PennantPark Investment Co. (NASDAQ:PNNT – Get Free Report) declared a monthly dividend on Wednesday, October 2nd, Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 16th will be paid a dividend of 0.08 per share by the asset manager on Friday, November 1st. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 13.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 16th.
PennantPark Investment has increased its dividend payment by an average of 14.2% per year over the last three years. PennantPark Investment has a payout ratio of 109.1% indicating that the company cannot currently cover its dividend with earnings alone and is relying on its balance sheet to cover its dividend payments. Equities analysts expect PennantPark Investment to earn $0.90 per share next year, which means the company may not be able to cover its $0.96 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 106.7%.
PennantPark Investment Trading Up 0.4 %
Shares of PennantPark Investment stock opened at $7.01 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54, a current ratio of 0.90 and a quick ratio of 0.90. PennantPark Investment has a 1 year low of $6.01 and a 1 year high of $8.04. The firm has a market cap of $457.23 million, a PE ratio of 7.62 and a beta of 1.52. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $6.96 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $7.18.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on PNNT shares. StockNews.com cut PennantPark Investment from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Friday, August 9th. Compass Point upgraded shares of PennantPark Investment from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $6.00 price target for the company in a research report on Monday, September 9th.
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PennantPark Investment Company Profile
PennantPark Investment Corporation, a business development company is a private equity fund specializes in direct and mezzanine investments in middle market companies. It invests in the form of mezzanine debt, senior secured loans, and equity investments. The fund typically invests in buildings and real estate, hotels, gaming and leisure, technology, telecommunications, transportation, information technology services, electronics, healthcare & pharmaceuticals, education and childcare, financial services, printing and publishing, consumer products, business services, energy & Related Services and utilities, distribution, oil and gas, media, environmental services, aerospace and defense, building materials, capital equipment, chemicals, plastics, & rubber, food & beverage, wholesale, manufacturing and basic industries and retail.
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