Gladstone Investment Co. (NASDAQ:GAIN) Declares $0.08 Dividend

Gladstone Investment Co. (NASDAQ:GAIN) declared a dividend on Thursday, January 23rd,investing.com reports. Investors of record on Monday, January 27th will be given a dividend of 0.08 per share by the investment management company on Friday, January 31st. This represents a yield of 7.17%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 24th.

Gladstone Investment has a payout ratio of 91.4% indicating that its dividend is currently covered by earnings, but may not be in the future if the company’s earnings tumble. Equities research analysts expect Gladstone Investment to earn $0.94 per share next year, which means the company may not be able to cover its $0.96 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 102.1%.

Gladstone Investment Stock Up 0.4 %

NASDAQ:GAIN opened at $13.38 on Friday. Gladstone Investment has a 12-month low of $12.46 and a 12-month high of $14.85. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $13.35 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $13.49. The firm has a market capitalization of $490.91 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.62 and a beta of 1.30.

Gladstone Investment (NASDAQ:GAIN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The investment management company reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.25 by ($0.01). Gladstone Investment had a net margin of 41.67% and a return on equity of 7.41%. The business had revenue of $22.57 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $22.74 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.24 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Gladstone Investment will post 0.96 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently commented on GAIN. B. Riley upped their price target on shares of Gladstone Investment from $13.00 to $13.50 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, November 11th. StockNews.com upgraded Gladstone Investment from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 11th.

About Gladstone Investment

Gladstone Investment Corporation is business development company, specializes in lower middle market, mature stage, buyouts; refinancing existing debt; senior debt securities such as senior loans, senior term loans, lines of credit, and senior notes; senior subordinated debt securities such as senior subordinated loans and senior subordinated notes; junior subordinated debt securities such as subordinated notes and mezzanine loans; limited liability company interests, and warrants or options.