PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT) Competitors

Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is ADX or PFLT a better dividend stock?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 86.0% 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 analysts recommend ADX or PFLT?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.32%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is more favorable than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adams Diversified Equity 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk & volatility, ADX or PFLT?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ADX or PFLT?

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 5 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's score of 0.63 indicating that PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ADX or PFLT?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	$186.35M	4.99	$91.84M	$1.43	7.82

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ADX or PFLT?

28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ADX or PFLT more profitable?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 49.28% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity of 10.88% beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	49.28%	10.88%	4.89%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADX or PFLT?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital received 107 more outperform votes than Adams Diversified Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 50.10% of users gave PennantPark Floating Rate Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 146 53.09%	Underperform Votes 129 46.91%
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	Outperform Votes 253 50.10%	Underperform Votes 252 49.90%

Summary

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.