Stellus Capital Investment (SCM) FCF Payout Ratio (2021 - 2026)

Stellus Capital Investment (SCM) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.46 for Q1 2026, up 253.36% year-over-year from 0.13 in Q1 2025, and down 64.35% on a QoQ basis from 1.28 in Q4 2025.

Stellus Capital Investment (SCM) has 6 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.46 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 253.36% year-over-year to 0.46 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.27 (up 310.55% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 1.85, down 41.21% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio declined to 0.46 in Q1 2026 per SCM's latest filing, from 1.28 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 101.13 in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 0.86 in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.07 (2022), against an average of 6.03.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Payout Ratio surged 21428.94%; it then slumped 166.81% in 2024.
  • Tracing SCM's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.24 in 2022, then soared by 108.96% to 0.51 in 2023, then tumbled by 166.81% to 0.34 in 2024, then soared by 475.29% to 1.28 in 2025, then plunged by 64.35% to 0.46 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest SCM FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.46 (Q1 2026), 1.28 (Q4 2025), and 0.56 (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 Stellus Capital Investment 261.10 Mn 257.73 Mn - 0.46

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.46
Dec 31, 2025 1.28
Sep 30, 2025 -0.56
Jun 30, 2025 0.48
Mar 31, 2025 -0.30
Dec 31, 2024 -0.34
Sep 30, 2024 0.89
Jun 30, 2024 -0.75
Mar 31, 2024 1.44
Dec 31, 2023 0.51
Sep 30, 2023 -0.86
Jun 30, 2023 101.13
Mar 31, 2023 -0.16
Dec 31, 2022 0.24
Sep 30, 2022 -0.42
Jun 30, 2022 -0.47
Mar 31, 2022 -0.07
Dec 31, 2021 0.29