PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT) Competitors

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PFLT or DNP?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has higher revenue and earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	$186.35M	5.36	$91.84M	$1.40	8.10
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate PFLT or DNP?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.77%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to PFLT or DNP?

In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund had 3 more articles in the media than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 2 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.94 indicating that PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PFLT or DNP more profitable?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 45.36% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity of 10.76% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	45.36%	10.76%	4.65%
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PFLT or DNP?

19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned 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.

Is PFLT or DNP a better dividend stock?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 87.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PFLT or DNP?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital received 59 more outperform votes than DNP Select Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 49.90% of users gave PennantPark Floating Rate Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	Outperform Votes 253 49.90%	Underperform Votes 254 50.10%
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%

Which has more risk & volatility, PFLT or DNP?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats DNP Select Income Fund on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.