TPVG vs. PNNT, GAIN, SCM, PFLT, PTMN, OFS, CSWC, NMFC, TSLX, and BHB
Should you be buying TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC include PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), OFS Capital (OFS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), and Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC vs.
PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) and TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (NYSE:TPVG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC had 8 more articles in the media than PennantPark Investment. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC and 0 mentions for PennantPark Investment. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat PennantPark Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has higher revenue and earnings than PennantPark Investment. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PennantPark Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. PennantPark Investment pays out -40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays out -285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
34.3% of PennantPark Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of PennantPark Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PennantPark Investment received 117 more outperform votes than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.76% of users gave TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC an outperform vote while only 58.48% of users gave PennantPark Investment an outperform vote.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a net margin of -14.40% compared to PennantPark Investment's net margin of -101.55%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's return on equity of 16.27% beat PennantPark Investment's return on equity.
PennantPark Investment currently has a consensus price target of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 11.41%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a consensus price target of $11.75, indicating a potential upside of 7.90%. Given PennantPark Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PennantPark Investment is more favorable than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC.
Summary
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC beats PennantPark Investment on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TPVG 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 NYSE 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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