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Gladstone Capital Corporation GLAD

A comprehensive view of key metrics, scores, and financial health for Gladstone Capital Corporation

Overview of Gladstone Capital Corporation

GLAD NMS
Financial Services Asset Management Small Cap
Gladstone Capital Corporation (GLAD), is a Small Cap company, in the Asset Management industry, last closed at $17.51, about 0.5% overvalued vs fair value, -35.6% 1Y return, ranked 608/1004 in sector.
$17.51
-0.85%
As of March 13, 2026
Previous close • Vol 90d: 23.9%
Market Cap
$395.60M
Enterprise Value
$797.34M
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Quick Facts

Website https://www.gladstonecapital.c...
HQ McLean, VA
Fiscal year Sep 30

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Fair Value Snapshot

Bear Base Bull
$10
$17
$33
Current: $17.51 -1% vs base

Engine Room Money Flow™

Small Cap

Financial Services - Where revenue goes and how value is created

Flow Steps
Interest Income
$87.3M
-6.4%%
Interest Expense
$20.0M
Net Interest Income
$67.3M
-6%%
Total Revenue
$57.6M
-41.5%%
Money Flow Bridge
Flow Direction: Money moves from left to right
Components: Breakdown shows composition of each stage
Industry-Specific: Financial Services

Quality & Reliability Indicators

Return on Equity
11.9%
Good

Net Income / Equity - key bank profitability metric

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Owner's Pocket - Capital Allocation

Total Returned to Shareholders

Combined dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction

$261.5M
457.2% of Net Income

Where It Leaks

Cash Flow Health healthy
Strong cash conversion with minimal leakage across profit-to-cash-to-value chain.
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Active Leaks
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Improving
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High Impact
0
Critical
Moat Analysis Corporate Default

Competitive Advantage Assessment

Evaluating Gladstone Capital Corporation's durable competitive advantages across 6 defense dimensions

Overall Moat Strength
67
/100
Moderate
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Pricing Power

Moderate
71
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Trade-Off Ledger™

Where management spends the performance budget - Growth, Profitability, or Safety

Generic Industrial / Default vs Industry Peers 96% Coverage
Trade-Off Triangle Visualization A ternary plot showing GLAD's balance between Growth (31.5%), Profitability (44.0%), and Safety (24.5%). Growth 32% Safety 24% Profitability 44%

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Growth

51th percentile vs peers
51
Key Signals
Revenue CAGR 3Y 42.2% 81p EPS CAGR 3Y 29.6% 88p Rev Growth YoY -41.5% 24p TSR 1.3% 53p EPS Growth YoY -41.8% 24p
Strengths
  • Revenue Cagr 3Y in top 20% of peers (42.2%, 81th percentile)
  • Eps Cagr 3Y in top 20% of peers (29.6%, 88th percentile)
  • Superior capital returns - 2 return metrics above peer median
  • Operating Margin in top 20% of peers (1.39, 96th percentile)
Risks

No significant risks identified for this axis.

Profitability

71th percentile vs peers
72
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Safety

39th percentile vs peers
40
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Two Futures

Scenario-based fair value ranges for Gladstone Capital Corporation.

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Base
$17.42
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-0.5% vs current
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