NYSE:SCMStellus Capital Investment Stock Price, Forecast & News

Stellus Capital Investment's stock was trading at $10.42 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SCM stock has decreased by 28.0% and is now trading at $7.5020. 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) issued its earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The investment management company reported $0.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.32. The investment management company earned $15.26 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, July 31st. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 13.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 14th. View Stellus Capital Investment's dividend history.

4 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Stellus Capital Investment's shares. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $8.00. On average, they expect Stellus Capital Investment's stock price to reach $8.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Stellus Capital Investment.

Media coverage about SCM stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Stellus Capital Investment earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the investment management company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Stellus Capital Investment.

Stellus Capital Investment saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 107,500 shares, a decline of 17.6% from the May 31st total of 130,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 222,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.5 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's shares 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 $7.50.

Stellus Capital Investment has a market capitalization of $146.09 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.