PennantPark (PNNT) reported $29.56 million in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 20.1%. EPS of $0.18 for the same period compares to $0.24 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.3% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $29.65 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.18, the company has not delivered EPS surprise.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how PennantPark performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Investment income- From non-controlled, non-affiliated investments- Other income: $0.62 million compared to the $0.34 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Investment income- From controlled, affiliated investments- Interest: $8.22 million compared to the $7.7 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Investment income- From controlled, affiliated investments- Dividend income: $5.58 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $5.7 million.
- Investment income- From non-controlled, non-affiliated investments- Dividend income: $0.56 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $0.51 million.
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Shares of PennantPark have returned +1.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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