Stellus Capital Investmen... (SCM)

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% tota...

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 Huskins...

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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.

BDCs have performed unexpectedly well this year. Despite the growing uncertainty in the system and high probabilities for incremental base rate cuts, the BDC index is up on a YTD basis. This is not th...

Key Points The bank consolidations caused by the 2008 subprime mortgage banking meltdown wound up favoring large corporations for ongoing business at the expense of smaller ones. The Business Developm...

ETFs have grown into a dominant investment vehicle due to their intraday liquidity, with income-focused investors increasingly turning to high-yield names like PFLT, SCM, EFC, DX, and HRZN—each yieldi...

Although double-digit yields were normal during the 1980s, lower interest rates and a robust stock market have rendered yields of 10% or higher obscure.

Business development companies and real estate investment trusts dominate high-yield monthly payers, benefiting from high interest rates in 2025, though economic downturns pose challenges.

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