How to buy Stellus Capital Investment Corporation stock

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation is an asset management business based in the US. Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares (SCM) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation share price

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Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-23.

52-week range	$5.39 - $13.75
50-day moving average	$12.83
200-day moving average	$10.98
Wall St. target price	$12.75
PE ratio	12.999
Dividend yield	$1.09 (8.1%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$1.04

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Is Stellus Capital Investment Corporation under- or over-valued?

Valuing Stellus Capital Investment Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's P/E ratio

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares trade at around 13x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	$56.7 million
Operating margin TTM	68.33%
Gross profit TTM	$56.7 million
Return on assets TTM	3.66%
Return on equity TTM	7.43%
Profit margin	35.64%
Book value	$14.03
Market capitalisation	$265.8 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares

There are currently 99,494 Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 13.4% up from 87,701 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares can be evaluated.

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 85037.606837607). Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's SIR currently stands at 1.17. In other words for every 100,000 Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1170 shares are currently held short.

However Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0055% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares, roughly 6 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Stellus Capital Investment Corporation.

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Stellus Capital Investment Corporation share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 29.49% of net profits

Recently Stellus Capital Investment Corporation has paid out, on average, around 29.49% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 7.43% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 7.43% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $1.09 per share.

While Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Stellus Capital Investment Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 14 April 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 28 April 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's shares ever split?

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's shares were split on a 10043:1000 basis on 12 January 2014. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 10043 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 90% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's share price.

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5.3939 up to $13.75. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's is 1.4082. This would suggest that Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation overview

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation is a business development company specializing in investments in private middle-market companies. It invests through first lien, second lien, unitranche, and mezzanine debt financing, often with a corresponding equity investment. The fund prefers to invest in US and Canada. The fund seeks to invest in companies with an EBITDA between $5 million and $50 million. .

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Stellus Capital Investment Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 7.021% of Stellus Capital Investment Corporation shares are held by insiders and 19.363% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Stellus Capital Investment Corporation?

  Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Stellus Capital Investment Corporation based?

  Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's address is: 4400 Post Oak Parkway, Houston, TX, United States, 77027

• What is Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's ISIN number?

  Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's international securities identification number is: US8585681088

• What is Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 858568108