Monroe Capital (MRCC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Monroe Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in customized financing solutions in senior, unitranche and junior secured debt, subordinated debt financing and to a lesser extent, unsecured debt and equity, including equity co-investments in preferred and common stock and warrants. It also provides financing primarily to leveraged buyouts in lower middle-market companies. It focuses to invest in the United States and Canada. The fund prefers to invest in companies with EBITDA between $3 and $35 million. Its makes minority equity investments.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $6.50 to $6.63
• 50-Day Range: $6.15 to $7.52
• 52-Week Range: $6.11 to $8.85
• Volume: 84,628 shs
• Average Volume: 65,413 shs
• Market Capitalization: $143.65 million
• P/E Ratio: 11.05
• Dividend Yield: 15.08%
• Price Target: $7.63
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Monroe Capital Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Monroe Capital scored higher than 34% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 1531st out of 1,828 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Monroe Capital has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.50, and is based on no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Monroe Capital has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -6.14%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Monroe Capital are expected to decrease by -6.14% in the coming year, from $1.14 to $1.07 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Monroe Capital is 11.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.68.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Monroe Capital is 11.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.98.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Monroe Capital has a P/B Ratio of 0.71. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.49% of the float of Monroe Capital has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Monroe Capital has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Monroe Capital has recently increased by 67.70%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Monroe Capital is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 15.72%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Monroe Capital does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Monroe Capital is 303.03%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Monroe Capital will have a dividend payout ratio of 93.46% in the coming year. This indicates that Monroe Capital may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.49% of the float of Monroe Capital has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Monroe Capital has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Monroe Capital has recently increased by 67.70%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.84

News Sentiment

Monroe Capital has a news sentiment score of 0.84. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 1.01 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Monroe Capital this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Monroe Capital insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 3.70% of the stock of Monroe Capital is held by insiders.

MRCC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have MRCC shares performed this year?

Monroe Capital's stock was trading at $8.50 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, MRCC stock has decreased by 22.0% and is now trading at $6.63.
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How were Monroe Capital's earnings last quarter?

Monroe Capital Co. (NASDAQ:MRCC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 7th. The financial services provider reported $0.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.27 by $0.08. The financial services provider earned $11.64 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.81 million. Monroe Capital had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.14% and a net margin of 20.97%.
Read the conference call transcript.

Who are Monroe Capital's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Monroe Capital include Blair William & Co. IL (1.95%), HighTower Advisors LLC (0.92%), LaFleur & Godfrey LLC (0.50%) and BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S (0.47%).
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How do I buy shares of Monroe Capital?

Shares of MRCC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Monroe Capital own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Monroe Capital investors own include Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Ares Capital (ARCC), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Rithm Capital (RITM), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), AGNC Investment (AGNC) and Energy Transfer (ET).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/31 Dividend: 3/14/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 3/31 Dividend: 3/14/2025
• Dividend Payable: 3/31/2025
• Last Earnings: 5/07/2025
• Today: 6/09/2025
• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/16/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/16/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/06/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Investment advice
• Sub-Industry: Real Estate
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:MRCC
• CIK: 1512931
• Web: www.monroebdc.com
• Phone: (312) 258-8300
• Fax: 312-258-8350
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $7.63
• High Stock Price Target: $8.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $7.25
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.5%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.50
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $0.33
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 5.79
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $370 thousand
• Net Margins: 20.97%
• Pretax Margin: 20.97%
• Return on Equity: 12.14%
• Return on Assets: 4.75%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.49
• Current Ratio: 4.37
• Quick Ratio: 4.37

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $12.19 million
• Price / Sales: 11.73
• Cash Flow: $0.84 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.84
• Book Value: $9.40 per share
• Price / Book: 0.70

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 21,666,000
• Free Float: 20,864,000
• Market Cap: $143.00 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.88