Stellus Capital Investment Corporation cash flow to debt ratio of -3.75% indicates that the company cannot generate enough cash to cover its debt over time. This level indicates weak financial health.

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's free cash flow has increased -14.66% from $-28.65M last year to $-24.45M, signaling increasing performance

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's debt to equity ratio is 1.04, which means that the company's assets are unhealthy financed, signaling financial risk.

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's debt has decreased relative to shareholder equity from 1.60 last year to 1.04 today, signaling strengthened financials

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation has a net debt to EBITDA ratio of 21.90x, which exceeds the 3.00x threshold, indicating high leverage and potential financial risk

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation earns at least as much interest as it pays. Interest obligations are fully covered.

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's profit margin has decreased (100.00%) in the last year from 55.42% to 0.00%, signaling decreasing performance

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's short-term assets of $26.59M exceed its short-term liabilities of $17.30M

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's return on assets of 0.00% is lower than the 5.00% threshold, indicating inefficient asset utilization

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's return on equity of 0.00%, is lower than 15.00%, indicating bad performance

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's operating cash flow is lower than its net income, indicating that earnings may not be fully backed by cash generation

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation had positive net income in 5 out of 5 years, indicating stable and consistent earnings

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation has negative free cash flow, indicating the company is burning cash rather than generating it

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation has negative free cash flow, indicating cash burn

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's yearly earnings has decreased 41.01% since last year from $45.84M to $27.05M, signaling decreasing performance

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's yearly revenue has decreased 1.02% since last year from $104.74M to $103.67M, signaling decreasing performance

ROIC 0.00% (Source: FMP key-metrics). Below the 5% partial-credit threshold. Score: 0 of 2. The 5% and 10% cutoffs anchor to typical US weighted-average cost of capital. Below 5% indicates the company is not generating returns above its likely cost of capital under this definition of invested capital. Invested capital here includes equity, non-current liabilities (pension obligations, deferred taxes, lease obligations), and short-term debt. Cash is not subtracted. Companies with substantial float, lease portfolios, or cash holdings will score lower under this definition than under narrower operating-capital definitions. See methodology.

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's 3-year revenue CAGR of 13.81% is positive, indicating growing revenue over the past 3 years

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation had revenue growth in 3 out of 5 years, indicating consistent revenue performance

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation had positive ROE in 5 out of 5 years, indicating consistent and reliable returns on equity

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation has an earnings yield of 5.55%, which is above the 4.00% threshold, indicating the stock offers reasonable value relative to its earnings

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 0.00 based on EBITDA multiple model

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation has an EV/EBITDA ratio of 30.46x, which exceeds the 20.00x threshold, indicating the stock may be overvalued relative to its operating earnings

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation is undervalued relative to its fair value price of 23.36 based on Earnings Fair Value model

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's earnings growth over the measurement period is negative; the PEG ratio is not meaningful and the check fails.

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation has a price-to-book ratio of 0.00x, which is below the 5.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its book value

Stellus Capital Investment Corporation has a price-to-sales ratio of 0.00x, which is below the 8.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its revenue