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. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 6th will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share on Friday, September 20th. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 10.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 5th. View Fidus Investment's Dividend History.

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

Fidus Investment issued an update on its third quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 10th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.34-0.36 for the period.

3 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Fidus Investment's stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $17.50. On average, they anticipate Fidus Investment's stock price to reach $16.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Fidus Investment.

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

Media stories about FDUS stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Fidus Investment earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the asset manager a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Fidus Investment.

Fidus Investment saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 297,500 shares, an increase of 6.4% from the August 30th total of 279,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 97,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Fidus Investment's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Fidus Investment include Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (OZM), Victory Capital (VCTR), PJT Partners (PJT), Brightsphere Investment Group (BSIG), Sculptor Capital Management (SCU), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Pzena Investment Management (PZN), Barings BDC (BBDC), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), Saratoga Investment (SAR), Value Line (VALU), 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 number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Advantage Investment Management LLC (0.06%). 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 Advantage Investment Management LLC. 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 $14.48.

Fidus Investment has a market capitalization of $354.18 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]