PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. 2026 Q3 Earnings Call
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- For the third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2020, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital reported core net investment income per share of $0.26, exceeding the base dividend of $0.24 per share for the quarter.
- The company declared a supplemental dividend of $0.03 per share over the next three months, representing 50% of net investment income above the base dividend as of June 30.
- Net asset value per share was $10.26, down approximately 2% from the prior quarter, primarily due to a write down on one non-accrual investment.
- The portfolio remains highly diversified with 159 companies across 51 industries, a median debt to EBITDA of 4.6 times, median interest coverage of 2.1 times, and loan to value of 44%.
- Non-accrual investments represented 1% of the portfolio at cost and 0.4% at market value, among the lowest levels in the industry.
- During the quarter, the company invested $212 million at a weighted average yield of 9%, split evenly between five new platform companies and 18 existing platform companies.
- The WSL two joint venture portfolio totaled $390 million and generated a cash yield on invested capital of 12.7% for the quarter, with plans to grow to over $1 billion in assets within 12 to 18 months.
- A notable realization included approximately $45 million proceeds from an equity co-investment in the defense technology company Echelon, representing nearly a 14 times multiple on invested capital.
- Government services and defense represent approximately 18% of the portfolio, with investments totaling about $3 billion since inception and an overall IRR of 12.2%.
- Software exposure is limited to 4.3% of the portfolio, focused on cash-pay, covenant-protected loans in mission-critical enterprise software serving regulated markets.
- GAAP and core net investment income was $0.26 per share, with interest income of $59 million, joint venture dividends of $6.2 million, and other income of $0.8 million.
- Expenses included $25 million in interest and debt expenses, $12.9 million in management and incentive fees, $2.3 million in general and administrative expenses, and a provision for taxes of less than $0.1 million.
- Net realized and unrealized losses on investments totaled $18.3 million for the quarter.
- Debt to equity ratio was 1.56 times at quarter end and was reduced to 1.5 times subsequently, within the target range of 1.4 to 1.6 times.
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Good morning, and welcome to the PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's third fiscal quarter 2026 earnings conference call. Today's conference is being recorded. At this time, all participants have been placed in a listen-only mode. The call will be open for a question and answer session following the speaker's remarks. If you would like to ask a question at that time, simply press star one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, press star two on your telephone keypad. It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Mr. Art Penn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. Mr. Penn, you may begin your conference.
Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's third fiscal quarter 2026 earnings conference call. I am joined today by Rick Allorto, our Chief Financial Officer. Rick, please start off by disclosing some general conference call information and include a discussion about forward-looking statements.
Thank you, Art. I would like to remind everyone that today's call is being recorded and is the property of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. Any unauthorized broadcast of this call in any form is strictly prohibited. An audio replay of the call will be available on our website. I would also like to call your attention to the customary safe harbor disclosure in our press release regarding forward-looking information. Our remarks today may also include forward-looking statements and projections. Please refer to our most recent SEC filing for important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these projections. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements unless required by law. To obtain copies of our latest SEC filings, please visit our website at pennantpark.com or call us at 212-905-1000.
At this time, I would like to turn the call back to our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Art Penn.
Thanks, Rick. I will begin with an overview of our third quarter results, including the continued expansion of our PSSL II joint venture. I will then discuss the current market environment and how we believe PFLT is positioned going forward. Rick Allorto will follow up with a detailed review of our financial results, after which we will open up the call for questions. For the quarter ended June 30th, our core net investment income per share was $0.26. This exceeded our current base dividend of $0.08 per share per month or $0.24 per share for the quarter. In accordance with our revised dividend policy, PFLT will pay a supplemental dividend of $0.0033 per share over the next three months for an aggregate supplemental dividend of $0.01 per share. The supplemental dividend represents 50% of the excess of net investment income above the base dividend.
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