NASDAQ:SLRC - Solar Capital Stock Price, Forecast & News

Solar Capital trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SLRC."

Solar Capital declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Friday, January 3rd. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.89%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 18th. View Solar Capital's Dividend History.

Solar Capital Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLRC) issued its earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The financial services provider reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.44. The financial services provider had revenue of $39.71 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $39.33 million. Solar Capital had a net margin of 43.03% and a return on equity of 7.97%. View Solar Capital's Earnings History.

Solar Capital is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Solar Capital.

Solar Capital will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 20th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

3 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Solar Capital's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect Solar Capital's share price to reach $22.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Solar Capital.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Solar Capital 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 Solar Capital.

Media headlines about SLRC stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Solar Capital earned a coverage optimism score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Solar Capital.

Solar Capital saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 277,800 shares, an increase of 42.2% from the November 28th total of 195,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 123,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View Solar Capital's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Solar Capital include BlackRock (BLK), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), Ares Capital (ARCC), Eaton Vance (EV), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Federated Investors (FII), Legg Mason (LM) and Cohen & Steers (CNS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Solar Capital investors own include AT&T (T), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Ares Capital (ARCC), Solar Senior Capital (SUNS), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Ventas (VTR), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Prospect Capital (PSEC).

Solar Capital's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Resource America Inc. (0.68%) and Garner Asset Management Corp (0.06%). Company insiders that own Solar Capital stock include Guy Talarico, Michael S Gross and Steven Hochberg. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Solar Capital.

SLRC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Resource America Inc. and Garner Asset Management Corp. Company insiders that have bought Solar Capital stock in the last two years include Guy Talarico, Michael S Gross and Steven Hochberg. View Insider Buying and Selling for Solar Capital.

Shares of SLRC 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 SLRC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.78.

Solar Capital has a market capitalization of $878.18 million and generates $153.53 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $66.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.77 on an earnings per share basis. View Additional Information About Solar Capital.

The official website for Solar Capital is http://www.solarcapltd.com/.

Solar Capital's mailing address is 500 PARK AVENUE 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-993-1670 or via email at [email protected]