The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. PennantPark Investment Corporation shares valued at $719,123 were sold by Flug Jeffrey on Dec 08 ’25. At $5.92 per share, Flug Jeffrey sold 121,533 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 32,382 shares worth approximately $0.19 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Flug Jeffrey sold 20,000 shares, netting a total of over 117,040 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $5.85 each, the insider now holds 153,915 shares.
Before that, Jeffrey Flug had added 121,533 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $718,260, the Director bought PennantPark Investment Corporation shares for $5.91 each.
As published in a research note from Compass Point on December 03, 2025, PennantPark Investment Corporation [PNNT] has been rated up from a Sell to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $5.50. Analysts at Keefe Bruyette downgraded the stock from ‘”a Mkt perform”‘ to ‘”an Underperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid August. As of May 21, 2025, Compass Point has decreased its “Neutral” rating to a “Sell” for PNNT. Earlier on November 27, 2024, Ladenburg Thalmann downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for PNNT stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing PNNT Stock Performance
On last trading session, PennantPark Investment Corporation [NYSE: PNNT] rose 0.17% to $5.97. The stock’s lowest price that day was $5.945, but it reached a high of $6.0 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.08%. Over the course of the year, PennantPark Investment Corporation shares have dropped approximately -13.98%.
Is PennantPark Investment Corporation subject to short interest?
Stocks of PennantPark Investment Corporation saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.9 million shares to 2.32 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 3.22 million shares. A decline of -38.71% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.02 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.02.
Which companies own the most shares of PennantPark Investment Corporation (PNNT)?
In terms of PennantPark Investment Corporation share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 6.25 in the next 12 months, up nearly 4.87% from the previous closing price of $5.96. Analysts anticipate PennantPark Investment Corporation stock to reach 7 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 5.5. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked PennantPark Investment Corporation stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On September 09, 2024, Compass Point assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $6.
