Financial Services
Gladstone Investment Corporation(GAIN)
Live Price
Offline$14.78
-0.54% today
1Y Change
+5.92%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
- Market Cap
- $670.00M
- Revenue Growth
- -12.9%
- EPS Growth
- -27.9%
- Dividend Yield
- 9.0%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Gladstone Investment Corporation (GAIN) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $670.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $14.78 and up 5.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -12.9%, EPS growth of -27.9%, a dividend yield of 9.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -12.9%, EPS -27.9%, free cash flow +32.5% with operating margin 51.4% and ROIC 5.0%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 9.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 5.1 and price/sales 5.9. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines GAIN price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-12.9% vs +3.4% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+51.4% vs +4.7% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 12, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -12.9% and EPS is at -27.9%, with operating margin around 51.4%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 9.0%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 12, 2026 | โ | -7.0% | -4.3% | -9.1% |
2026 Feb 3, 2026 | -10.3% | +2.2% | +1.3% | +0.4% |
2025 Nov 4, 2025 | +0.0% | +0.4% | +0.7% | +1.1% |
Benchmark Edge
GAIN vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
GAIN
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
GAIN Max Drawdown
-12.59%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for GAIN and SPY.
Company Overview
Gladstone Investment Corporation
NASDAQ Global Select
Gladstone Investment Corporation is business development company, specializes in lower middle market, mature stage, buyouts; refinancing existing debt; senior debt securities such as senior loans, senior term loans, lines of credit, and senior notes; senior subordinated debt securities such as senior subordinated loans and senior subordinated notes; junior subordinated debt securities such as subordinated notes and mezzanine loans; limited liability company interests, and warrants or options. The fund does not invest in start-ups. The fund seeks to invest in manufacturing, consumer products and business/consumer services sector. It seeks to invest in small and mid-sized companies based in the United States. The fund prefers to make debt investments between $5 million and $30 million and equity investments between $10 million and $40 million in companies. The fund seeks to invest in companies with revenue between $20 million and $100 million. The fund invests in companies with EBITDA from $3 million to $20 million. It seeks minority equity ownership and prefers to hold a board seat in its portfolio companies. It also prefers to take majority stake in its portfolio companies. The fund typically holds the investments for seven years and exits via sale or recapitalization, initial public offering, or sale to third party.
- Leadership
- David A. R. Dullum
- IPO Date
- Jun 23, 2005
- Employees
- 70
- Street Address
- 1521 Westbranch Drive
- Mailing
- McLean, VA, 22102
- Region
- McLean, VA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 703-287-5800
- Last Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 5.1
- EV/EBITDA
- 21.3
- Price/Sales
- 5.9
- Price/Book
- 1.1
Growth
- Revenue
- -12.9%
- EPS
- -27.9%
- Free Cash Flow
- +32.5%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 71.6%
- Operating Margin
- 51.4%
- Net Margin
- 115.7%
- ROE
- 24.7%
- ROIC
- 5.0%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.96
- Current Ratio
- 0.09
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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