469.15M$56.93M27.64N/AARCCAres Capital2.9808 of 5 stars$22.33-0.4%$22.00-1.5%+7.6%$15.50B$2.99B10.892,550Positive NewsGBDCGolub Capital BDC2.5993 of 5 stars$14.74-0.2%$15.50+5.2%-5.0%$3.93B$724.68M13.04N/APositive NewsGLADGladstone Capital1.7926 of 5 stars$27.77+0.7%$23.00-17.2%+17.7%$620.10M$96.62M7.0570News CoverageDividend AnnouncementMFICMidCap Financial Investment2.3831 of 5 stars$12.69-0.2%$14.00+10.3%-15.7%$1.18B$301.78M10.23N/APositive NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance2.0932 of 5 stars$10.57-1.2%$10.67+0.9%-12.7%$1.14B$371.67M10.57N/APositive NewsOCSLOaktree Specialty Lending1.3687 of 5 stars$13.85-1.6%$15.83+14.3%-22.5%$1.22B$381.67M106.54N/APositive NewsPFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.4293 of 5 stars$10.47-0.8%$10.92+4.3%-10.0%$1.04B$84.09M7.48658BCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.829 of 5 stars$15.02-1.5%$16.50+9.9%-6.6%$974.35M$292.65M8.631,000High Trading VolumeMAINMain Street Capital1.3942 of 5 stars$60.97-0.3%$52.80-13.4%+21.2%$5.43B$541.03M10.3590News CoverageEx-DividendTSLXSixth Street Specialty Lending2.6498 of 5 stars$23.94-1.8%$22.81-4.7%+12.0%$2.25B$482.53M12.67N/APositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Ares Capital Competitors Golub Capital BDC Competitors Gladstone Capital Competitors MidCap Financial Investment Competitors New Mountain Finance Competitors Oaktree Specialty Lending Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors Main Street Capital Competitors Sixth Street Specialty Lending 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 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s treachery Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to ...Porter & Company | SponsoredBuffett’s $325 Billion Cash Problem — Solved by Gold?A bombshell announcement is just weeks away — and it could send shockwaves through the gold market. 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