Stellus Capital Investment Corporation is an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company that operates as a business development company. Its investment objective is to maximize the total return to its stockholders in the form of current income and capital appreciation through debt and related equity investments in middle-market companies. It seeks to achieve its investment objective by originating and investing primarily in private United States middle-market companies (typically those with $5.0 million to $50.0 million of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)) through first lien, second lien, unitranche and unsecured debt financing, with corresponding equity co-investments. It focuses on a variety of industry sectors, including business services, general industrial, government services, healthcare, software, specialty finance and others. Its investment adviser is Stellus Capital Management, LLC.
Growing
The company is in a growing phase, with the latest annual income totaling USD 92.53M.
High Profit Growth
The company's net income leads the industry, with the latest annual income totaling USD 92.53M.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 88.73%.
Stable Dividend
The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 88.73%.
Undervalued
The company’s latest PB is 0.68, at a low 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 4.27M shares, decreasing 5.22% quarter-over-quarter.