Fidus Investment: A Well-Run BDC, But The Yield Is Fully Priced

Impact · against what's priced in

FDUS is facing downward pressure as declining net investment income and a reduced supplemental dividend undermine its current premium valuation. While credit quality remains high, the erosion of earnings momentum makes the 1.05x book value multiple difficult to justify.

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A 19% quarter-over-quarter decline in net investment income and a sharp reduction in the supplemental dividend create a mismatch with the current 1.05x book value premium.

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• valuation▲8%
• earnings
• dividends
• FDUS
• bdc
• credit quality
• nav
• yield

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