TPVG vs. PFLT, BCSF, BBDC, AWF, HQH, PHK, CGBD, ASA, NXP, and BTO
Should you be buying TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC include PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), BARINGS BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), NUVEEN SL TFIP (NXP), and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC vs. Its Competitors
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (NYSE:TPVG) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
12.8% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC currently has a consensus price target of $6.79, indicating a potential downside of 3.80%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a consensus price target of $10.92, indicating a potential upside of 3.62%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is more favorable than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital had 10 more articles in the media than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and 2 mentions for TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's score of 0.37 indicating that PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.0%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays out 129.0% 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 Floating Rate Capital pays out 136.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 45.36% compared to TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's net margin of 36.10%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's return on equity of 14.12% beat PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity.
Summary
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:TPVG) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
