NASDAQ:CPTACapitala Finance Stock Price, Forecast & News

Capitala Finance's stock was trading at $5.30 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CPTA stock has decreased by 58.3% and is now trading at $2.21.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Capitala Finance in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell."
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Capitala Finance is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 2nd 2020.
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Capitala Finance Corp (NASDAQ:CPTA) issued its earnings results on Monday, March, 2nd. The investment management company reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.08. The investment management company earned $9.63 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.81 million. Capitala Finance had a negative net margin of 111.41% and a positive return on equity of 3.36%.
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Capitala Finance declared a monthly dividend on Monday, January 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.0833 per share on Monday, March 30th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 45.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 20th.
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2 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Capitala Finance's stock. Their forecasts range from $2.25 to $7.50. On average, they expect Capitala Finance's stock price to reach $4.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 120.6% from the stock's current price.
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Media coverage about CPTA stock has trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Capitala Finance earned a news impact score of -3.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the investment management company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.
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Capitala Finance saw a decline in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 197,500 shares, a decline of 17.8% from the July 15th total of 240,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 435,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Capitala Finance investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), THL Credit (TCRD), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP), Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (CLM), Prospect Capital (PSEC), AGNC Investment (AGNC), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL) and Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP).

Capitala Finance trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CPTA."

Capitala Finance's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Virtus ETF Advisers LLC (0.68%), UBS Group AG (0.25%), International Assets Investment Management LLC (0.24%), Regent Investment Management LLC (0.18%), Virtu Financial LLC (0.14%) and Eidelman Virant Capital (0.06%). Company insiders that own Capitala Finance stock include Richard Wheelahan and Stephen A Arnall.
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CPTA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Virtus ETF Advisers LLC, UBS Group AG, Regent Investment Management LLC, and International Assets Investment Management LLC.
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CPTA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Virtu Financial LLC, and Eidelman Virant Capital.
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Shares of CPTA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CPTA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.21.

Capitala Finance has a market capitalization of $35.96 million and generates $44.03 million in revenue each year. The investment management company earns $-27,650,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.80 on an earnings per share basis.

The official website for Capitala Finance is www.capitalagroup.com.

Capitala Finance's mailing address is 4201 CONGRESS STREET SUITE 360, CHARLOTTE NC, 28209. The investment management company can be reached via phone at 704-376-5502.