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 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 49.61% of users gave PennantPark Floating Rate Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	Outperform Votes 253 49.61%	Underperform Votes 257 50.39%
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%

Which has more volatility & risk, PFLT or DNP?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, PFLT or DNP?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	$114.06M	8.69	$91.84M	$1.40	8.05
DNP Select Income Fund	$851.71M	4.31	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer PFLT or DNP?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.43%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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

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 10.9%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. 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.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PFLT or DNP?

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

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

Does the media prefer 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 6 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 3 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.18 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats DNP Select Income Fund on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.