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Stellus Capital Investment (SCM) Competitors

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$14.15 -0.06 (-0.42%)
Closing price 09/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$14.24 +0.09 (+0.67%)
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SCM vs. PSEC, VRTS, CSWC, OCSL, SLRC, FDUS, TCPC, GLAD, GAIN, and PNNT

Should you be buying Stellus Capital Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stellus Capital Investment include Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Blackrock Tcp Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), and PennantPark Investment (PNNT). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

Stellus Capital Investment vs. Its Competitors

Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) and Stellus Capital Investment (NYSE:SCM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Prospect Capital currently has a consensus price target of $2.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.39%. Stellus Capital Investment has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.13%. Given Stellus Capital Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stellus Capital Investment is more favorable than Prospect Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Prospect Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Stellus Capital Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Prospect Capital-$406.94M-3.17-$469.92M-$1.34-2.08
Stellus Capital Investment$44.62M9.01$45.85M$1.459.76

9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.3% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.4%. Stellus Capital Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Prospect Capital pays out -40.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stellus Capital Investment pays out 110.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prospect Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Stellus Capital Investment has a net margin of 38.24% compared to Prospect Capital's net margin of -69.68%. Prospect Capital's return on equity of 12.14% beat Stellus Capital Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Prospect Capital-69.68% 12.14% 5.59%
Stellus Capital Investment 38.24%11.06%4.12%

Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stellus Capital Investment has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Prospect Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Stellus Capital Investment. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Prospect Capital and 3 mentions for Stellus Capital Investment. Prospect Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Stellus Capital Investment's score of 1.20 indicating that Prospect Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Prospect Capital
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Stellus Capital Investment
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Stellus Capital Investment beats Prospect Capital on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SCM vs. The Competition

MetricStellus Capital InvestmentFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$403.79M$1.59B$12.77B$21.58B
Dividend Yield11.13%11.32%5.40%3.49%
P/E Ratio9.7611.67245.8629.75
Price / Sales9.0152.7931.0886.27
Price / Cash8.3010.8622.3625.00
Price / Book1.040.932.314.58
Net Income$45.85M$152.42M$1.01B$999.94M
7 Day Performance-4.39%-1.55%1.00%0.68%
1 Month Performance-3.74%-1.12%2.74%4.02%
1 Year Performance2.91%-4.91%543.82%16.39%

Stellus Capital Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCM
Stellus Capital Investment
0.9763 of 5 stars
$14.15
-0.4%
$13.00
-8.1%
+3.1%$403.79M$44.62M9.76599Positive News
PSEC
Prospect Capital
0.7699 of 5 stars
$2.88
-0.3%
$2.50
-13.2%
-49.7%$1.34B$719.44M-2.152,019Positive News
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
3.8768 of 5 stars
$197.17
+1.6%
$188.25
-4.5%
-3.0%$1.31B$884.72M11.67770News Coverage
Positive News
CSWC
Capital Southwest
2.7863 of 5 stars
$22.99
+0.1%
$24.30
+5.7%
-8.5%$1.28B$123.48M13.9320News Coverage
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
1.8081 of 5 stars
$14.02
+0.4%
$15.00
+7.0%
-16.6%$1.23B$381.67M25.04N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
SLRC
SLR Investment
2.2653 of 5 stars
$16.80
+0.6%
$16.25
-3.3%
+4.4%$911.15M$97.88M10.37N/ANews Coverage
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
FDUS
Fidus Investment
2.5369 of 5 stars
$21.51
+0.6%
$22.00
+2.3%
+6.6%$756.78M$93.00M9.31N/APositive News
TCPC
Blackrock Tcp Capital
0.9479 of 5 stars
$7.26
+0.3%
$6.75
-7.0%
-20.6%$615.66M$259.44M-42.7121,100News Coverage
Positive News
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
2.2812 of 5 stars
$26.06
+0.0%
$24.50
-6.0%
+2.0%$581.69M$96.62M7.6970News Coverage
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
1.0261 of 5 stars
$14.17
-0.3%
$13.50
-4.7%
+10.5%$543.09M$74.11M6.5370Dividend Announcement
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
1.8262 of 5 stars
$7.25
+0.3%
$6.33
-12.6%
+1.2%$473.07M$61.29M27.87N/APositive News

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