PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.

NYSE:PFLT Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.0b

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 5/6

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 10.95% that is well covered by earnings. Next payment date is on 3rd March, 2025 with an ex-dividend date of 18th February, 2025.

Key information

11.0%

Dividend yield

-29.6%

Buyback Yield

Total Shareholder Yield-18.6%
Future Dividend Yield11.0%
Dividend Growth0.8%
Next dividend pay date03 Mar 25
Ex dividend date18 Feb 25
Dividend per shareUS$1.230
Payout ratio90%

Recent dividend and buyback updates

Recent updates

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: Improved Portfolio Quality And Discounted Valuation

Jan 13

PFLT: High Monthly Income, But Coverage Looking Pressured

Nov 07

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: Weak Dividend Coverage Offset By Increased Investment Activity

Oct 25

PFLT: Dividend Coverage Of 103% Is Safer Than It Seems

Aug 20

PFLT: Is This 10% Dividend Income Suitable For You

Jul 17

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: Q2 Proves Again That It Is One Of The Best BDCs Out There

May 13

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: A More Reliable Alternative To PNNT

Apr 29

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: When Being Conservative Pays Off

Feb 22

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: One Of My Favorite BDCs, But Market Liquidity Risks Rising

Feb 02

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: Time To Sell This 10% Yielding BDC (Downgrade)

Jan 12

PFLT: This BDC Yields Above 10% Despite The Conservative Characteristics

Dec 24

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: Strong Fiscal Q4 Earnings

Dec 10

PennantPark Floating Rate: Will There Be Another Dividend Raise?

Nov 21

PennantPark Floating Rate: A Fat 11.3% Yield

Sep 14

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: Floating Rate 11% Yield, Earnings Up, But...

Aug 18

BlackRock Or PennantPark For Solid 12% Yield?

Jul 05

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: An 11.5% Yield Paid Monthly And At A Small Discount

May 30

PennantPark NII of $0.30 in-line, total investment income of $31.34M beats by $1.8M

Feb 08

PennantPark declares $0.095 dividend

Feb 02

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital falls 7% on primary stock offering

Jan 23

PennantPark FQ4 2022 Earnings Preview

Nov 15

PennantPark declares $0.095 dividend

Nov 03

PennantPark declares $0.095 dividend

Oct 04

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital upsizes credit facility to $366M

Sep 21

PennantPark declares $0.095 dividend

Sep 02

PennantPark declares $0.095 dividend

Jul 05

PennantPark: 10% Yield, 14% Discount, Monthly Payer, Benefits From Rising Rates

Jun 24

Head-To-Head High Yield Comparison: PennantPark

Apr 17

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: Slow And Steady 8.76% Yield

Feb 02

PennantPark Floating Rate: A Monthly Dividend Payer On Fair Value

Jan 25

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Is Set To Underperform

Oct 12

PennantPark Floating Rate: This Overlooked Gem Is A Buy, Here's Why

Jul 29

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital names new finance chief

Jun 21

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 2021 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

May 06

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch

May 03

PennantPark declares $0.095 dividend

Feb 02

PennantPark declares $0.095 dividend

Jan 05

PennantPark declares $0.095 dividend

Dec 02

2 Dividend Stocks To Buy With Improving Book Values, Both From PennantPark

Nov 29

PennantPark NII beats by $0.01, misses on total investment income

Nov 18

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: The Market Is Contradicting Itself When It Comes To BDCs

Nov 11

PennantPark declares $0.095 dividend

Nov 03

Upcoming Dividend Payment

TodayFeb 13 2025Ex Dividend DateFeb 18 2025Dividend Pay DateMar 03 202513 days from Ex DividendBuy in the next 5 days to receive the upcoming dividend

Stability and Growth of Payments

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Stable Dividend: PFLT's dividends per share have been stable in the past 10 years.

Growing Dividend: PFLT's dividend payments have increased over the past 10 years.


Dividend Yield vs Market

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Dividend Yield vs Market
How does PFLT dividend yield compare to the market?
SegmentDividend Yield
Company (PFLT)11.0%
Market Bottom 25% (US)1.4%
Market Top 25% (US)4.5%
Industry Average (Capital Markets)1.9%
Analyst forecast (PFLT) (up to 3 years)11.0%

Notable Dividend: PFLT's dividend (10.95%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.44%).

High Dividend: PFLT's dividend (10.95%) is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.46%)


Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: At its current payout ratio (90%), PFLT's payments are covered by earnings.


Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: PFLT is paying a dividend but the company has no free cash flows.

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/12 02:31
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/12 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/09/30

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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. is covered by 9 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mitchel PennJanney Montgomery Scott LLC
Brian MckennaJMP Securities
Paul JohnsonKeefe, Bruyette, & Woods