PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.190-0.210 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.210. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

PennantPark Investment Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:PNNT opened at $7.21 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $470.49 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.73 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 0.51 and a quick ratio of 0.51. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $6.97 and its 200-day simple moving average is $7.05. PennantPark Investment has a 12 month low of $6.43 and a 12 month high of $8.04.

PennantPark Investment Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 15th will be issued a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 13.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 15th. PennantPark Investment’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 564.74%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, LADENBURG THALM/SH SH lowered shares of PennantPark Investment from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and four have assigned a hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $6.00.

About PennantPark Investment

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.