GAIN vs. PNNT, SCM, CSWC, TPVG, PFLT, PTMN, NMFC, TSLX, VKQ, and EQBK
Should you be buying Gladstone Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gladstone Investment include PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), Capital Southwest (CSWC), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), and Equity Bancshares (EQBK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Gladstone Investment (NASDAQ:GAIN) and PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Gladstone Investment has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gladstone Investment received 3 more outperform votes than PennantPark Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.47% of users gave Gladstone Investment an outperform vote while only 57.96% of users gave PennantPark Investment an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gladstone Investment and Gladstone Investment both had 3 articles in the media. PennantPark Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Gladstone Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that PennantPark Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gladstone Investment has a net margin of 97.71% compared to PennantPark Investment's net margin of 40.14%. PennantPark Investment's return on equity of 13.65% beat Gladstone Investment's return on equity.
11.9% of Gladstone Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of PennantPark Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Gladstone Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of PennantPark Investment shares are held 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.
Gladstone Investment currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.85%. PennantPark Investment has a consensus price target of $6.94, suggesting a potential downside of 5.87%. Given Gladstone Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Gladstone Investment is more favorable than PennantPark Investment.
Gladstone Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PennantPark Investment. Gladstone Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PennantPark Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gladstone Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Gladstone Investment pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PennantPark Investment pays out 91.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Gladstone Investment beats PennantPark Investment on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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