Stellus Capital Investment Corp.

  • Market Cap: Micro Cap
  • Industry: Capital Markets
  • ISIN: US8585681088
USD
9.23
-0.23 (-2.43%)
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Stellus Capital Investment Corp. ?

1
Flat results in Jun 25
  • NET PROFIT(HY) At USD 15.14 MM has Grown at -30.21%
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 7.15% (YoY)
2
With ROE of 10.11%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.02 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -7.29%, its profits have risen by 45.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.3
3
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating -7.29% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Stellus Capital Investment Corp. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Capital Markets should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Capital Markets)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Stellus Capital Investment Corp. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Stellus Capital Investment Corp.
-35.27%
-0.29
24.32%
S&P 500
13.68%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
13.10%
EBIT Growth (5y)
23.72%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
2.17
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
3.96%
Dividend Payout Ratio
89.31%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
15.83%
ROCE (avg)
20.53%
ROE (avg)
8.13%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
8
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.67
EV to EBIT
0.69
EV to EBITDA
0.69
EV to Capital Employed
0.27
EV to Sales
0.44
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
16.26%
ROCE (Latest)
38.62%
ROE (Latest)
8.12%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
Bullish
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

6What is working for the Company
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 112.81 %

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 170.17%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -10.65% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 402.79 MM

NET SALES(Q)

At USD 29.14 MM has Grown at 18.24%

-8What is not working for the Company
NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 6.85 MM has Fallen at -30.31%

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 7.37 MM has Fallen at -28.22%

Here's what is working for Stellus Capital Investment Corp.

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 112.81 % and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Net Sales
At USD 29.14 MM has Grown at 18.24%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 24.65 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 402.79 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 170.17%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -10.65% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Stellus Capital Investment Corp.

Net Profit
At USD 6.85 MM has Fallen at -30.31%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 9.82 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 7.37 MM has Fallen at -28.22%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 10.27 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)