GAIN BDC — Gladstone Investment Corporation

Gladstone Investment Corporation (GAIN)

Updated October 16, 2026.

GAIN is a BDC. its distribution rate is 6.38%, its trailing-12-month yield is 6.38%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 77/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 638.9% over the past 21.3 years, 199.7 points behind SPY at 838.6%.

At the published price, recorded trailing 12-month cash corresponds to $638 per $10,000. Past cash distributions do not establish future income.

GAIN performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 638.9% over the past 21.3 years, 199.7 points behind SPY at 838.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 16.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 12.7%.

GAIN key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

77 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

4.91%

Issuer

Gladstone Companies

Asset type

BDC

Asset class

Equity

Distribution rate

6.38%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

6.38%

5-year average yield

6.56

Last close

$15.05 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$599,320,603

Average volume

117515.0

Dividend

$0.08

Ex-dividend date

10/23/2026

Payment date

10/30/2026

Beta

0.744

Payout ratio

14.0%

P/E ratio

3.57

Forward P/E

41.1523

EPS

$4.21

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (6.38%) uses trailing 12-month split-adjusted cash distributions; includes specials and supplementals; divided by market price dated 2026-10-16. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (6.38%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Gladstone Companies; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

GAIN risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 12.7%.

Who may consider GAIN — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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Frequently asked questions

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