Q2 Earnings Estimate for SLR Investment Issued By B. Riley

SLR Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:SLRC) – Equities researchers at B. Riley dropped their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of SLR Investment in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, November 8th. B. Riley analyst B. Rowe now forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings of $0.42 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.43. The consensus estimate for SLR Investment’s current full-year earnings is $1.74 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for SLR Investment’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.42 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.66 EPS.

SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 6th. The financial services provider reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $59.77 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $58.48 million. SLR Investment had a net margin of 40.89% and a return on equity of 9.73%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.42 earnings per share.

A number of other research firms have also commented on SLRC. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered SLR Investment from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $15.50 to $15.00 in a research report on Monday, July 29th. StockNews.com started coverage on shares of SLR Investment in a research report on Tuesday, July 23rd. They set a “hold” rating for the company. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on shares of SLR Investment from $13.00 to $12.50 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have assigned a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, SLR Investment has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $15.13.

SLR Investment Stock Down 0.4 %

Shares of SLRC opened at $16.10 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $15.31 and a 200-day moving average of $15.68. SLR Investment has a 52 week low of $14.41 and a 52 week high of $16.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 1.04 and a current ratio of 1.06. The stock has a market capitalization of $878.42 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.10 and a beta of 1.12.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Condor Capital Management bought a new stake in SLR Investment in the second quarter valued at $4,118,000. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC bought a new stake in SLR Investment in the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,639,000. Van ECK Associates Corp raised its stake in SLR Investment by 6.8% during the 3rd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 999,291 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $15,369,000 after buying an additional 63,321 shares during the period. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in SLR Investment by 109.4% in the third quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. now owns 113,893 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,714,000 after acquiring an additional 59,492 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP acquired a new stake in SLR Investment in the second quarter valued at approximately $786,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 35.32% of the company’s stock.

SLR Investment Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 10.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. SLR Investment’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 92.66%.

SLR Investment Company Profile

SLR Investment Corp. is a business development company specializing in secured debt (first lien unitranche and second lien), subordinated (unsecured) debt, minority equity, leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, general refinancing, growth capital and strategic income-oriented control equity investments in leveraged middle market companies.