Stellus Capital Investment Corporation

SCM Financial Asset Management

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $102.1 million, down 2.48% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 13.2%, EPS grew 55.6%, free cash flow grew 41.0% and total debt fell 6.09%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

7.06 0.16 −2.22%
Market cap
$205.6M
P/E
6.9×
Fwd P/E
9.7×
Dividend yield
18.8%
F-score
2/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

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Insider Ownership 5.64%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 205.62
Revenue 97.09
Net Income 29.77
Free Cash Flow 44.98
Net Debt 594.29
Current Ratio 0.06
Debt/Equity 1.63
P/E ratio 6.92
Fwd P/E 9.74
P/S ratio 2.10
P/B ratio 0.56
Past 5Y EPS Growth (1.79%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth (19.38%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 0.57%
Next Y revenue growth (10.18%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth (7.47%) (below 0%: weak)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 11.40%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 0.52%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 0.92%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 1.30
Annual Dividend Rate 1.33
Annual Dividend Yield 18.83%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.19
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.08
0.08
0.08
2025 1.60
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
2024 1.60
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
2023 1.60
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
2022 0.84
0.02
0.02
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.02
0.02
0.09
0.02
0.09
2021 1.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.09
0.09
0.09
2020 0.84
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.25
0.25
0.06
2019 1.47
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
2018 1.36
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
2017 1.47
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
2016 1.36
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 26 20 25 5
Receivables 5 5 7 8
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
31 25 32 13
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables — — — —
ST’ Debt 157 172 233 219
Other — — — —
157 173 234 220

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 11.25% 12.51% 10.79%
Cash Flow 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings 13.43% 6.02% 23.12%
Book Value 8.47% 6.31% 10.41%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 23 22 — — —
’25 25 26 26 25 102
’24 26 27 26 26 105
’23 24 27 27 28 106
’22 15 16 20 23 75
’21 14 15 17 18 64
’20 15 14 14 14 57
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 23 33 — — —
’25 (37) 24 (20) 9 (24)
’24 4 (13) 12 (32) (29)
’23 (32) 0 (10) 25 (17)
’22 (63) (14) (16) 36 (56)
’21 (57) (57) 12 26 (76)
’20 (28) 16 25 (16) (3)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 23 33 — — —
’25 (37) 24 (20) 9 (24)
’24 4 (13) 12 (32) (29)
’23 (32) 0 (10) 25 (17)
’22 (63) (14) (16) 36 (56)
’21 (57) (57) 12 26 (76)
’20 (28) 16 25 (16) (3)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.06 0.56 — — —
’25 0.18 0.36 0.23 0.17 0.95
’24 0.54 0.35 0.59 0.32 1.79
’23 0.24 0.17 (0.11) 0.48 0.80
’22 0.27 0.07 0.20 0.20 0.74
’21 0.25 0.29 0.66 0.53 1.72
’20 (2.26) 2.04 0.39 0.86 1.04
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.6
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 7.15 11.57 11.07 12.65 4.10 10.12 11.02 12.20 12.48 11.19

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 12.75 14.82 14.00 15.30 15.04 14.74 14.20 16.08 14.68 15.56
People
People Employees — — — — — — — — — —
Revenue/emp, $m 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 39 40 53 59 57 64 75 106 105 102
Gross margin, % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
EBT 23 23 26 27 20 36 15 15 46 27
EBT margin, % 57.80 57.01 49.30 44.99 36.04 56.56 19.58 13.86 43.59 26.48
Net income 23 23 26 26 20 34 14 18 46 27
Depreciation 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 3.16 2.67 3.34 3.22 2.91 3.27 3.84 4.81 4.09 3.60
Earnings 1.86 1.52 1.64 1.45 1.04 1.72 0.74 0.80 1.79 0.95
Cash flow 0.71 1.27 (6.42) (5.10) (0.18) (3.90) (2.88) (0.78) (1.12) (0.86)
Capex 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Free cash flow 0.71 1.27 (6.42) (5.10) (0.18) (3.90) (2.88) (0.78) (1.12) (0.86)
Book value 13.69 14.81 14.09 14.81 14.04 14.63 14.10 14.54 14.45 13.09
Shares, m 12 15 16 18 19 19 20 22 26 28
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 6.50 8.50 7.85 9.68 10.56 7.53 17.96 16.50 7.64 13.49
P/S 3.82 4.88 3.88 4.41 3.74 3.98 3.46 2.68 3.36 3.52
P/B 0.88 0.88 0.92 0.96 0.78 0.89 0.94 0.89 0.95 0.97
EV/Sales 8.73 8.64 9.04 10.35 10.35 11.43 10.86 7.87 8.83 9.66
EV/FCF 39.02 18.18 (4.70) (6.54) (168.19) (9.56) (14.50) (48.24) (32.29) (40.35)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 9 19 (102) (93) (3) (76) (56) (17) (29) (24)
Capex — — — — — — — — — —
Free cash flow 9 19 (102) (93) (3) (76) (56) (17) (29) (24)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (102) (12) (77) (142) (151) (128) (146) (125) (148) (201)
Total debt 203 174 292 366 393 518 604 576 593 652
Net debt 194 149 275 350 375 474 556 550 573 627
Shareholders’ equity 171 220 225 271 273 285 276 320 370 371
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 6.23 5.80 5.65 4.50 3.05 4.49 1.69 1.94 4.85 2.67
ROIC 2.97 3.11 2.83 2.26 2.12 1.63 2.15 3.03 2.78 2.31
ROE 13.83 11.56 11.77 10.67 7.42 12.02 5.17 5.89 13.29 7.30
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation vs peers in Asset Management (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
RWAY Runway Growth Finance Corp. $273.3M 57.5× — (loss-making) +5.35% (above 0%: growing) +44.44% (above 0%: growing) −65,337.04% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 84.24% Compare
SAR Saratoga Investment Corp $236.8M — (loss-making) 10.0× +1.77% (above 0%: growing) n/m −43.85% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 68.55% Compare
LIEN Chicago Atlantic BDC, Inc. $208.8M 6.6× 6.2× +6.81% (above 0%: growing) −28.95% (below 0%: shrinking) +1,591.22% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 61.95% Compare
PNNT PennantPark Investment Corporation $206.3M 19.6× 10.4× −16.21% (below 0%: shrinking) −41.67% (below 0%: shrinking) −2.70% (below 0%: shrinking) 78.27% 72.21% Compare
SCM Stellus Capital Investment Corporation $205.6M 6.9× 9.7× −13.21% (below 0%: shrinking) +55.56% (above 0%: growing) +41.00% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 72.26%
TPVG TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. $183.2M 4.5× 6.2× −4.86% (below 0%: shrinking) −21.21% (below 0%: shrinking) +232.34% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 75.98% Compare
WHG Westwood Holdings Group Inc $181.4M 20.0× — (loss-making) +9.62% (above 0%: growing) +50.00% (above 0%: growing) −58.51% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 8.14% Compare
NSLR Neostellar Capital Corp. $181.1M 1.3× 2.9× +79.14% (above 0%: growing) n/m −171.41% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% (7,413.51%) Compare
WHF WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. $164.5M 9.6× 8.9× −23.72% (below 0%: shrinking) +380.00% (above 0%: growing) −159.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 66.34% Compare
Median of peers $194.8M 9.6× 7.6× +3.56% +11.62% −51.18% 100.00% 67.45%

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Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (SCM) key facts

  • Concern: Stellus Capital Investment Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $102.1 million, down 2.48% from fiscal 2024.
  • Concern: Net income was $27.0 million, or $0.95 per share (basic), a net margin of 26.5%.
  • Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (SCM) is an Asset Management company in the Financial sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, SCM traded at $7.06, a market capitalization of $205.6 million.
  • At that price the stock trades at 6.9× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.1× sales; its P/E is higher than 11% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Stellus Capital Investment Corporation pays an annual dividend of $1.33 per share, a yield of 18.8%, with a payout ratio of 130.4%.
  • Return on equity was 7.30% and debt-to-equity 1.63.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 2 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.

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