NYSE:SCMStellus Capital Investment Stock Price, Forecast & News

Stellus Capital Investment's stock was trading at $10.42 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SCM shares have decreased by 21.5% and is now trading at $8.18. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stellus Capital Investment in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Stellus Capital Investment.

Stellus Capital Investment is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 14th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Stellus Capital Investment.

Stellus Capital Investment Corp (NYSE:SCM) posted its earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The investment management company reported $0.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.32. The investment management company earned $15.26 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $15.24 million. Stellus Capital Investment had a positive return on equity of 9.38% and a negative net margin of 45.82%. View Stellus Capital Investment's earnings history.

Stellus Capital Investment declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, July 31st. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 12.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 14th. View Stellus Capital Investment's dividend history.

4 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Stellus Capital Investment's stock. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $8.00. On average, they expect Stellus Capital Investment's share price to reach $8.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.2%. View analysts' price targets for Stellus Capital Investment.

News stories about SCM stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Stellus Capital Investment earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the investment management company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Stellus Capital Investment.

Stellus Capital Investment saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 107,500 shares, a drop of 17.6% from the May 31st total of 130,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 222,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.5 days. Approximately 0.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Stellus Capital Investment's Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Stellus Capital Investment investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Ares Capital (ARCC), AT&T (T), NEWTEK Business Services (NEWT), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), ARBOR RLTY TR I/SH (ABR) and AGNC Investment (AGNC).

Stellus Capital Investment trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SCM."

Stellus Capital Investment's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Confluence Investment Management LLC (2.01%). Company insiders that own Stellus Capital Investment stock include Bruce R Bilger, Dean D'angelo, J Tim Arnoult, Joshua T Davis, Robert T Ladd and W Todd Huskinson. View institutional ownership trends for Stellus Capital Investment.

SCM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Confluence Investment Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Stellus Capital Investment.

Shares of SCM 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 SCM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $8.18.

Stellus Capital Investment has a market capitalization of $159.26 million and generates $58.91 million in revenue each year. The investment management company earns $26.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.23 on an earnings per share basis.

The official website for Stellus Capital Investment is www.stelluscapital.com.

Stellus Capital Investment's mailing address is 4400 POST OAK PARKWAY SUITE 2200, HOUSTON TX, 77027. The investment management company can be reached via phone at 713-292-5400.