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

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stellus Capital Investment in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "reduce" SCM shares.
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3 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Stellus Capital Investment's stock. Their SCM share price targets range from $13.00 to $13.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $13.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price.
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Stellus Capital Investment's stock was trading at $12.85 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, SCM stock has decreased by 1.2% and is now trading at $12.69.
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Stellus Capital Investment saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 102,300 shares, a decrease of 26.0% from the December 31st total of 138,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 113,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 27th 2024.
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Stellus Capital Investment Co. (NYSE:SCM) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 28th. The investment management company reported $0.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.01. The investment management company earned $17.03 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $16.31 million. Stellus Capital Investment had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.35% and a net margin of 9.91%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.29 EPS.

Stellus Capital Investment announced a monthly dividend on Thursday, January 18th. Investors of record on Friday, March 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.1333 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 12.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 27th.
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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 12.60%. 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 320.00%. 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 88.40% 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 19,813 shares of SCM stock, representing 1.44% 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Raymond James & Associates (0.95%), Gables Capital Management Inc. (0.41%), Sigma Planning Corp (0.15%), Trexquant Investment LP (0.12%), LSV Asset Management (0.08%) and Jump Financial LLC (0.08%). Insiders that own company stock include Dean D'angelo and Robert T Ladd.
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