Gladstone Capital Corporation 7.75% Notes due 2028
GLADZ
NASDAQ Global Select25.23
USD
+0.00
- -
Gladstone Capital Corporation 7.75% Notes due 2028
GLADZ
(NASDAQ Global Select)
Recent
price
25.23
P/E
ratio
- -
div
yld
- -
ROIC.AI
Capital Structure
FRC
•
in mil. unless spec.Working Capital
FRC
•
in mil. unless spec.Growth Rates
FRC
•
in mil. unless spec.Quarterly Revenue
FRC
•
in mil. unless spec.Quarterly Earnings Per Share
FRC
•
in mil. unless spec.Quarterly Dividends Per Share
FRC
•
in mil. unless spec.- Similar Companies
- Business
- Gladstone Capital Corporation is a publicly traded business development company specializing in providing debt and equity financing solutions to lower middle-market companies in the United States. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the company primarily offers a portfolio of secured senior term loans, senior subordinated loans, junior subordinated loans, and unitranche loans, with typical loan amounts ranging from $7 million to $40 million and terms up to seven years. Its equity investments usually take the form of preferred or common stock and warrants. Gladstone focuses on growth-oriented, recession-resistant businesses across diverse industries including business services, manufacturing, consumer products, energy services, transportation, healthcare, and aerospace, serving companies with annual sales between $20 million and $150 million and EBITDA between $3 million and $25 million. The company structures many investments to support private equity buyouts, add-on acquisitions, and recapitalizations. Recently, Gladstone Capital has made significant portfolio investments including a $78.7 million investment in Ricardo Defense, Inc. for secured first lien debt and preferred equity, a $71.3 million investment in Nielsen-Kellerman, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of environmental measurement instruments, and a $27.2 million investment in Pyrotek Special Effects, a Canadian provider of live entertainment special effects. In late 2024 and 2025, the company has focused on expanding its portfolio through these substantial new debt and equity financings in established businesses while also realizing capital gains through successful exits such as the sale of equity interests in Antenna Research Associates, resulting in supplemental cash distributions to shareholders. The company manages over $4 billion in assets and maintains a target portfolio allocation of approximately 90% debt and 10% equity investments reflecting its primary debt-fund investment strategy. Gladstone Capital continues to provide flexible financing solutions including unitranche loans to expedite closings and enhance funding flexibility while facilitating transitions to subordinated debt as portfolio companies grow. It aims to support lower middle-market businesses with scalable capital structures and proven cash flow, making it a key lending and equity partner in the private equity and business services sectors across the United States. The company offers monthly cash distributions to investors and operates a dividend reinvestment plan. It is part of the Gladstone Companies' family of investment funds managing billions in assets and remains focused on growth, diversification, and portfolio yield enhancement through strategic investments and partnership-oriented financing solutions.