Analysts await Capitala Finance Corp. (NASDAQ:CPTA) to report earnings on May, 09 for the fiscal quarter ending Mar 2016.

They expect $0.47 EPS, up 21.28% or $0.1 from last year’s $0.37 per share.

At the moment 13 analysts are watching Capitala Finance Corp. (NASDAQ:CPTA), 6 rate it “Buy”, 3 “Outperform”, 4 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Jun-16, 10 analysts have a mean sales target of 17.29 million. For the quarter ending Sep-16, 10 analysts have a mean sales target of 17.52 million whilst for the year ending Dec-16, 11 analysts have a mean target of 69.60 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 12 analysts have a 0.47 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Jun-16, for the quarter ending Sep-16, 12 analysts have a 0.47 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Sep-16 there are 12 estimates of 1.88 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Capitala Finance Corp. include Advisors Asset Management which owns 727 K million shares in the company valued at $8.78 million. Hamilton Lane Advisors LLC is the second biggest holder with 465 K million shares currently valued at 5.58 million whilst UBS Securities LLC has 351 K million shares valued at 4.24 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 3,443,969 with a reported 185,571 bought and 317,507 sold. These holdings make up 21.8% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 591,596 shares in the business which makes up 3.75% of shares. The biggest holder currently is Mr. Joseph B. Alala, III who owns 320,916 shares (2.03% of those outstanding), whilst Mr. John F. (Jack) McGlinn holds 94,194 (0.60% of shares outstanding) and Larry W. Carroll holds 73,000 (0.46% of shares outstanding).

The stock decreased 0.22% or $0.03 during the last trading session.