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$6.97 -0.01 (-0.14%)
Closing price 07/7/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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$7.00 +0.03 (+0.43%)
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PNNT vs. ARCC, GBDC, GLAD, MFIC, NMFC, OCSL, PFLT, BCSF, MAIN, and TSLX

Should 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 (NASDAQ:ARCC) and PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Ares Capital has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

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 Ratio
Ares Capital$2.99B5.18$1.52B$2.0510.89
PennantPark Investment$56.93M7.99$48.85M$0.1546.47

27.4% of Ares Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of PennantPark Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Capital 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 7 more articles in the media than PennantPark Investment. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Ares Capital and 11 mentions for PennantPark Investment. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat PennantPark Investment's score of 0.21 indicating that Ares Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ares Capital
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PennantPark Investment
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ares Capital currently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.48%. PennantPark Investment has a consensus target price of $5.88, suggesting a potential downside of 15.71%. Given Ares Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ares Capital is more favorable than PennantPark Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ares Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
PennantPark Investment
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. 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 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. PennantPark Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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
Ares Capital43.50% 11.05% 5.25%
PennantPark Investment 11.33%11.59%4.23%

Summary

Ares Capital beats PennantPark Investment on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PNNT vs. The Competition

MetricPennantPark InvestmentInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$455.11M$308.36M$12.02B$9.02B
Dividend Yield13.75%12.71%5.53%4.07%
P/E Ratio26.818.6819.9520.04
Price / Sales7.997.9425.9492.37
Price / Cash7.476.7818.7228.59
Price / Book0.920.712.255.55
Net Income$48.85M$19.57M$990.08M$248.49M
7 Day Performance1.72%0.12%0.55%4.87%
1 Month Performance2.88%0.57%3.39%6.63%
1 Year Performance-11.66%-9.15%540.31%20.38%

PennantPark Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
0.9799 of 5 stars
$6.97
-0.1%
$5.88
-15.7%
-9.9%$455.11M$56.93M26.81N/ADividend Announcement
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.656 of 5 stars
$22.33
-0.4%
$22.00
-1.5%
+5.8%$15.50B$2.99B10.892,550Positive News
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
2.4251 of 5 stars
$14.74
-0.2%
$15.50
+5.2%
-6.5%$3.93B$724.68M13.04N/APositive News
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
1.5596 of 5 stars
$27.77
+0.7%
$23.00
-17.2%
+17.1%$620.10M$96.62M7.0570
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
3.204 of 5 stars
$12.69
-0.2%
$14.00
+10.3%
-18.1%$1.18B$301.78M10.23N/APositive News
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
1.8552 of 5 stars
$10.57
-1.2%
$10.67
+0.9%
-14.2%$1.14B$371.67M10.57N/APositive News
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
2.7051 of 5 stars
$13.85
-1.6%
$15.83
+14.3%
-26.1%$1.22B$381.67M106.54N/A
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.3364 of 5 stars
$10.47
-0.8%
$10.92
+4.3%
-11.1%$1.04B$84.09M7.48658Dividend Announcement
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.2077 of 5 stars
$15.02
-1.5%
$16.50
+9.9%
-9.2%$974.35M$292.65M8.631,000High Trading Volume
MAIN
Main Street Capital
0.9971 of 5 stars
$60.97
-0.3%
$52.80
-13.4%
+16.7%$5.43B$541.03M10.3590Dividend Cut
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
2.1331 of 5 stars
$23.94
-1.8%
$22.81
-4.7%
+10.2%$2.25B$482.53M12.67N/A

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This page (NASDAQ:PNNT) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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