# PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (PFLT) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $7.39, market value $733 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 14.5×**. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. trades at 14.5× trailing earnings. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×. Forward P/E is 7.0×, 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: 6.9%**. The inverse of the P/E: 6.9% 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: 13.53%** ($1.21 per share, trailing). PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. yields 13.53%, 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.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -18.5%** (YTD -13.5%, 3-mo -6.6%). The shares are down 18.5% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -28.3%** (8.2% above the low). Trading 28% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 51**. An RSI of 51 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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