SCM vs. PNNT, GAIN, OFS, CSWC, TPVG, PTMN, PFLT, NMFC, SOR, and HQL
Should you be buying Stellus Capital Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stellus Capital Investment include PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), OFS Capital (OFS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Source Capital (SOR), and Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) and Stellus Capital Investment (NYSE:SCM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
26.6% of PennantPark Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of PennantPark Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Stellus Capital Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PennantPark Investment. PennantPark Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stellus Capital Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PennantPark Investment currently has a consensus price target of $6.94, suggesting a potential downside of 3.78%. Stellus Capital Investment has a consensus price target of $13.25, suggesting a potential downside of 6.03%. Given Stellus Capital Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe PennantPark Investment is more favorable than Stellus Capital Investment.
In the previous week, Stellus Capital Investment had 4 more articles in the media than PennantPark Investment. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Stellus Capital Investment and 0 mentions for PennantPark Investment. Stellus Capital Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat PennantPark Investment's score of 1.38 indicating that PennantPark Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stellus Capital Investment has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Stellus Capital Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. PennantPark Investment pays out 113.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Stellus Capital Investment pays out 205.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Stellus Capital Investment has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. PennantPark Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
PennantPark Investment has a net margin of 32.55% compared to PennantPark Investment's net margin of 16.56%. Stellus Capital Investment's return on equity of 14.17% beat PennantPark Investment's return on equity.
PennantPark Investment received 60 more outperform votes than Stellus Capital Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.26% of users gave Stellus Capital Investment an outperform vote while only 58.15% of users gave PennantPark Investment an outperform vote.
Summary
PennantPark Investment beats Stellus Capital Investment on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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