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$21.21 +0.21 (+1.00%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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FDUS vs. MFIC, PFLT, MAIN, PSEC, VRTS, OCSL, CSWC, TCPC, GLAD, and GAIN

Should you be buying Fidus Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidus Investment include MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Blackrock Tcp Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), and Gladstone Investment (GAIN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Fidus Investment vs. Its Competitors

Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS) and MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Fidus Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Fidus Investment pays out 73.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 122.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Fidus Investment has a net margin of 52.59% compared to MidCap Financial Investment's net margin of 33.21%. Fidus Investment's return on equity of 11.48% beat MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fidus Investment52.59% 11.48% 6.43%
MidCap Financial Investment 33.21%10.66%4.52%

28.1% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Fidus Investment and Fidus Investment both had 4 articles in the media. Fidus Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat MidCap Financial Investment's score of 1.13 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
MidCap Financial Investment
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Fidus Investment has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Fidus Investment presently has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.99%. MidCap Financial Investment has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.38%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than Fidus Investment.

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)
3.33
MidCap Financial Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Fidus Investment. Fidus Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MidCap Financial Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fidus Investment$146.15M5.04$78.29M$2.349.06
MidCap Financial Investment$301.78M4.07$98.82M$1.2410.61

Summary

Fidus Investment beats MidCap Financial Investment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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FDUS vs. The Competition

MetricFidus InvestmentFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$736.67M$1.63B$12.08B$9.10B
Dividend Yield8.11%10.86%5.54%4.02%
P/E Ratio9.0617.4419.2020.26
Price / Sales5.0455.3225.66153.06
Price / Cash9.2811.5921.4557.67
Price / Book1.100.962.285.49
Net Income$78.29M$144.88M$992.82M$250.45M
7 Day Performance2.00%1.74%-0.20%4.79%
1 Month Performance8.55%3.73%3.93%9.59%
1 Year Performance7.34%-6.31%539.45%16.41%

Fidus Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FDUS
Fidus Investment
2.5053 of 5 stars
$21.21
+1.0%
$21.00
-1.0%
+7.3%$736.67M$146.15M9.06N/APositive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.4024 of 5 stars
$12.69
-0.2%
$14.00
+10.3%
-15.8%$1.19B$301.78M7.66N/APositive News
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.3383 of 5 stars
$10.47
-0.8%
$10.92
+4.3%
-9.8%$1.04B$84.09M7.48658Negative News
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.3793 of 5 stars
$60.97
-0.3%
$52.80
-13.4%
+22.3%$5.44B$541.03M10.3590News Coverage
Ex-Dividend
PSEC
Prospect Capital
0.98 of 5 stars
$3.31
-0.3%
$3.00
-9.4%
-39.7%$1.48B$861.66M-3.852,019Positive News
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
3.6718 of 5 stars
$194.78
-2.2%
$172.50
-11.4%
-11.3%$1.35B$898.60M11.53770News Coverage
High Trading Volume
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
1.3628 of 5 stars
$13.85
-1.6%
$15.83
+14.3%
-22.3%$1.24B$381.67M106.54N/APositive News
CSWC
Capital Southwest
3.0062 of 5 stars
$22.71
-0.4%
$23.60
+3.9%
-13.9%$1.22B$204.44M15.3420Positive News
TCPC
Blackrock Tcp Capital
1.1012 of 5 stars
$7.73
-1.3%
$7.00
-9.4%
-28.2%$665.85M$259.44M-13.3321,100News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
1.5774 of 5 stars
$27.77
+0.7%
$23.00
-17.2%
+16.0%$615.63M$96.62M7.0570News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
0.7414 of 5 stars
$14.20
-0.8%
$13.50
-4.9%
-1.1%$527.51M$93.66M7.9870News Coverage
Dividend Announcement

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This page (NASDAQ:FDUS) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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