PNNT vs. OCSL, VRTS, CSWC, TCPC, SLRC, FDUS, GAIN, GLAD, HRZN, and DHIL
Should you be buying PennantPark Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PennantPark Investment include Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), and Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) and PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
PennantPark Investment has a net margin of 40.14% compared to PennantPark Investment's net margin of 25.90%. Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity of 13.65% beat PennantPark Investment's return on equity.
Oaktree Specialty Lending has higher revenue and earnings than PennantPark Investment. PennantPark Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oaktree Specialty Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oaktree Specialty Lending received 116 more outperform votes than PennantPark Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.45% of users gave Oaktree Specialty Lending an outperform vote while only 57.96% of users gave PennantPark Investment an outperform vote.
Oaktree Specialty Lending presently has a consensus target price of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.33%. PennantPark Investment has a consensus target price of $6.94, suggesting a potential downside of 9.55%. Given PennantPark Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Oaktree Specialty Lending is more favorable than PennantPark Investment.
In the previous week, Oaktree Specialty Lending had 3 more articles in the media than PennantPark Investment. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending and 1 mentions for PennantPark Investment. PennantPark Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's score of 0.24 indicating that Oaktree Specialty Lending is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Oaktree Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 164.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PennantPark Investment pays out 91.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of PennantPark Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Oaktree Specialty Lending beats PennantPark Investment on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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