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

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

Capitala Finance announced 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 11.01%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 20th. View Capitala Finance's Dividend History.

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

Capitala Finance will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, March 2nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Capitala Finance's shares. Their forecasts range from $7.50 to $7.50. On average, they expect Capitala Finance's stock price to reach $7.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 17.4%. 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 somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news 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 news sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the investment management company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Capitala Finance.

Capitala Finance saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 182,900 shares, an increase of 13.0% from the January 15th total of 161,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 123,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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), Arlington Asset Investment (AI), Safeguard Scientifics (SFE), THL Credit (TCRD), OFS Capital (OFS), Allied Minds (ALLWF), InvestcorpCreditManagementBDCInc . (ICMB), Garrison Capital (GARS) and CM Finance (CMFN).

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), Prospect Capital (PSEC), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (CLM), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP) and CBL & Associates Properties (CBL).

Capitala Finance's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include UBS Group AG (1.86%), Virtus ETF Advisers LLC (1.57%), Advisors Asset Management Inc. (1.57%), Regent Investment Management LLC (0.44%), Biltmore Capital Advisors LLC (0.18%) and Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. (0.15%). Company insiders that own Capitala Finance stock include Larry W Carroll, Richard Wheelahan and Stephen A Arnall. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Capitala Finance.

CPTA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Virtus ETF Advisers LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Capitala Finance.

CPTA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, Advisory Services Network LLC, Virtu Financial LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Advisors Asset Management Inc., Biltmore Capital Advisors LLC and Regent Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Capitala Finance stock in the last two years include Larry W Carroll and Stephen A Arnall. View Insider Buying and Selling for Capitala Finance.

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 $9.08.

Capitala Finance has a market capitalization of $147.01 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.