# Fidus Investment Corporation (FDUS) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $19.63, market value $745 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 9.5×** (5-yr avg 7.8×, 3-yr avg 7.5×). Fidus Investment Corporation trades at 9.5× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 7.8×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×. Forward P/E is 9.9×, higher than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to fall.
- **Price / book: 1.0×**. The shares trade at 1.0× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **Earnings yield: 10.5%**. The inverse of the P/E: 10.5% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Return on equity: 11.1%**. 11.1% on shareholders' equity is solid.

## Growth
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -9.2%** (3-yr 3.1%/yr, 5-yr 5.1%/yr). Earnings per share fell 9.2%.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 1/9**. 1 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $70 million**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 10.94%** ($1.72 per share, trailing). Fidus Investment Corporation yields 10.94%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 10.1%/yr** (1-yr -11.2%). The dividend has compounded at 10.1% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 7 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 3.1%** (YTD 8.3%, 3-mo 9.9%). The shares are up 3.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -9.2%** (16.4% above the low). Trading 9% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 48**. An RSI of 48 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.64** (volatility 23%). Beta of 0.64 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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