Gladstone Investment Co. (NASDAQ:GAIN) Declares Dividend of $0.08

Gladstone Investment Co. (NASDAQ:GAIN - Get Free Report) declared a dividend on Monday, April 21st, investing.com reports. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 22nd will be given a dividend of 0.08 per share by the investment management company on Wednesday, April 30th. This represents a yield of 7.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 21st.

Gladstone Investment has a payout ratio of 91.4% indicating that its dividend is currently covered by earnings, but may not be in the future if the company's earnings fall. Research analysts expect Gladstone Investment to earn $0.94 per share next year, which means the company may not be able to cover its $0.96 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 102.1%.

Gladstone Investment Price Performance

NASDAQ GAIN traded up $0.08 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $13.97. The company's stock had a trading volume of 84,576 shares, compared to its average volume of 133,390. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $13.38 and a 200-day simple moving average of $13.46. Gladstone Investment has a 52 week low of $11.42 and a 52 week high of $14.85. The stock has a market cap of $514.61 million, a P/E ratio of 7.28 and a beta of 1.12.

Gladstone Investment (NASDAQ:GAIN - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The investment management company reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.24 by ($0.01). Gladstone Investment had a net margin of 78.02% and a return on equity of 7.17%. On average, research analysts expect that Gladstone Investment will post 0.96 earnings per share for the current year.

About Gladstone Investment

Gladstone Investment Corporation is business development company, specializes in lower middle market, mature stage, buyouts; refinancing existing debt; senior debt securities such as senior loans, senior term loans, lines of credit, and senior notes; senior subordinated debt securities such as senior subordinated loans and senior subordinated notes; junior subordinated debt securities such as subordinated notes and mezzanine loans; limited liability company interests, and warrants or options.