PennantPark Investment (PNNT) Competitors

Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) and PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in OCSL or PNNT?

36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of PennantPark Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of PennantPark Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OCSL or PNNT?

Oaktree Specialty Lending received 120 more outperform votes than PennantPark Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.39% of users gave Oaktree Specialty Lending an outperform vote while only 57.59% of users gave PennantPark Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Oaktree Specialty Lending	Outperform Votes 484 59.39%	Underperform Votes 331 40.61%
PennantPark Investment	Outperform Votes 364 57.59%	Underperform Votes 268 42.41%

Is OCSL or PNNT more profitable?

Oaktree Specialty Lending has a net margin of 14.75% compared to PennantPark Investment's net margin of 11.33%. Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity of 12.07% beat PennantPark Investment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oaktree Specialty Lending	14.75%	12.07%	5.57%
PennantPark Investment	11.33%	11.59%	4.23%

Which has more volatility and risk, OCSL or PNNT?

Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to OCSL or PNNT?

In the previous week, Oaktree Specialty Lending had 2 more articles in the media than PennantPark Investment. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending and 2 mentions for PennantPark Investment. Oaktree Specialty Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat PennantPark Investment's score of 0.38 indicating that Oaktree Specialty Lending is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Oaktree Specialty Lending	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PennantPark Investment	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is OCSL or PNNT a better dividend stock?

Oaktree Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 238.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PennantPark Investment pays out 369.2% 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 rate OCSL or PNNT?

Oaktree Specialty Lending presently has a consensus price target of $16.75, indicating a potential upside of 9.33%. PennantPark Investment has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.29%. Given Oaktree Specialty Lending's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Oaktree Specialty Lending is more favorable than PennantPark Investment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oaktree Specialty Lending	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
PennantPark Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, OCSL or PNNT?

Oaktree Specialty Lending has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PennantPark Investment. Oaktree Specialty Lending is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PennantPark Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oaktree Specialty Lending	$48.88M	25.78	$57.90M	$0.67	22.87
PennantPark Investment	$64.78M	7.06	$48.85M	$0.26	26.92

Summary

Oaktree Specialty Lending beats PennantPark Investment on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.