Compare Stocks: SCM, ARCC, CGBD, and FDUS

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ARCC Ares Capital	$18.76 -0.4%	$18.67	$17.40 ▼ $22.85	$13.52B	0.56	4.32 million shs	3.93 million shs
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	$9.99 -1.1%	$10.63	$9.94 ▼ $14.10	$701.92M	0.62	597,656 shs	566,712 shs
FDUS Fidus Investment	$19.74 -0.8%	$19.18	$16.86 ▼ $21.67	$755.28M	0.67	416,702 shs	217,272 shs
SCM Stellus Capital Investment	$7.49 +0.5%	$8.30	$6.83 ▼ $15.04	$215.95M	0.64	254,467 shs	255,047 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ARCC Ares Capital	-0.37%	-0.11%	+0.54%	-2.55%	-17.10%
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	-1.09%	-0.50%	-8.68%	-16.47%	-28.54%
FDUS Fidus Investment	-0.80%	+1.70%	+2.07%	+2.81%	-5.10%
SCM Stellus Capital Investment	+0.73%	+5.85%	-11.76%	-23.87%	-47.41%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ARCC Ares Capital	$18.76 -0.4%	$18.67	$17.40 ▼ $22.85	$13.52B	0.56	4.32 million shs	3.93 million shs
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	$9.99 -1.1%	$10.63	$9.94 ▼ $14.10	$701.92M	0.62	597,656 shs	566,712 shs
FDUS Fidus Investment	$19.74 -0.8%	$19.18	$16.86 ▼ $21.67	$755.28M	0.67	416,702 shs	217,272 shs
SCM Stellus Capital Investment	$7.49 +0.5%	$8.30	$6.83 ▼ $15.04	$215.95M	0.64	254,467 shs	255,047 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ARCC Ares Capital	-0.37%	-0.11%	+0.54%	-2.55%	-17.10%
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	-1.09%	-0.50%	-8.68%	-16.47%	-28.54%
FDUS Fidus Investment	-0.80%	+1.70%	+2.07%	+2.81%	-5.10%
SCM Stellus Capital Investment	+0.73%	+5.85%	-11.76%	-23.87%	-47.41%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ARCC Ares Capital	2.73	Moderate Buy	$20.40	8.74% Upside
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	2.43	Hold	$12.50	25.13% Upside
FDUS Fidus Investment	2.50	Moderate Buy	$21.00	6.38% Upside
SCM Stellus Capital Investment	2.00	Hold	$9.50	26.77% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest SCM, ARCC, CGBD, and FDUS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
7/30/2026	ARCC Ares Capital	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$22.00 ➝ $21.00
7/30/2026	ARCC Ares Capital	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$21.00 ➝ $20.00
7/28/2026	SCM Stellus Capital Investment	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C-) ➝ Sell (D+)
7/20/2026	FDUS Fidus Investment	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$19.50
7/20/2026	SCM Stellus Capital Investment	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Market Perform	$9.00 ➝ $8.00
7/19/2026	FDUS Fidus Investment	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Moderate Buy ➝ Hold
7/10/2026	SCM Stellus Capital Investment	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Hold (C-)
7/2/2026	ARCC Ares Capital	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$19.00 ➝ $18.50
6/26/2026	SCM Stellus Capital Investment	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C-) ➝ Sell (D+)
6/17/2026	FDUS Fidus Investment	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
6/12/2026	SCM Stellus Capital Investment	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C-)

(Data available from 8/1/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ARCC Ares Capital	$3.05B	4.41	$2.00 per share	9.38	$19.35 per share	0.97
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	$255.57M	2.72	$0.93 per share	10.72	$16.26 per share	0.61
FDUS Fidus Investment	$98.45M	7.61	$2.14 per share	9.24	$20.37 per share	0.97
SCM Stellus Capital Investment	$102.14M	2.12	$1.43 per share	5.25	$12.82 per share	0.58

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ARCC Ares Capital	$1.30B	$1.35	13.90	9.62	N/A	30.91%	9.80%	4.50%	N/A
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	$69.97M	$0.71	14.07	7.04	N/A	19.52%	8.99%	4.01%	8/6/2026 (Estimated)
FDUS Fidus Investment	$82.40M	$2.28	8.66	9.87	N/A	49.51%	11.19%	5.97%	8/6/2026 (Estimated)
SCM Stellus Capital Investment	$27.05M	$0.82	9.14	7.35	N/A	23.59%	9.69%	3.51%	8/10/2026 (Estimated)

Latest SCM, ARCC, CGBD, and FDUS Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/10/2026	Q2 2026	SCM Stellus Capital Investment	$0.26	N/A	N/A	N/A	$24.38 million	N/A
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	$0.32	N/A	N/A	N/A	$59.43 million	N/A
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	FDUS Fidus Investment	$0.5040	N/A	N/A	N/A	$42.37 million	N/A
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	ARCC Ares Capital	$0.4731	$0.47	-$0.0031	$0.24	$770.19 million	$768.00 million
5/11/2026	Q1 2026	CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	$0.35	$0.36	+$0.01	-$0.06	$65.78 million	$64.08 million
5/11/2026	Q1 2026	SCM Stellus Capital Investment	$0.27	$0.27	N/A	$0.06	$24.81 million	$17.45 million
5/7/2026	Q1 2026	FDUS Fidus Investment	$0.50	$0.62	+$0.12	$0.52	$42.30 million	$37.76 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ARCC Ares Capital	$1.92	10.23%	+3.71%	142.22%	N/A
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	$1.40	14.01%	-2.16%	197.18%	N/A
FDUS Fidus Investment	$1.72	8.71%	+10.08%	75.44%	N/A
SCM Stellus Capital Investment	$1.36	18.15%	+6.83%	165.85%	N/A

Latest SCM, ARCC, CGBD, and FDUS Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/16/2026	SCM Stellus Capital Investment	monthly	$0.0833	11.87%	9/30/2026	9/30/2026	10/15/2026
7/29/2026	ARCC Ares Capital	quarterly	$0.48	10.26%	9/15/2026	9/15/2026	9/30/2026
7/16/2026	SCM Stellus Capital Investment	monthly	$0.0833	11.87%	8/31/2026	8/31/2026	9/15/2026
7/16/2026	SCM Stellus Capital Investment	monthly	$0.0833	13.34%	7/31/2026	7/31/2026	8/14/2026
5/4/2026	FDUS Fidus Investment	special	$0.19	4.14%	6/16/2026	6/16/2026	6/29/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ARCC Ares Capital	1.14	1.28	1.40
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	1.24	1.72	1.72
FDUS Fidus Investment	N/A	0.11	0.11
SCM Stellus Capital Investment	1.05	0.04	0.04

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ARCC Ares Capital	27.38%
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	24.51%
FDUS Fidus Investment	28.14%
SCM Stellus Capital Investment	13.22%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ARCC Ares Capital	0.50%
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	0.35%
FDUS Fidus Investment	0.90%
SCM Stellus Capital Investment	4.24%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ARCC Ares Capital	2,550	718.02 million	714.43 million	Optionable
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	N/A	69.50 million	69.25 million	Optionable
FDUS Fidus Investment	N/A	37.95 million	37.61 million	Optionable
SCM Stellus Capital Investment	599	28.95 million	27.72 million	Optionable

SCM, ARCC, CGBD, and FDUS Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Stellus Capital reports preliminary Q2 NII, sees higher NAV

July 30 at 5:27 PM | msn.com

Stellus Capital Investment (NYSE:SCM) Issues Q2 2026 Earnings Guidance

July 29 at 6:55 PM | marketbeat.com

Stellus Capital reports preliminary Q2 net investment income of 25 to 27 cents

July 29 at 5:11 PM | quiverquant.comQ

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation Reports Preliminary Results for its Second Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2026

July 29 at 5:01 PM | prnewswire.com

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Lowers Stellus Capital Investment (NYSE:SCM) Price Target to $8.00

July 22, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Cuts Stellus Capital Investment (NYSE:SCM) Price Target to $8.00

July 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Stellus Capital Investment declares $0.0833 dividend

July 17, 2026 | msn.com

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (NYSE:SCM) to Issue $0.08 Monthly Dividend

July 17, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (NYSE:SCM) Announces Monthly Dividend of $0.08

July 17, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation Plans Monthly Dividend of $0.08 (NYSE:SCM)

July 17, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation Announces $0.25 Third Quarter 2026 Regular Dividend, Payable Monthly in Increments of $0.0833 in August, September, and October 2026

July 16, 2026 | prnewswire.com

3 High-Yield Dividends at Risk: 2 BDCs and a Serial Cutter

July 16, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Stellus Capital Investment (NYSE:SCM) Director Purchases $81,450.00 in Stock

June 26, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Stellus Capital Renews Advisory Pact Amid Ownership Change

June 22, 2026 | tipranks.com

Steadright Announces Addition of a New Advisory Board Member, and Changes in Financial Year-End

June 18, 2026 | thenewswire.comT

Stellus Capital Stockholders Approve Governance and Advisory Changes

June 17, 2026 | tipranks.com

Goundafa Historic Mine Site Spring Work Program Completed

June 15, 2026 | thenewswire.comT

Steadright Removes Titanbeach One Technical Report And Retains Qualified Geologist For New Technical Report

June 12, 2026 | thenewswire.comT

[Latest] Supply Chain Management (SCM) Market Size Will Attain USD 91.83 Billion by 2034 Registering a Promising CAGR of 12.48% - Exclusive Report by ZMR | Global Supply Chain Management (SCM) Market Size, Share, Trends Analysis Report

June 3, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Stellus Capital Balances Steady Income With Credit Strains

May 19, 2026 | tipranks.com

Stellus Capital Management Closes Stellus Credit Fund IV

May 19, 2026 | prnewswire.com

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SCM, ARCC, CGBD, and FDUS Company Descriptions

Ares Capital NASDAQ:ARCC

$18.76 -0.07 (-0.37%)

Closing price 07/31/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$18.82 +0.06 (+0.33%)

As of 07/31/2026 07:56 PM Eastern

Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in acquisition, recapitalization, mezzanine debt, restructurings, rescue financing, and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies. It also makes growth capital and general refinancing. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the basic and growth manufacturing, business services, consumer products, health care products and services, and information technology service sectors. The fund will also consider investments in industries such as restaurants, retail, oil and gas, and technology sectors. It focuses on investments in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regions from its New York office, the Midwest region, from the Chicago office, and the Western region from the Los Angeles office. The fund typically invests between $20 million and $200 million and a maximum of $400 million in companies with an EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million. It makes debt investments between $10 million and $100 million The fund invests through revolvers, first lien loans, warrants, unitranche structures, second lien loans, mezzanine debt, private high yield, junior capital, subordinated debt, and non-control preferred and common equity. The fund also selectively considers third-party-led senior and subordinated debt financings and opportunistically considers the purchase of stressed and discounted debt positions. The fund prefers to be an agent and/or lead the transactions in which it invests. The fund also seeks board representation in its portfolio companies.

Carlyle Secured Lending NASDAQ:CGBD

$9.99 -0.11 (-1.09%)

Closing price 07/31/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$10.08 +0.09 (+0.93%)

As of 07/31/2026 07:56 PM Eastern

Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. is business development company specializing in first lien debt, senior secured loans, second lien senior secured loan unsecured debt, mezzanine debt and investments in equities. It specializes in directly investing. It specializes in middle market. It targets healthcare and pharmaceutical, aerospace and defense, high tech industries, business services, software, beverage food and tobacco, hotel gamming and leisure, banking finance insurance and in real estate sector. The fund seeks to invest across United States of America, Luxembourg, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, and United Kingdom. It invests in companies with EBITDA between $25 million and $100 million.

Fidus Investment NASDAQ:FDUS

$19.74 -0.16 (-0.80%)

Closing price 07/31/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

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$19.73 -0.01 (-0.05%)

As of 07/31/2026 07:34 PM Eastern

Fidus Investment Corporation is a business development company. It specializing in leveraged buyouts, refinancings, change of ownership transactions, recapitalizations, strategic acquisitions, mezzanine, growth capital, business expansion, lower middle market investments, debt investments, subordinated and second lien loans, senior secured and unitranche debt, preferred equity, warrants, subordinated debt, senior subordinated notes, junior secured loans, and unitranche loans. It does not invest in turnarounds or distressed situations. The fund prefers to invest in aerospace and defense, business services, consumer products and services including retail, food, and beverage, healthcare products and services, industrial products and services, information technology services, niche manufacturing, transportation and logistics, and value-added distribution sectors. It seeks to invest in companies based in United States. The fund typically invests between $5 million and $15 million per transaction in companies with annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million and an annual EBITDA between $3 million and $20 million, but it can occasionally invest in larger or smaller companies. It seeks to acquire minority equity stakes and board observation rights in conjunction with its investments.

Stellus Capital Investment NYSE:SCM

$7.49 +0.03 (+0.46%)

Closing price 07/31/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$7.50 +0.01 (+0.08%)

As of 07/31/2026 07:54 PM Eastern

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation is a business development company specializing in investments in private middle-market companies. It invests through first lien, second lien, unitranche, and mezzanine debt financing, often with a corresponding equity investment. The fund prefers to invest in US and Canada. The fund seeks to invest in companies with an EBITDA between $5 million and $50 million.

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