PFLT vs. GBDC, PSEC, TSLX, NMFC, CSWC, GAIN, PNNT, TPVG, SCM, and PTMN
Should you be buying PennantPark Floating Rate Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital include Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), and Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN). These companies are all part of the "investors, not elsewhere classified" industry.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) and Golub Capital BDC (NASDAQ:GBDC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
Golub Capital BDC received 49 more outperform votes than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.50% of users gave Golub Capital BDC an outperform vote while only 50.40% of users gave PennantPark Floating Rate Capital an outperform vote.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golub Capital BDC has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Golub Capital BDC had 2 more articles in the media than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Golub Capital BDC and 1 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Golub Capital BDC's score of 0.03 indicating that PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Golub Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Golub Capital BDC pays out 76.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Golub Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golub Capital BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital currently has a consensus target price of $11.75, indicating a potential upside of 3.16%. Golub Capital BDC has a consensus target price of $16.40, indicating a potential downside of 1.03%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is more favorable than Golub Capital BDC.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 55.99% compared to Golub Capital BDC's net margin of 53.05%. Golub Capital BDC's return on equity of 13.03% beat PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity.
19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Golub Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Golub Capital BDC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Golub Capital BDC beats PennantPark Floating Rate Capital on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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