GAIN vs. PNNT, SCM, CSWC, TPVG, PFLT, PTMN, NMFC, TSLX, VKQ, and EQBK
Should you be buying Gladstone Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gladstone Investment include PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), Capital Southwest (CSWC), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), and Equity Bancshares (EQBK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Gladstone Investment (NASDAQ:GAIN) and PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
Gladstone Investment has a net margin of 97.71% compared to PennantPark Investment's net margin of 40.14%. PennantPark Investment's return on equity of 13.65% beat Gladstone Investment's return on equity.
Gladstone Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Gladstone Investment pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
11.9% of Gladstone Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of PennantPark Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Gladstone Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of PennantPark Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Gladstone Investment has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gladstone Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PennantPark Investment. Gladstone Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PennantPark Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gladstone Investment presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.34%. PennantPark Investment has a consensus target price of $6.94, indicating a potential downside of 5.03%. Given Gladstone Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Gladstone Investment is more favorable than PennantPark Investment.
Gladstone Investment received 3 more outperform votes than PennantPark Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.47% of users gave Gladstone Investment an outperform vote while only 57.96% of users gave PennantPark Investment an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PennantPark Investment had 3 more articles in the media than Gladstone Investment. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for PennantPark Investment and 5 mentions for Gladstone Investment. PennantPark Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat Gladstone Investment's score of -0.09 indicating that PennantPark Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Gladstone Investment and PennantPark Investment tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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