B. Riley Predicts Increased Earnings for Fidus Investment

Fidus Investment Corporation (NASDAQ:FDUS - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at B. Riley raised their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Fidus Investment in a research note issued on Monday, November 10th. B. Riley analyst S. Adams now forecasts that the asset manager will post earnings per share of $2.10 for the year, up from their prior forecast of $2.09. B. Riley currently has a "Neutral" rating and a $22.50 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Fidus Investment's current full-year earnings is $2.28 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Fidus Investment's Q1 2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.97 EPS.

Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 6th. The asset manager reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.50. The company had revenue of $37.25 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $37.29 million. Fidus Investment had a return on equity of 11.52% and a net margin of 51.88%.

A number of other research firms have also recently weighed in on FDUS. Weiss Ratings restated a "buy (b-)" rating on shares of Fidus Investment in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. LADENBURG THALM/SH SH raised shares of Fidus Investment to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their price target on shares of Fidus Investment from $21.50 to $21.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Monday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $21.75.

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Fidus Investment Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FDUS opened at $19.88 on Tuesday. The business's 50 day moving average price is $20.57 and its 200-day moving average price is $20.52. Fidus Investment has a 1 year low of $16.70 and a 1 year high of $23.55. The firm has a market capitalization of $703.35 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.61 and a beta of 0.91.

Fidus Investment Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 19th will be paid a $0.43 dividend. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 19th. Fidus Investment's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 72.88%.

Institutional Trading of Fidus Investment

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Quarry LP purchased a new position in Fidus Investment in the 1st quarter worth approximately $28,000. State of Alaska Department of Revenue purchased a new stake in shares of Fidus Investment in the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Fidus Investment in the third quarter valued at approximately $30,000. AdvisorNet Financial Inc lifted its position in Fidus Investment by 137.4% during the second quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 1,728 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 1,000 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its position in Fidus Investment by 154.8% during the second quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 2,658 shares of the asset manager's stock worth $54,000 after buying an additional 1,615 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 28.14% of the company's stock.

Fidus Investment Company Profile

Fidus Investment Corporation is a business development company. It specializing in leveraged buyouts, refinancings, change of ownership transactions, recapitalizations, strategic acquisitions, mezzanine, growth capital, business expansion, lower middle market investments, debt investments, subordinated and second lien loans, senior secured and unitranche debt, preferred equity, warrants, subordinated debt, senior subordinated notes, junior secured loans, and unitranche loans.

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