Fidus Investment Corporation

Yield per half year: -5.65%
Dividend yield: 10.74%
Sector: Financials

Company Analysis Fidus Investment Corporation

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Price (19.62 $) is less than fair price (21.95 $)
  • Dividends (10.74%) are higher than the sector average (2.55%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (6.98%) is higher than the sector average (-4.09%).
  • Current debt level 40.79% is below 100% and has decreased over 5 years from 50.62%.

Disadvantages

  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=0.0265%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=17.16%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

Fidus Investment Corporation Financials Index
7 days 2.1% -30% -0.1%
90 days 2.4% -29.1% 1.2%
1 year 7% -4.1% 18%

FDUS vs Sector: Fidus Investment Corporation has outperformed the "Financials" sector by 11.08% over the past year.

FDUS vs Market: Fidus Investment Corporation has significantly underperformed the market by -10.98% over the past year.

Stable price: FDUS is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "NASDAQ" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: FDUS with weekly volatility of 0.13% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 8.7
P/S: 4.66

3.2. Revenue

EPS 2.4
ROE 0.0265%
ROA 0.0143%
ROIC 0%
Ebitda margin 70.2%

5. Fundamental Analysis

5.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Below fair price: The current price (19.62 $) is lower than the fair price (21.95 $).

Price not significantly lower than the fair price: The current price (19.62 $) is slightly lower than the fair price by 11.9%.

5.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (8.7) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (-221.56).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (8.7) is higher than that of the market as a whole (-99.49).

5.2.1 P/E Similar companies

5.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (1.04) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (72.54).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (1.04) is lower than that of the market as a whole (71.88).

5.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

5.5. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (4.66) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (261.36).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (4.66) is lower than that of the market as a whole (113.77).

5.5.1 P/S Similar companies

5.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (836.82) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (-236.49).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (836.82) is higher than that of the market as a whole (-78.41).

6. Profitability

6.1. Profitability and revenue

6.2. Earnings per share - EPS

6.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Negative and has fallen by -6.51% over the last 5 years.

Accelerating profitability: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the average return for 5 years (-6.51%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) is lower than the return for the sector (0%).

6.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (0.0265%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (17.16%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (0.0265%) is higher than that of the market as a whole (-6.24%).

6.6. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (0.0143%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (5.8%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (0.0143%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (38.46%).

6.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (0%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (13.17%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (0%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (9.59%).

7. Finance

7.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (40.79%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Debt reduction: over 5 years, the debt has decreased from 50.62% to 40.79%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage 606.56%.

7.2. Profit growth and share price

8. Dividends

8.1. Dividend yield vs Market

High yield: The dividend yield of the company 10.74% is higher than the average for the sector '2.55%.

8.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 10.74% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=0.86.

Weak dividend growth: The company's dividend yield 10.74% has been growing weakly or stagnant over the past 5 years. Growth over only 0 years.

8.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (100.1%) are at an uncomfortable level.

9. Insider trades

9.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

9.2. Latest transactions

No insider transactions have been recorded yet

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