Fidus Investment (FDUS) Competitors $20.64 -0.04 (-0.19%) Closing price 08/1/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$20.60 -0.05 (-0.22%) As of 08/1/2025 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock FDUS vs. GLAD, MFIC, NMFC, PFLT, MAIN, PSEC, VRTS, OCSL, CSWC, and TCPCShould you be buying Fidus Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidus Investment include Gladstone Capital (GLAD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), and BLACKROCK TCP CAPITAL (TCPC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. Fidus Investment vs. Its Competitors Gladstone Capital MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Main Street Capital Prospect Capital Virtus Investment Partners Oaktree Specialty Lending Capital Southwest BLACKROCK TCP CAPITAL Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS) and Gladstone Capital (NASDAQ:GLAD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings. Do analysts rate FDUS or GLAD? Fidus Investment currently has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.74%. Gladstone Capital has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.66%. Given Fidus Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fidus Investment is more favorable than Gladstone Capital.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Fidus Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.33Gladstone Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Which has better earnings and valuation, FDUS or GLAD? Gladstone Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fidus Investment. Gladstone Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidus Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioFidus Investment$92.70M7.73$78.29M$2.348.82Gladstone Capital$88.83M6.86$94.72M$3.946.92 Does the media favor FDUS or GLAD? In the previous week, Fidus Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Gladstone Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fidus Investment and 3 mentions for Gladstone Capital. Fidus Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Gladstone Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidus Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Fidus Investment 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Gladstone Capital 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do insiders & institutionals believe in FDUS or GLAD? 28.1% of Fidus Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Gladstone Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Fidus Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Gladstone Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is FDUS or GLAD a better dividend stock? Fidus Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Gladstone Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Fidus Investment pays out 73.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gladstone Capital pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Gladstone Capital has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Is FDUS or GLAD more profitable? Gladstone Capital has a net margin of 93.42% compared to Fidus Investment's net margin of 52.59%. Fidus Investment's return on equity of 11.48% beat Gladstone Capital's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Fidus Investment52.59% 11.48% 6.43% Gladstone Capital 93.42%9.85%5.78% Which has more volatility and risk, FDUS or GLAD? Fidus Investment has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Capital has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryFidus Investment beats Gladstone Capital on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Fidus Investment News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FDUS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FDUS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FDUS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFidus InvestmentFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$718.26M$1.44B$12.04B$9.54BDividend Yield8.27%11.08%5.62%4.09%P/E Ratio8.8217.2519.7523.83Price / Sales7.7359.0825.9666.02Price / Cash9.0511.3221.3357.96Price / Book1.070.932.095.54Net Income$78.29M$144.88M$1.00B$259.28M7 Day Performance-3.55%-3.28%-2.46%-4.68%1 Month Performance0.39%-0.30%-0.84%4.36%1 Year Performance6.94%-4.55%537.10%17.88% Fidus Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FDUSFidus Investment1.2898 of 5 stars$20.64-0.2%$21.00+1.7%+6.3%$718.26M$92.70M8.82N/ANews CoverageUpcoming EarningsGLADGladstone Capital0.7749 of 5 stars$28.18-1.7%$23.00-18.4%+14.9%$640.42M$96.62M7.1570News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsMFICMidCap Financial Investment2.2091 of 5 stars$12.91-0.9%$13.50+4.6%-10.6%$1.22B$301.78M10.41N/APositive NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance1.753 of 5 stars$10.55-0.4%$10.67+1.1%-15.8%$1.14B$118.17M10.55N/APositive NewsUpcoming EarningsPFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.0603 of 5 stars$10.54-1.6%$10.96+4.0%-7.1%$1.05B$84.09M7.53658MAINMain Street Capital1.2666 of 5 stars$65.10-1.1%$53.60-17.7%+24.8%$5.86B$541.03M11.0590Upcoming EarningsDividend AnnouncementPSECProspect Capital1.0491 of 5 stars$3.40-1.7%$3.00-11.8%-45.1%$1.54B$861.66M-3.952,019News CoverageDividend AnnouncementEx-DividendVRTSVirtus Investment Partners4.1242 of 5 stars$194.26-1.7%$188.25-3.1%-12.0%$1.34B$898.60M11.49770Positive NewsEarnings ReportOCSLOaktree Specialty Lending2.1977 of 5 stars$14.17-2.0%$15.83+11.7%-21.6%$1.27B$381.67M109.00N/APositive NewsUpcoming EarningsCSWCCapital Southwest2.3614 of 5 stars$23.02-1.3%$24.00+4.3%-12.3%$1.25B$204.44M15.5520Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsTCPCBLACKROCK TCP CAPITAL1.3057 of 5 stars$7.34-2.3%$7.00-4.6%-32.6%$638.63M$259.44M-12.6521,100News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Gladstone Capital Competitors MidCap Financial Investment Competitors New Mountain Finance Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors Main Street Capital Competitors Prospect Capital Competitors Virtus Investment Partners Competitors Oaktree Specialty Lending Competitors Capital Southwest Competitors BLACKROCK TCP CAPITAL Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:FDUS) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersIs Elon's empire crumbling?The Tesla Shock Nobody Sees Coming While headlines scream "Tesla is doomed"... 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