B. Riley Increases Earnings Estimates for Fidus Investment

Fidus Investment Corporation (NASDAQ:FDUS) – Equities research analysts at B. Riley raised their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for Fidus Investment in a note issued to investors on Monday, November 10th. B. Riley analyst S. Adams now expects that the asset manager will post earnings per share of $0.49 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.47. B. Riley has a “Neutral” rating and a $22.50 price target 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 Q4 2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS.

FDUS has been the subject of a number of other reports. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Fidus Investment in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their target price on Fidus Investment from $21.50 to $21.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday. Finally, LADENBURG THALM/SH SH upgraded shares of Fidus Investment to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $21.75.

Fidus Investment Stock Down 0.9%

FDUS opened at $19.70 on Wednesday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $20.54 and its 200 day simple moving average is $20.53. Fidus Investment has a 52 week low of $16.70 and a 52 week high of $23.55. The stock has a market cap of $696.99 million, a PE ratio of 8.53 and a beta of 0.91.

Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The asset manager reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50. The business 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%.

Fidus Investment Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share. 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 is 72.88%.

Institutional Trading of Fidus Investment

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of FDUS. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC bought a new position in Fidus Investment during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $549,138,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Fidus Investment by 7.8% during the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 324,277 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $6,612,000 after buying an additional 23,478 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its holdings in shares of Fidus Investment by 10.6% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 335,498 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $6,841,000 after acquiring an additional 32,077 shares in the last quarter. Golden State Equity Partners purchased a new stake in Fidus Investment in the second quarter worth $318,000. Finally, Columbus Macro LLC boosted its holdings in Fidus Investment by 12.1% in the second quarter. Columbus Macro LLC now owns 322,543 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $6,515,000 after acquiring an additional 34,921 shares in the last quarter. 28.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Fidus Investment

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.