Overview
Stellus Capital Investment Corporation, based in the United States, operates primarily within the financial sector as a management investment company. It specializes in private middle-market companies, offering customized financing solutions to facilitate growth, acquisitions, and recapitalizations. As part of its strategy, Stellus Capital focuses on direct lending and private equity investments, maintaining a diversified portfolio that spans various industries including media, software, healthcare, and industrial services. Key projects typically involve providing first lien, second lien, unitranche, and mezzanine debt, along with equity co-investments. This approach enables the firm to support the evolving needs of businesses while seeking to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors.
Basic Stats
The share price of Stellus Capital Investment Corporation as of September 5, 2025 is $14.80 / share. This is an increase of 1.86% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of Stellus Capital Investment Corporation as of September 5, 2025 is $421.13 MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of Stellus Capital Investment Corporation from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 421.13 MM |
| EV | 1,019.44 MM |
| Shares Out. | 28.42 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | 1.38 |
| Dividend Yield | 10.79 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-09-30 |
| Borrow Rate | 1.67 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 0.02 MM |
| Short Interest | 0.73 MM |
| Short Float | |
| Days to Cover | 5.63 days |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.17 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | 8.25 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.22 |
| Beta | 0.91 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | 0.18 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | 0.25 |
| PE Ratio | 10.72 |
| Price/Book | 1.12 |
| Price/TBV | 1.12 |
| Book/Market | 0.89 |
| EBIT/EV | 0.04 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | 0.03 |
| ROA | 0.04 |
| ROE | 0.11 |
| ROIC | 0.04 |
| CROIC | 0.00 |
| OCROIC | -0.03 |
| Implied Volatility | 25.48 % |
| Put/Call OI Ratio | 0.19 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for Stellus Capital Investment Corporation is $13.87. The forecasts range from a low of $12.62 to a high of $15.75. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for Stellus Capital Investment Corporation. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-01 | Raymond James | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2021-11-01 | Oppenheimer | Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2021-03-08 | Raymond James | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-13 | Raymond James | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2020-05-06 | National Securities | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2019-08-12 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Perform | Downgrade |
| 2017-02-02 | Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Initiate | |
| 2016-08-11 | Raymond James | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2016-07-14 | Baird | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2016-01-20 | Baird | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2015-08-10 | Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2015-07-16 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Initiate | |
| 2015-03-11 | Raymond James | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2015-03-11 | Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2014-11-11 | Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2014-06-04 | Baird | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2014-05-12 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2013-05-23 | Janney Capital | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2012-12-04 | Janney Capital | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2012-12-03 | Stifel Nicolaus | Initiate | ||
| 2012-12-03 | Raymond James | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2012-12-03 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2023-03-02 | Raymond James | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2023-05-11 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintains |
| 2023-06-16 | B. Riley Securities | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2023-08-14 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Perform | Downgrade |
| 2023-08-14 | B. Riley Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-05-13 | B. Riley Securities | Sell | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2024-03-06 | B. Riley Securities | Sell | Sell | Reiterate |
| 2024-03-06 | Oppenheimer | Perform | Perform | Maintains |
| 2024-01-08 | B. Riley Securities | Neutral | Sell | Downgrade |
| 2025-04-08 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintains |
