GA GAINGladstone Investment Corporation

The Smart Score (1–10) describes how this instrument compares with its peers on published, rules-based measures of value, quality, trend, stability and dividend safety. It is not a forecast and not personal advice.

Compared with: instruments of the same type (n = 40)

Current rating first published: 14 Oct 2026, 21:49 UTC · last recomputed 15 Oct 2026, 06:20 UTC · rating log

Percentiles within the peer group (100 = the best of its peers); dividend safety in points.

Main drivers

• Book value + dividends growth (5 y)▲supports the score · percentile 91
• Share issuance (1 y)▼weighs on the score · percentile 24
• Equity / assets▲supports the score · percentile 91

A closed-end fund or BDC trades at its own market price, which can be far from the value of what it owns. These figures compare the two and show how well the payouts are covered.

NAV per shareWhat the fund owns minus its debts, per share, from its latest report (30 Jun 2026).

$16.24

Price vs NAVA discount means the shares cost less than the assets behind them; a premium, more. A deep, lasting discount often reflects doubts about the NAV or the payouts.

6.8% discount

NAV per share, change over 1 yearA shrinking NAV per share usually means the fund pays out more than it earns.

▲+25.0%

NAV per share, average change per year (3 years)

▲+5.5%

NII coverage of distributionsNet investment income divided by the distributions paid over the last four quarters. Below 1.0× the payouts are larger than the income the fund earned.

0.08×

Distribution rateDistributions of the last 12 months divided by the share price. For these funds a high rate is not the same as a high return: read it together with the NAV trend.

6.3%

Sources: NAV per share from the fund's reports to the SEC (EDGAR); distributions from dividend data feeds; premium/discount and distribution rate computed by AI-Stock Invest from end-of-day prices.

• Caution:Dilution Share count growing 3–10 % a year over three years.