Gladstone Investment Co. (GAIN) to Issue Monthly Dividend of $0.08 on February 28th

Gladstone Investment Co. (NASDAQ:GAIN) declared a monthly dividend on Tuesday, January 14th,investing.com reports. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 19th will be given a dividend of 0.08 per share by the investment management company on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 19th.

Gladstone Investment has a dividend payout ratio of 91.4% meaning its dividend is currently covered by earnings, but may not be in the future if the company’s earnings tumble. 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 0.9 %

Gladstone Investment stock opened at $13.97 on Monday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $13.31 and its 200-day moving average price is $13.42. The company has a market cap of $512.56 million, a PE ratio of 13.18 and a beta of 1.30. Gladstone Investment has a twelve month low of $12.46 and a twelve month high of $14.85.

Gladstone Investment (NASDAQ:GAIN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The investment management company reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.24 by ($0.01). Gladstone Investment had a net margin of 41.67% and a return on equity of 7.41%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Gladstone Investment will post 0.96 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

Gladstone Investment Company Profile

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.