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Fidus Investment (FDUS) Stock Price & Analysis
FDUS Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- $19.27 - $19.91
- 52-Week Range
- $16.87 - $20.95
- Previous Close
- $19.70
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 265.04K
- Market Cap
- $783.48M
- Enterprise Value
- $1.26B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- $31.25M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- $281.85M
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 9.3
- Beta
- 0.65
- Next Earnings
- Mar 04, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 0.49
- Last Dividend Ex-Date
- Sep 15, 2026
- Dividend Yield
- 13.90%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Improving Investment Income
Year-over-year adjusted NII growth indicates that FDUS’s core lending portfolio can expand earnings through stronger interest income. Continued coverage of the base dividend also supports recurring shareholder distributions and demonstrates underlying income-producing capacity.
Healthy, Conservative Portfolio
Low average loan-to-value and conservative underwriting provide meaningful collateral protection if portfolio companies face operating pressure. A diversified debt portfolio with downside cushions should help preserve capital and support more resilient risk-adjusted returns over the next several quarters.
Liquidity And Debt Maturity
Substantial available liquidity and a longer maturity runway reduce near-term refinancing pressure and give FDUS flexibility to fund new investments or manage repayments. This strengthens the balance sheet’s ability to support portfolio growth through changing credit conditions.
Bears Say
Volatile Cash Generation
Recent negative and highly variable cash flow weakens confidence that reported profitability consistently converts into available cash. For an investment company, uneven cash generation can increase reliance on borrowings, constrain distributions or new investments, and reduce flexibility during weaker credit periods.
Credit Watchlist And Realized Loss
The watchlist addition and sizable Virtex loss show that credit risks can still produce meaningful realized losses despite generally healthy portfolio metrics. Further borrower deterioration could reduce net asset value, impair earnings, and weaken the capital available for future originations.
Higher Funding Costs
Higher borrowing costs directly pressure the spread between portfolio income and financing expense, making earnings more sensitive to interest-rate and refinancing conditions. The accompanying quarterly NII decline highlights the risk that funding-cost increases can weaken dividend coverage and recurring returns.
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Company Description
Fidus Investment
Fidus Investment Corporation functions as a Business Development Company (BDC), offering capital solutions for diverse corporate endeavors. These encompass management buyouts, debt restructuring, ownership transitions, capital reorganizations, strategic acquisitions, and initiatives for growth and business expansion, frequently employing mezzanine financing. The firm's financial instruments span a variety of debt options, including senior secured, unitranche, subordinated, junior secured, and second lien loans, in addition to senior subordinated notes, preferred equity, and warrants. Notably, Fidus explicitly refrains from investing in distressed companies or those undergoing turnarounds. The company prioritizes investments in sectors such as aerospace and defense, a broad spectrum of business services, consumer products and services (including retail, food, and beverage), healthcare products and services, industrial goods and services, information technology services, specialized manufacturing, transportation and logistics, and value-added distribution. Its geographic focus is exclusively on enterprises located within the United States. Fidus typically commits between $5 million and $15 million per transaction, targeting companies with annual revenues ranging from $10 million to $150 million and annual EBITDA between $3 million and $20 million; however, it retains the flexibility to pursue opportunities beyond these standard financial parameters. Furthermore, the firm aims to secure minority equity positions and board observation rights in conjunction with its capital deployments.
- Sector
- Financial
- Industry
- Asset Management
- CEO
- Edward H. Ross
- Employees
- 0
- Website
- www.fdus.com
- Address
- 1603 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60201, US
Fidus Investment (FDUS) Earnings & Revenues
FDUS Company Deck
FDUS Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was broadly positive. Fidus reported higher adjusted NII, a fully covered base dividend, substantial liquidity, a healthy portfolio with no debt investments on non-accrual, moderate leverage, and improving M&A activity. The main challenges were the $11 million of realized Virtex losses, limited third-quarter closed deal flow, uncertainty around the pace of the M&A recovery, competitive pricing, and limited near-term equity realizations.
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Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 16 | 2 | 4 |
| Technical Analysis | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Moving Averages | 12 | 0 | 0 |
