PNNT vs. SCM, GAIN, OFS, CSWC, TPVG, PFLT, PTMN, NMFC, MPB, and CTO
Should you be buying PennantPark Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PennantPark Investment include Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), OFS Capital (OFS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), and CTO Realty Growth (CTO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
PennantPark Investment vs.
Stellus Capital Investment (NYSE:SCM) and PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
PennantPark Investment received 58 more outperform votes than Stellus Capital Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.17% of users gave Stellus Capital Investment an outperform vote while only 58.48% of users gave PennantPark Investment an outperform vote.
Stellus Capital Investment has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stellus Capital Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PennantPark Investment. PennantPark Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stellus Capital Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stellus Capital Investment has a net margin of 16.74% compared to PennantPark Investment's net margin of -101.55%. Stellus Capital Investment's return on equity of 10.79% beat PennantPark Investment's return on equity.
Stellus Capital Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. Stellus Capital Investment pays out 225.4% 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 pays out -40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stellus Capital Investment has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. PennantPark Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
PennantPark Investment has a consensus price target of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 7.02%. Given PennantPark Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PennantPark Investment is more favorable than Stellus Capital Investment.
In the previous week, PennantPark Investment had 3 more articles in the media than Stellus Capital Investment. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PennantPark Investment and 0 mentions for Stellus Capital Investment. PennantPark Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Stellus Capital Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that PennantPark Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
13.8% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.3% of PennantPark Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of PennantPark Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
PennantPark Investment beats Stellus Capital Investment on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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.
Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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