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PennantPark Investment (PNNT) Competitors

$5.84
+0.14 (+2.46%)
(As of 06/7/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$5.67
$5.85
50-Day Range
$4.76
$5.70
52-Week Range
$4.70
$7.12
Volume
631,642 shs
Average Volume
374,749 shs
Market Capitalization
$380.88 million
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
12.67%
Price Target
$6.25

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Stellus Capital InvestmentOutperform Votes
304
61.17%
Underperform Votes
193
38.83%
PennantPark InvestmentOutperform Votes
362
58.48%
Underperform Votes
257
41.52%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Stellus Capital Investment$75.11 million3.85$14.49 million$0.7119.55
PennantPark Investment$104.97 million3.62-$24.74 million-$1.83-3.18

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stellus Capital Investment 16.74% 10.79% 3.37%
PennantPark Investment -101.55% 8.43% 3.59%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Stellus Capital Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
PennantPark Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Stellus Capital Investment Neutral
PennantPark Investment Very Positive

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.
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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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PNNT vs. The Competition

MetricPennantPark InvestmentInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$379.58M$1.01B$6.17B$6.22B
Dividend Yield13.26%10.31%10.08%6.49%
P/E Ratio-3.186.39153.2711.98
Price / Sales3.623.426,465.5288.39
Price / Cash9.0310.3632.19104.76
Price / Book0.650.761.775.28
Net Income-$24.74M$74.86M$647.28M$192.53M
7 Day Performance5.72%2.64%3.17%4.75%
1 Month Performance18.05%0.31%2.75%5.72%
1 Year Performance-18.60%-15.51%-6.24%1.53%

PennantPark Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCM
Stellus Capital Investment
1.4954 of 5 stars
$13.88
-0.6%
N/A+9.1%$289.26M$75.11M19.552
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
1.6698 of 5 stars
$13.06
+0.4%
$13.17
+0.8%
-12.6%$438.69M$81.54M9.97N/A
OFS
OFS Capital
1.3195 of 5 stars
$9.51
-0.4%
N/A-24.5%$127.43M$48.74M-10.4550
CSWC
Capital Southwest
2.3259 of 5 stars
$18.41
-0.2%
$21.30
+15.7%
-14.0%$676.02M$119.30M16.5921
TPVG
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC
1.1734 of 5 stars
$10.85
-0.4%
$11.75
+8.3%
-25.8%$384.09M$119.42M-19.37N/APositive News
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
1.324 of 5 stars
$10.53
-2.0%
$12.00
+14.0%
-8.9%$523.66M$105.49M-30.09N/APositive News
PTMN
Portman Ridge Finance
1.5695 of 5 stars
$18.95
-1.1%
$23.75
+25.3%
-15.5%$180.78M$69.61M-7.32N/A
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
1.8159 of 5 stars
$12.07
-0.2%
$12.67
+4.9%
-5.8%$1.22B$97.13M15.47N/APositive News
MPB
Mid Penn Bancorp
2.4996 of 5 stars
$22.77
-1.1%
$37.50
+64.7%
-10.5%$362.27M$189.26M6.64573
CTO
CTO Realty Growth
2.5964 of 5 stars
$15.97
+0.4%
$21.50
+34.6%
-73.9%$362.52M$82.32M-46.9719News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:PNNT) was last updated on 6/7/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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