Gladstone Capital Corporation (GLAD)
Financials · NMS · US
Price as at 1 Oct 2026, 21:06 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Gladstone Capital Corporation trades at $19.41. We do not hold enough of the inputs to value this company with the confidence the estimate implies, so we publish no fair value for it rather than a number we would not defend.
Our moat model scores it 69 out of 100, which is a moat, but not a deep one. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 9.1 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
GLAD dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $1.05 | 7 |
| 2025 | $2.04 | 13 |
| 2024 | $2.38 | 13 |
| 2023 | $1.97 | 13 |
| 2022 | $1.63 | 12 |
| 2021 | $1.56 | 12 |
| 2020 | $1.59 | 12 |
| 2019 | $1.68 | 12 |
| 2018 | $1.68 | 12 |
| 2017 | $1.68 | 12 |
| 2016 | $1.68 | 12 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
GLAD earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 5 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Gladstone Capital Corporation
Gladstone Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in private equity and venture capital investments with a focus on lower middle market, growth capital, add on acquisitions, change of control, buy & build strategies, debt refinancing, debt investments in senior term loans, revolving loans, secured first and second lien term loans, senior subordinated loans, unitranche loans, junior subordinated loans, and mezzanine loans and equity investments in the form of common stock, preferred stock, limited liability company interests, or warrants. The fund also makes private equity investments in acquisitions, buyouts and recapitalizations, and refinancing existing debts. It targets small and medium-sized companies in United States. It is industry agnostic and seeks to invest in companies engaged in the business services, movies and entertainment, broadcasting and publishing, automobiles and components, food, beverage and tobacco, light and specialty manufacturing, niche industrial products and services, commercial services and supplies, specialty consumer products and services, construction machinery and heavy transportation equipment, energy services, agricultural and farm machinery, transportation and logistics, healthcare and education services, specialty chemicals, media and communications and aerospace and defense. The fund seeks to invest in debt between $8 million and $40 million in companies that have between $20 million and $150 million in sales and EBITDA between $3 million and $25 million. It prefers to acquire minority stakes. It seeks to exit its investments through strategic acquisitions by other industry participants or financial buyers, initial public offerings of common stock, or other capital market transactions.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
GLAD passes 4 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
2 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Two Sigma, TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP$3.16M · 0.0% of book
- Israel Englander, MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$1.89M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
GLAD peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Asset Management), then in the same sector.
- KKR KKR & Co. Inc.
- APO Apollo Global Management, Inc.
- ARES Ares Management Corporation
- CG The Carlyle Group Inc.
- BEN Franklin Templeton Inc.
- BAMGF Brookfield Corporation
- OWL Blue Owl Capital Inc.
- PS Pershing Square Inc.
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Common questions
Which funds own GLAD?
2 of the institutions we track reported a position in GLAD in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is GLAD's P/E ratio?
GLAD trades at 9.1 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Gladstone Capital Corporation (GLAD) pay a dividend?
Yes. Gladstone Capital Corporation yields 9.26% at the current share price. It has paid $1.50 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 24 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
When does GLAD report earnings next?
Gladstone Capital Corporation is scheduled to report on 16 Nov 2026. Companies move earnings dates, so read it as scheduled rather than certain.
Where does SteadyShares get its GLAD data?
Fundamentals for GLAD come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NMS; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 1 Oct 2026, 21:06 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 100/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.