Stellus Capital Investment Corp

SCM

Market cap $353M

HOUSTON , Oct. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (the "Company") (NYSE: SCM) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a monthly dividend of $0.1333 for each of October, November, and December, totaling $0.40 per share in the aggregate for the fourth quarter of 2025. The regular dividend of $0.40 per share will be paid to shareholders of record in November and December 2025, and January 2026.

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HOUSTON , Sept. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (NYSE: SCM) ("Stellus" or "the Company") today announced that it priced a public offering of $50.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.25% notes due 2030 (the "Notes") on September 22, 2025.

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Stellus Capital offers an attractive 11.2% dividend yield, but I question the sustainability of these payouts amid deteriorating portfolio quality and weakening dividend coverage. Despite a 17.2% total return over the past year, SCM now trades at an 8% premium to NAV, which I find difficult to justify given rising risks. The portfolio is heavily weighted toward first lien senior secured loans and floating rate debt, benefiting from higher rates but exposing SCM to borrower stress.

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (NYSE:SCM ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call August 7, 2025 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Robert Thomsen Ladd - Chairman, President & CEO William Todd Huskinson - CFO, Treasurer, Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer Conference Call Participants Christopher Whitbread Patrick Nolan - Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., Research Division Justin Hartung Marca - Lucid Capital Markets, LLC, Research Division Robert James Dodd - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division Operator Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for standing by. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's conference call to report financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2025.

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Stellus Capital (SCM) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.35 per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate . This compares to earnings of $0.5 per share a year ago.

HOUSTON , Aug. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (NYSE:SCM) ("Stellus", "we", or the "Company") today announced financial results for its fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2025. Robert T. Ladd, Chief Executive Officer of Stellus, stated, "I am pleased to report solid operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, in which we earned U.S. GAAP net investment income of $0.34 per share and core net investment income of $0.35 per share.