PennantPark Investment (PNNT) Competitors $7.29 -0.02 (-0.27%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$7.30 +0.00 (+0.07%) As of 07:55 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and earnings. 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 13.2%. Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. 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. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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$56.93M8.36$48.85M$0.1548.60Ares Capital$2.99B5.39$1.52B$2.0511.32 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility and risk, PNNT or ARCC? PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. 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 analysts recommend PNNT or ARCC? PennantPark Investment currently has a consensus price target of $5.88, indicating a potential downside of 19.41%. Ares Capital has a consensus price target of $22.21, indicating a potential downside of 4.29%. Given Ares Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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 Does the media favor PNNT or ARCC? In the previous week, Ares Capital had 21 more articles in the media than PennantPark Investment. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Ares Capital and 5 mentions for PennantPark Investment. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat PennantPark Investment's score of 0.92 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 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Ares Capital 17 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive 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$476.01M$315.93M$12.11B$9.41BDividend Yield13.26%12.42%5.56%4.03%P/E Ratio28.049.0718.3720.09Price / Sales8.368.1626.0799.01Price / Cash7.476.7821.6858.27Price / Book0.960.732.315.65Net Income$48.85M$19.57M$997.60M$257.91M7 Day Performance1.46%-2.18%0.42%2.09%1 Month Performance8.40%2.11%4.37%11.13%1 Year Performance1.11%-4.91%541.75%18.40% PennantPark Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PNNTPennantPark Investment1.7439 of 5 stars$7.29-0.3%$5.88-19.4%-0.3%$476.01M$56.93M28.04N/ADividend AnnouncementEx-DividendARCCAres Capital3.1395 of 5 stars$22.86+0.1%$22.00-3.8%+10.3%$15.87B$2.99B11.152,550Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastGBDCGolub Capital BDC2.6361 of 5 stars$15.28+0.5%$15.50+1.4%-0.7%$4.07B$300.65M13.52N/APositive NewsGLADGladstone Capital1.7699 of 5 stars$28.84+1.1%$23.00-20.2%+21.1%$644.00M$88.83M7.3270Dividend AnnouncementMFICMidCap Financial Investment2.1626 of 5 stars$13.19+0.2%$14.00+6.1%-13.9%$1.23B$113.46M10.64N/APositive NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance1.9846 of 5 stars$10.72-0.6%$10.67-0.5%-13.0%$1.16B$371.67M10.72N/APositive NewsOCSLOaktree Specialty Lending2.1696 of 5 stars$14.48+0.5%$15.83+9.3%-18.4%$1.28B$381.67M111.38N/APositive NewsPFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.7786 of 5 stars$10.83+0.8%$10.92+0.8%-7.6%$1.07B$84.09M7.73658Ex-DividendAnalyst ForecastBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.9906 of 5 stars$15.58+0.6%$16.50+5.9%-5.4%$1.01B$292.65M8.961,000MAINMain Street Capital1.4841 of 5 stars$63.56+0.9%$52.80-16.9%+28.7%$5.66B$607.66M10.7990News CoverageAnalyst ForecastTSLXSixth Street Specialty Lending2.5385 of 5 stars$24.37+0.2%$22.81-6.4%+16.0%$2.29B$482.53M12.89N/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 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersUtah’s New Oil FindThe Real Reason 218,000 Acres Just Vanished The government just quietly leased 218,000 acres in the middle ...Stansberry Research | SponsoredMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredCritical AI announcement set to ignite AI 2.0 I just put together an urgent new presentation that you need to see right away. 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