FDUS — Fidus Investment Corp

Founder-Led

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About Fidus Investment Corp

Fidus Investment Corporation is a business development company. It specializing in leveraged buyouts, refinancings, change of ownership transactions, recapitalizations, strategic acquisitions, mezzanine, growth capital, business expansion, lower middle market investments, debt investments, subordinated and second lien loans, senior secured and unitranche debt, preferred equity, warrants, subordinated debt, senior subordinated notes, junior secure… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$18.63
Market Cap$711M
Shares Outstanding38.0M
P/E (Forward)9.53
P/E (TTM)8.29
Price/Sales (TTM)4.26
vs. Analyst Target+15.4% to analyst PT
Profit Margin49.51%
Operating Margin (TTM)72.47%
Revenue (TTM)$167M
Earnings Growth (YoY)-9.20%
Dividend Rate2.2%
Analyst Target Price$21.50 (4 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $40.0M $31.2M $40.0M $32.7M
2021 $127M $116M $127M $116M
2022 $71.6M $35.8M $55.1M $47.6M
2023 $109M $77.1M $88.0M $79.8M
2024 $114M $78.3M $91.4M $82.2M
2025 $159M $82.4M $116M $120M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $35.5M $25.3M
Sep 2025 $29.8M $19.1M
Dec 2025 $32.7M $18.3M
Mar 2026 $35.3M $19.9M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership0.9%
Institutional Ownership28.2%
% of All Funds Holding1.58%
Number of Funds Holding130

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$18.35Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$19.39Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$20.12Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$19.74Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$19.34Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$20.09Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$19.83Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$19.20 resistance 1.15x 2 months ago
$21.40 resistance 1.28x 7 months ago
$23.20 resistance 1.57x 13 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (60 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.87% 0.65% 73.33% 7.67% -3.04%
1 Day 0.93% 0.89% 61.67% 16.35% -6.25%
1 Week 0.83% 0.40% 58.33% 21.68% -8.92%
2 Weeks 0.28% 0.57% 53.33% 21.00% -26.68%
1 Month 0.97% 1.28% 52.54% 41.80% -52.27%

Next earnings: July 26, 2026 (60 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan2.1%40.0%15
Feb2.4%80.0%15
Mar-3.6%46.7%15
Apr3.5%60.0%15
May1.1%64.3%14
Jun-0.4%42.9%14
Jul-0.1%66.7%15
Aug2.4%73.3%15
Sep-3.7%20.0%15
Oct1.2%66.7%15
Nov5.1%73.3%15
Dec-4.2%20.0%15

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.01% 51.4% 702
Tuesday 0.03% 49.0% 770
Wednesday -0.07% 50.1% 768
Thursday 0.01% 49.1% 754
Friday 0.18% 53.4% 754

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 28.2%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 0.9%

Founder-led management: Edward H. Ross (Chairman of the Board & CEO), Thomas C. Lauer (President, MD & Director)

Full insider transaction history and smart buy/sell sentiment summary available on Trend Edge.

AI Consult Analysis

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