Growth Metrics

Gladstone Investment Corporation\De (GAING) FCF Payout Ratio (2021 - 2026)

Gladstone Investment Corporation\De (GAING) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.57 for Q1 2026, up 619.87% year-over-year from 0.08 in Q1 2025, and up 145.29% on a QoQ basis from 1.26 in Q4 2025.

Gladstone Investment Corporation\De (GAING) has 6 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.57 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 619.87% year-over-year to 0.57 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.56 (down 115.04% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 0.56, down 115.04% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio advanced to 0.57 in Q1 2026 per GAING's latest filing, from 1.26 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 4.15 in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 4.27 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.15 (2022), against an average of 0.06.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio sank 1412.64%; it then jumped 619.87% in 2026.
  • Tracing GAING's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 3.02 in 2022, then jumped by 144.08% to 1.33 in 2023, then tumbled by 115.06% to 0.2 in 2024, then tumbled by 525.51% to 1.26 in 2025, then soared by 145.29% to 0.57 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest GAING FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.57 (Q1 2026), 1.26 (Q4 2025), and 0.15 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - -
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - 0.37
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - 0.10
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 2.44
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn 0.18
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - -0.02
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 0.34
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - -0.45
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - 0.21
10 Gladstone Investment Corporation\De - - - 0.57

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.57
Dec 31, 2025 -1.26
Sep 30, 2025 -0.15
Jun 30, 2025 -0.57
Mar 31, 2025 0.08
Dec 31, 2024 -0.20
Sep 30, 2024 0.14
Jun 30, 2024 0.71
Mar 31, 2024 4.15
Dec 31, 2023 1.33
Sep 30, 2023 -0.20
Jun 30, 2023 -0.33
Mar 31, 2023 1.81
Dec 31, 2022 -3.02
Sep 30, 2022 -0.15
Jun 30, 2022 0.28
Mar 31, 2022 -4.27
Dec 31, 2021 0.23