# PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (PFLT) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-11-04. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $6.79, market value $674 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 13.3×**. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. trades at 13.3× trailing earnings. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×. Forward P/E is 6.4×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / book: 0.7×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 7.5%**. The inverse of the P/E: 7.5% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Return on equity: 6.2%**. 6.2% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 14.72%** ($1.21 per share, trailing). PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. yields 14.72%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 168%**. The dividend exceeds earnings (168% payout), which is rarely sustainable outside REITs and one-off years.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 15**. 15 straight years of increases, a record that survived at least one recession.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 1.6%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has grown 1.6% a year over five years.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: buy** (7 analysts). 7 analysts cover PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.; the consensus is buy, with an average price target of $9.57 (+41% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -15.8%** (YTD -18.9%, 3-mo -3.1%). The shares are down 15.8% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -30.4%** (10.4% above the low). Trading 30% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 59**. An RSI of 59 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.74** (volatility 23%). Beta of 0.74 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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