KBW Keeps Their Hold Rating on Capitala Finance (CPTA)


KBW analyst Ryan Lynch reiterated a Hold rating on Capitala Finance (NASDAQ: CPTA) yesterday and set a price target of $9. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $8.70.

According to TipRanks.com, Lynch is a 3-star analyst with an average return of 5.9% and a 69.0% success rate. Lynch covers the Financial sector, focusing on stocks such as TriplePoint Venture Growth, Kohlberg Capital Corp, and TPG Specialty Lending.

Capitala Finance has an analyst consensus of Hold, with a price target consensus of $9, representing a 3.4% upside. In a report released yesterday, Oppenheimer also maintained a Hold rating on the stock.

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Based on Capitala Finance’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending June 30, the company reported a quarterly net profit of $4.95 million. In comparison, last year the company had a GAAP net loss of $5.53 million.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 18 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of CPTA in relation to earlier this year.

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Capitala Finance Corp. is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company, which focuses in making debt and selective equity investments in sponsored and non-sponsored lower and traditional middle market companies, primarily in the United States. The company was founded on May 24, 2013 and is headquaretered in Charlotte, NC.

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