SCM BDC — Stellus Capital Investment Corporation

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (SCM)

Updated October 16, 2026.

SCM is a BDC. its distribution rate is 18.78%, its trailing-12-month yield is 18.78%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 41/100 (Caution). Total return is 115.2% over the past 13.9 years, 487.7 points behind SPY at 602.9%.

At the published price, recorded trailing 12-month cash corresponds to $1,878 per $10,000. Past cash distributions do not establish future income.

SCM performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 115.2% over the past 13.9 years, 487.7 points behind SPY at 602.9%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -32.1%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 44.1%.

SCM key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

41 · Caution

Safety-Adjusted Yield

7.70%

Issuer

Stellus Capital

Asset type

BDC

Asset class

Equity

Distribution rate

18.78%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

18.78%

5-year average yield

10.63

Last close

$7.06 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$201,068,355

Average volume

84800.0

Dividend

$0.0833

Ex-dividend date

10/30/2026

Payment date

11/13/2026

Beta

0.706

Payout ratio

29.4%

P/E ratio

6.92

Forward P/E

7.5075

EPS

$1.02

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (18.78%) 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 (18.78%) 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: Stellus Capital; 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.

SCM risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 44.1%.

Who may consider SCM — 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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