PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT) Competitors

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PTY or PFLT?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	$230.95M	10.36	N/A	N/A	N/A
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	$114.06M	7.51	$91.84M	$1.40	6.96

Does the media prefer PTY or PFLT?

In the previous week, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital had 4 more articles in the media than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and 3 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's score of -0.07 indicating that PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is PTY or PFLT a better dividend stock?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. 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.

Is PTY or PFLT more profitable?

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

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	45.36%	10.76%	4.65%

Do analysts recommend PTY or PFLT?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a consensus price target of $11.38, suggesting a potential upside of 16.73%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is more favorable than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PTY or PFLT?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital received 129 more outperform votes than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 49.22% of users gave PennantPark Floating Rate Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 124 64.92%	Underperform Votes 67 35.08%
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	Outperform Votes 253 49.22%	Underperform Votes 261 50.78%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PTY or PFLT?

10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, PTY or PFLT?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.