PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (PFLT) DCF Valuation
PFLT DCF: $60M TTM NII, $510M net debt, first-lien floating-rate focus, 6% growth.
BDC valuation methodology
NII (Net Investment Income) as cash-flow proxy. First-lien book has lowest charge-off risk in BDC universe.
BDC — Floating Rate · Founded 2010 · Beta 1.10
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.
Current price: $11.40 · Market cap ≈ $0.9B
PFLT's $60M TTM NII benefits from a floating-rate loan book — rates adjust with SOFR, providing a natural hedge against Fed rate volatility. The $510M net debt is moderate. Monthly dividend. NII is the standard BDC cash-flow proxy: interest collected minus cost of borrowings supports the distribution. First-lien focus is the most defensive BDC structure (lower charge-off rates than second-lien or mezzanine). Higher growth assumption reflects rising-rate tailwind; higher WACC reflects sponsorless middle-market exposure.
DCF Valuation Inputs
High-growth phase
Decay/growth normalization
Perpetual (≤ WACC)
Must be > terminal growth
in millions
Enterprise Value
$1M
Equity Value
$1M
Per Share
$0
Upside / (Downside)
-100.0%
PV of explicit FCF
$0M
Terminal value
$1M
PV of terminal
$1M
Terminal % of EV
76.2%
| Year | Growth | FCF ($M) | Discount Factor | PV ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | base | $0 | 1.000 | — |
| 1 | 6.0% | $0 | 0.922 | $0 |
| 2 | 5.0% | $0 | 0.849 | $0 |
| 3 | 5.0% | $0 | 0.783 | $0 |
| 4 | 5.0% | $0 | 0.722 | $0 |
| 5 | 5.0% | $0 | 0.665 | $0 |
| Terminal | perpetual | — | — | $1 |
Discount factor = 1 / (1 + WACC)ⁿ. Terminal value computed using the Gordon Growth Model: TV = FCF_N × (1 + g) / (WACC − g), then discounted back to present.
| g ＼ WACC | 6.5% | 7.5% | 8.5% | 9.5% | 10.5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5% | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2.0% | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2.5% | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 3.0% | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 3.5% | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Highlighted cell is your current WACC × terminal-growth assumption. Cells beyond WACC ≤ g are undefined (Gordon Growth fails).
PFLT DCF: At Default Assumptions
| Item | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Current price | $11.40 | Market |
| Intrinsic value (per share) | $0.01 | DCF model output |
| Upside / (Downside) | -99.9% | vs current price |
| Enterprise value | $$1M | PV of explicit FCF + terminal |
| Equity value | $$1M | EV − net debt |
| Key fact | First-lien focus — most defensive BDC capital structure | |
Numbers reflect TTM fundamentals + default DCF assumptions (8.5% WACC, 2.5% terminal growth, 6% Year-1 growth, 5% Years 2+). Use the calculator above to run your own scenario.
PFLT Sources & References
- SEC EDGAR: latest 10-K filing, 10-Q filings, and proxy statement for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (PFLT). sec.gov
- Yahoo Finance: real-time price snapshot, analyst consensus growth estimates, and 52-week range.
- S&P Capital IQ: WACC build (cost of equity via CAPM + after-tax cost of debt).
- Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED): risk-free rate for CAPM, sector beta benchmarks. fred.stlouisfed.org
- Damodaran Online (NYU): BDC — Floating Rate sector WACC and beta benchmarks for cross-validation. pages.stern.nyu.edu
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Last reviewed: August 12, 2026 · Next scheduled review: quarterly
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