NASDAQ:CPTA - Capitala Finance Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Capitala Finance declared a monthly dividend on Monday, January 6th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 11.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 20th. View Capitala Finance's Dividend History.

Capitala Finance Corp (NASDAQ:CPTA) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The investment management company reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.06. The investment management company earned $10.13 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.59 million. Capitala Finance had a negative net margin of 80.46% and a positive return on equity of 8.57%. View Capitala Finance's Earnings History.

Capitala Finance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, March 2nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Capitala Finance.

2 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Capitala Finance's shares. Their forecasts range from $7.50 to $7.50. On average, they expect Capitala Finance's share price to reach $7.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Capitala Finance.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Capitala Finance in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Capitala Finance.

News headlines about CPTA stock have been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Capitala Finance earned a daily sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the investment management company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Capitala Finance.

Capitala Finance saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 161,800 shares, a decline of 16.3% from the December 31st total of 193,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 121,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Capitala Finance's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Capitala Finance include Pennantpark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Triplepoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), Oaktree Strategic Income (OCSI), Safeguard Scientifics (SFE), Arlington Asset Investment (AI), THL Credit (TCRD), OFS Capital (OFS), Allied Minds (ALLWF), Garrison Capital (GARS), CM Finance (CMFN) and InvestcorpCreditManagementBDCInc . (ICMB).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Capitala Finance investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF), THL Credit (TCRD), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP), Prospect Capital (PSEC), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (CLM), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL) and AGNC Investment (AGNC).

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 $8.88.

Capitala Finance has a market capitalization of $143.77 million and generates $47.29 million in revenue each year. The investment management company earns $-17,770,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.00 on an earnings per share basis. View Additional Information About Capitala Finance.

The official website for Capitala Finance is http://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.