GECC BDC — Great Elm Capital Corp

Great Elm Capital Corp (GECC)

Updated October 16, 2026.

GECC is a BDC. its distribution rate is 23.54%, its trailing-12-month yield is 23.54%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 4/100 (High risk). Total return is -92.2% over the past 16.1 years, 929.2 points behind SPY at 837.0%.

At the published price, recorded trailing 12-month cash corresponds to $2,354 per $10,000. Past cash distributions do not establish future income.

GECC performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -92.2% over the past 16.1 years, 929.2 points behind SPY at 837.0%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -17.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 34.4%.

GECC key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

4 · High risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.94%

Issuer

Great Elm Capital

Asset type

BDC

Asset class

Fixed Income

Distribution rate

23.54%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

23.54%

5-year average yield

16.45

Last close

$4.97 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$69,032,058

Average volume

36238.0

Dividend

$0.25

Ex-dividend date

09/15/2026

Payment date

09/30/2026

Beta

0.901

Payout ratio

91.7%

Forward P/E

6.1843

EPS

$-3.09

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (23.54%) 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 (23.54%) 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: Great Elm Capital or company page; 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.

GECC risks and drawbacks

Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 34.4%.

Who may consider GECC — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (GECC pays quarterly); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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