Stellus Capital Investment (SCM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stellus Capital Investment in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "reduce" SCM shares.
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2 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Stellus Capital Investment's stock. Their SCM share price targets range from $12.50 to $14.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $13.25 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.6%.
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Stellus Capital Investment's stock was trading at $12.85 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, SCM stock has increased by 3.7% and is now trading at $13.33.
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Stellus Capital Investment saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 87,800 shares, an increase of 30.7% from the March 15th total of 67,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 111,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 14th 2024.
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Stellus Capital Investment Co. (NYSE:SCM) released its earnings results on Tuesday, March, 5th. The investment management company reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.01. The investment management company earned $28.02 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $27.20 million. Stellus Capital Investment had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.01% and a net margin of 16.56%. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.44 EPS.

Stellus Capital Investment declared a monthly dividend on Tuesday, April 9th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.1333 per share on Monday, July 15th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 12.00%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 28th.
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Stellus Capital Investment (NYSE:SCM) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 11.94%. SCM has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 205.13%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, SCM will have a dividend payout ratio of 94.67% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Virtus Private Credit Strategy ETF holds 55,888 shares of SCM stock, representing 2.01% of its portfolio.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Stellus Capital Investment investors own include AT&T (T), Ares Capital (ARCC), Energy Transfer (ET), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Main Street Capital (MAIN), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Prospect Capital (PSEC), NewtekOne (NEWT) and Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC).

Stellus Capital Investment's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Sunbelt Securities Inc. (0.16%). Insiders that own company stock include Dean D'angelo and Robert T Ladd.
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