Stocks · Financial Services · Asset Management
Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. CCAP
$9.02 -1.64% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $332.4M
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 11, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.09, down 105.1% year over year.
- Operating margin widened to 58.4% from 40.6% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 18.9× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 26%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 8%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 7%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 23%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 33%
- Gross marginTop 38%
- Operating marginTop 5%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 18%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 5%
- Interest coverTop 44%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 12%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 16%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 34%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 8%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 8%
- 6-month returnBottom 3%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 8%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 10%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 9%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 30%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 17%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 23%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 13%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 14%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 5%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 5.3% | -0.4% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -78.5% | -105.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 50.2% | 69.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 40.6% | 58.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 40.4% | 51.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -0.4% | 5.3% | ↓ | Bottom 26% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -105.1% | -78.5% | ↓ | Bottom 8% |
| Gross margin | 69.6% | 50.2% | ↑ | Top 38% |
| Operating margin | 58.4% | 40.6% | ↑ | Top 5% |
| Net margin | -2.8% | 39.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 51.8% | 40.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.2% | — | Top 33% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 44.2% | — | Top 7% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -65.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 18.93×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 24.27%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.10%
- Shareholder yield
- 25.37%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +0.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $13.00
- Target vs current price
- +44.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 29%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -2.6% | -0.8% | -5.3% | -11.9% | — |
| May 13, 2026 | +2.4% | -1.1% | -15.2% | -14.4% | -11.0% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +2.3% | +3.0% | +4.1% | -1.2% | -12.3% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | -0.4% | -0.1% | -6.4% | +5.5% | +0.6% |
| Aug 13, 2025 | +0.0% | +1.0% | +3.8% | +6.8% | -3.1% |
| May 14, 2025 | -13.5% | -0.7% | -5.8% | -13.1% | -13.8% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | -1.8% | +0.0% | -8.7% | -12.3% | -16.7% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | +12.3% | +3.2% | +4.3% | +8.2% | +7.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.37 | -2.6% | $36.3M |
| May 13, 2026 | $0.42 | $0.41 | +2.4% | $37.9M |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.45 | $0.44 | +2.3% | $40.8M |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $0.46 | $0.46 | -0.4% | $41.4M |
| Aug 13, 2025 | $0.46 | $0.46 | +0.0% | $43.0M |
| May 14, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.52 | -13.5% | $42.1M |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $0.55 | $0.56 | -1.8% | $26.5M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $0.64 | $0.57 | +12.3% | $33.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 6.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 25.9× | — | — | Bottom 34% |
| EV / Sales | 11.00× | — | — | Bottom 8% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 17.56% | — | — | Top 16% |
| Earnings yield | -1.00% | — | — | Bottom 12% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.2× – 62.7× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -36.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -105.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +265.6%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -13.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -26.4%
- RSI (14)
- 20.0
- Relative volume
- 1.22×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 25.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 67th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.63
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.36
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -39.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -54.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2021 | Oct 2, 2026 | -56.8% | 1245 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 13, 2021 | May 6, 2021 | -12.8% | 17 days | 110 days (Oct 12, 2021) |
| Sep 25, 2020 | Oct 23, 2020 | -10.2% | 20 days | 9 days (Nov 5, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $332.4M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.09
- Revenue (TTM)
- $112.7M
- Dividend yield
- 17.85%
- 52-week range
- $8.94 – $15.18
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $101.1M | $52.1M | $147.3M | $142.4M | $156.2M |
| Gross profit | $84.9M | $23.2M | $92.5M | $83.5M | $121.9M |
| Operating income | $87.3M | $16.5M | $84.1M | $74.7M | $118.9M |
| Net income | $83.6M | $15.5M | $83.8M | $73.6M | $34.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.94 | $0.50 | $2.33 | $1.99 | $0.93 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $33.3M | $26.5M | $20.9M | $32.5M | $22.8M | $43.9M | $25.6M | $20.4M |
| Net income | $15.3M | $10.0M | $3.9M | $15.0M | $7.1M | $8.5M | -$15.5M | -$3.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.64 | $0.27 | $0.45 | $0.41 | $0.19 | $0.23 | -$0.42 | -$0.09 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $28.5M | $58.4M | $61.8M | $82.8M | $74.7M |
| Capital expenditure | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Free cash flow | $28.5M | $58.4M | $61.8M | $82.8M | $74.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$67.8M |
| Net share buybacks | $52.1M | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$1.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $15.6M
- Total assets
- $1.62B
- Total liabilities
- $962.4M
- Total debt
- $922.9M
- Net debt
- $907.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $656.5M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2026 | $0.03 | Dec 15, 2026 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.34 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $0.03 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.34 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.03 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.42 | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.42 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $0.42 | Oct 15, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 783,801
- Days to cover
- 2.47
- Change vs previous report
- +19.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.