Analysts Offer Predictions for SLR Investment Corp.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:SLRC)

SLR Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:SLRCFree Report) – Stock analysts at B. Riley issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for SLR Investment in a report released on Friday, August 9th. B. Riley analyst B. Rowe expects that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $0.41 for the quarter. B. Riley currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $17.00 target price on the stock. 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 Q2 2025 earnings at $0.43 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.40 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.41 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.65 EPS.

SLRC has been the subject of a number of other research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered SLR Investment from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and reduced their target price for the company from $15.50 to $15.00 in a report on Monday, July 29th. StockNews.com began coverage on shares of SLR Investment in a report on Tuesday, July 23rd. They issued a “hold” rating on the stock. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their price objective on SLR Investment from $15.50 to $16.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 23rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on SLR Investment from $12.50 to $13.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 26th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have issued a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, SLR Investment presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $15.25.

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SLR Investment Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ SLRC opened at $15.10 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $15.93 and a 200-day moving average of $15.57. The stock has a market cap of $823.78 million, a PE ratio of 8.48 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a current ratio of 1.05. SLR Investment has a fifty-two week low of $13.93 and a fifty-two week high of $16.77.

SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRCGet Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 7th. The financial services provider reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.01. SLR Investment had a net margin of 41.66% and a return on equity of 9.51%. The business had revenue of $58.98 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $58.23 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.42 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Van ECK Associates Corp grew its position in SLR Investment by 1.9% during the 2nd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 935,970 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $15,060,000 after acquiring an additional 17,774 shares during the last quarter. Condor Capital Management bought a new position in shares of SLR Investment in the second quarter worth approximately $4,118,000. Raymond James & Associates grew its holdings in shares of SLR Investment by 5.4% in the second quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 225,465 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $3,628,000 after purchasing an additional 11,637 shares during the last quarter. Confluence Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in SLR Investment by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter. Confluence Investment Management LLC now owns 185,372 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $2,983,000 after buying an additional 1,570 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. boosted its position in SLR Investment by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. now owns 137,962 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $2,220,000 after buying an additional 1,897 shares during the period. 35.32% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Chairman Leonard M. Tannenbaum purchased 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 10th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $8.73 per share, for a total transaction of $87,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chairman now directly owns 1,270,763 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,093,760.99. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. In other SLR Investment news, Director Andrea Colvin Roberts acquired 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 14th. The stock was bought at an average price of $15.98 per share, with a total value of $399,500.00. Following the purchase, the director now owns 25,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $399,500. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Chairman Leonard M. Tannenbaum bought 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 10th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $8.73 per share, for a total transaction of $87,300.00. Following the transaction, the chairman now owns 1,270,763 shares in the company, valued at $11,093,760.99. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders purchased 95,584 shares of company stock worth $1,255,125. Corporate insiders own 8.20% of the company’s stock.

SLR Investment Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.41 per share. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 10.86%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 13th. SLR Investment’s dividend payout ratio is currently 92.13%.

SLR Investment Company Profile

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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.

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