Fidus Investment Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:FDUS)

Fidus Investment trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FDUS."

Fidus Investment announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 29th. Investors of record on Friday, September 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.39 per share on Friday, September 20th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 10.15%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 5th. View Fidus Investment's Dividend History.

Fidus Investment Corp (NASDAQ:FDUS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The asset manager reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.03. The asset manager had revenue of $18.07 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.36 million. Fidus Investment had a net margin of 52.70% and a return on equity of 9.14%. View Fidus Investment's Earnings History.

Fidus Investment is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Fidus Investment.

2 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Fidus Investment's stock. Their predictions range from $17.50 to $17.50. On average, they anticipate Fidus Investment's stock price to reach $17.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Fidus Investment.

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

News coverage about FDUS stock has trended negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Fidus Investment earned a coverage optimism score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the asset manager a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Fidus Investment.

Fidus Investment saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 140,900 shares, an increase of 54.8% from the July 15th total of 91,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 93,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 0.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View Fidus Investment's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Fidus Investment include Sculptor Capital Management (SCU), Victory Capital (VCTR), Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (OZM), PJT Partners (PJT), Brightsphere Investment Group (BSIG), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Pzena Investment Management (PZN), Barings BDC (BBDC), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), Value Line (VALU), Saratoga Investment (SAR), Monroe Capital (MRCC), Silvercrest Asset Management Group (SAMG) and StoneCastle Financial (BANX).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Fidus Investment investors own include Hercules Capital (HTGC), Ares Capital (ARCC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Monroe Capital (MRCC), NEWTEK Business Services (NEWT), Ladder Capital (LADR) and Prospect Capital (PSEC).

Fidus Investment's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include UBS Group AG (1.78%), Novare Capital Management LLC (1.26%), BB&T Securities LLC (0.92%), Virtus ETF Advisers LLC (0.90%), Van ECK Associates Corp (0.87%) and Acadian Asset Management LLC (0.74%). Company insiders that own Fidus Investment stock include Charles D Hyman, Raymond L Jr Anstiss, Shelby E Sherard and Thomas Charles Lauer. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Fidus Investment.

FDUS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including UBS Group AG, Andesa Financial Management Inc., Jane Street Group LLC, Novare Capital Management LLC, BB&T Securities LLC, Invesco Ltd., Prospera Financial Services Inc and Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fidus Investment.

FDUS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Virtus ETF Advisers LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Susquehanna International Group LLP, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, BlackRock Inc., Van ECK Associates Corp, Mid Atlantic Financial Management Inc. ADV and D.A. Davidson & CO.. Company insiders that have bought Fidus Investment stock in the last two years include Charles D Hyman, Raymond L Jr Anstiss, Shelby E Sherard and Thomas Charles Lauer. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fidus Investment.

Shares of FDUS 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 FDUS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.37.

Fidus Investment has a market capitalization of $376.00 million and generates $76.43 million in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $49.45 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.42 on an earnings per share basis. View Additional Information About Fidus Investment.

The official website for Fidus Investment is http://www.fdus.com/.

Fidus Investment's mailing address is 1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE SUITE 1005, EVANSTON IL, 60201. The asset manager can be reached via phone at 847-859-3940 or via email at [email protected]