GLAD BDC — Gladstone Capital Corporation

Gladstone Capital Corporation (GLAD)

Updated October 16, 2026.

GLAD is a BDC. its distribution rate is 10.49%, its trailing-12-month yield is 10.49%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 96/100 (Safe). Total return is 414.9% over the past 25.1 years, 494.8 points behind SPY at 909.7%.

At the published price, recorded trailing 12-month cash corresponds to $1,049 per $10,000. Past cash distributions do not establish future income.

GLAD performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 414.9% over the past 25.1 years, 494.8 points behind SPY at 909.7%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 8.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 20.4%.

GLAD key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

96 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

10.07%

Issuer

Gladstone Companies

Asset type

BDC

Asset class

Equity

Distribution rate

10.49%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

10.49%

5-year average yield

8.28

Last close

$18.88 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$426,557,143

Average volume

228400.0

Dividend

$0.15

Ex-dividend date

10/23/2026

Payment date

10/30/2026

Beta

0.939

Payout ratio

31.0%

P/E ratio

8.86

Forward P/E

10.7643

EPS

$2.13

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (10.49%) 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 (10.49%) 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.

GLAD risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 20.4%.

Who may consider GLAD — and who may not

GLAD may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. 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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