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 Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) and PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations. Is ARCC or PNNT a better dividend stock? Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. 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. Do insiders & institutionals believe in ARCC or PNNT? 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is ARCC or PNNT 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 Ares Capital43.50% 11.05% 5.25% PennantPark Investment 11.33%11.59%4.23% Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ARCC or PNNT? 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 RatioAres Capital$2.99B5.30$1.52B$2.0511.14PennantPark Investment$56.93M8.24$48.85M$0.1547.90 Does the media prefer ARCC or PNNT? In the previous week, Ares Capital had 15 more articles in the media than PennantPark Investment. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Ares Capital and 1 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 media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Ares Capital 9 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive PennantPark Investment 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts prefer ARCC or PNNT? Ares Capital presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.68%. PennantPark Investment has a consensus price target of $5.88, suggesting a potential downside of 18.23%. 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 Ares Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.78PennantPark Investment 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.67 Which has more volatility & risk, ARCC or PNNT? Ares Capital has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to 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$315.14M$12.05B$9.10BDividend Yield13.75%12.70%5.52%4.00%P/E Ratio27.648.9519.2020.27Price / Sales8.248.1325.3998.73Price / Cash7.476.7821.6458.16Price / Book0.950.732.285.49Net Income$48.85M$19.57M$992.82M$250.45M7 Day Performance3.16%0.56%-0.20%4.78%1 Month Performance4.43%1.13%2.78%7.67%1 Year Performance-8.59%-7.14%536.06%16.43% PennantPark Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PNNTPennantPark Investment1.4321 of 5 stars$7.19+0.9%$5.88-18.2%-7.9%$469.15M$56.93M27.64N/AARCCAres Capital2.9861 of 5 stars$22.33-0.4%$22.00-1.5%+7.6%$15.50B$2.99B10.892,550Positive NewsGBDCGolub Capital BDC2.6032 of 5 stars$14.74-0.2%$15.50+5.2%-5.0%$3.93B$724.68M13.04N/APositive NewsGLADGladstone Capital1.5844 of 5 stars$27.77+0.7%$23.00-17.2%+17.7%$620.10M$96.62M7.0570News CoverageDividend AnnouncementMFICMidCap Financial Investment2.3946 of 5 stars$12.69-0.2%$14.00+10.3%-15.7%$1.18B$301.78M10.23N/APositive NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance2.1014 of 5 stars$10.57-1.2%$10.67+0.9%-12.7%$1.14B$371.67M10.57N/APositive NewsOCSLOaktree Specialty Lending1.3742 of 5 stars$13.85-1.6%$15.83+14.3%-22.5%$1.22B$381.67M106.54N/APositive NewsPFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.4373 of 5 stars$10.47-0.8%$10.92+4.3%-10.0%$1.04B$84.09M7.48658BCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.8314 of 5 stars$15.02-1.5%$16.50+9.9%-6.6%$974.35M$292.65M8.631,000High Trading VolumeMAINMain Street Capital1.4007 of 5 stars$60.97-0.3%$52.80-13.4%+21.2%$5.43B$541.03M10.3590News CoverageEx-DividendTSLXSixth Street Specialty Lending2.6563 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 PartnersThis Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just TriggeredThis same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in cryp...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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