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. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 10.81%. 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 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.37 by $0.03. The asset manager earned $18.07 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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, October 31st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Fidus Investment.

Fidus Investment will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 31st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Fidus Investment updated 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Fidus Investment's shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $17.50. On average, they anticipate Fidus Investment's share price to reach $16.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.1% 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.

News headlines about FDUS stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Fidus Investment earned a news sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the asset manager a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Fidus Investment.

Fidus Investment saw a increase in short interest in 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 daily volume of 97,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.0 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the stock 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), PUYI INC/ADR (PUYI), Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), Saratoga Investment (SAR), Value Line (VALU), Monroe Capital (MRCC) and Silvercrest Asset Management Group (SAMG).

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), Prospect Capital (PSEC) and Ladder Capital (LADR).

Fidus Investment's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Optimum Investment Advisors (0.18%) and 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.

FDUS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Optimum Investment Advisors. 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 $14.43.

Fidus Investment has a market capitalization of $352.96 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]