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Rand Capital Corporation (RAND)

Financial Services | Asset Management | Buffalo, United States | NasdaqCM
9.60 USD

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 6:56 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is bearish due to a confluence of deteriorating fundamentals and weak technical momentum. The business is shrinking, with revenue down 13% and earnings per share effectively negative, while the stock has lost more than half its value over the last nine years. Although the price recently dipped below the 50-day moving average, the broader trend remains firmly downward, with the stock trading well below its 200-day average. The statistical forecast offers no help, predicting a negligible decline with low confidence, which aligns with the lack of a bullish catalyst. For the long term, the picture is stark: the company is trapped in a multi-year decline with no signs of recovery in profitability or growth. The market has correctly priced in a failing business model, making a turnaround unlikely without a complete strategic overhaul. The dividend, while yielding over 11%, is a dangerous signal rather than a safety net; the payout ratio sits at 51% despite negative earnings, suggesting the distribution is being funded by cash reserves or debt rather than organic profit generation. This is a classic value trap where the high yield masks the reality of capital destruction.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.033738
AutoETS0.033739
MSTL0.035864
AutoTheta0.049800

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 37%
H-stat 16.04
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.109
Excess Kurtosis -0.30
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-25
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-25
Debt to Equity Ratio 9.911
Revenue per Share 1.851
Market Cap 28,510,216
Beta 0.15
Profit Margins -2.66%
Website https://www.randcapital.com

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
2.58% 12.91% 16.34% 12.17%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-26 0.290 2.582369
2026-05-27 0.290 2.697674
2026-03-11 0.290 2.416667
2025-12-16 0.850 5.211527
2025-08-29 0.290 1.797892
2025-05-30 0.290 1.784615
2025-03-14 0.290 1.288889
2024-12-16 4.200 21.582735
2024-08-30 0.290 1.550802
2024-05-31 0.290 1.706886
2024-03-12 0.250 1.801153
2023-12-15 0.630 4.605263
2023-08-30 0.250 1.872659
2023-05-30 0.250 1.960784
2023-03-10 0.200 1.457726
2022-12-16 0.380 2.722063
2022-08-31 0.150 1.045296
2022-05-31 0.150 0.998004
2022-03-11 0.150 0.935745
2021-12-17 0.140 0.819193
2021-09-01 0.100 0.560852
2021-06-01 0.100 0.539084
2021-03-12 0.100 0.652316
2020-12-30 1.330 7.327824
2020-05-12 2.916 16.530613
Additional Data
dividendYield 12.08
exDividendDate 2026-08-26
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.16
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.12083332
lastDividendValue 0.29
lastDividendDate 2026-08-26
dividendDate 2026-09-09

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.3123209
Address1 14 Lafayette Square
Address2 Suite 1405
All Time High 82.6875
All Time Low 3.456
Ask 13.91
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 900
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,832
Average Volume 2,832
Average Volume10Days 900
Beta 0.151
Bid 10.51
Bid Size 10
Book Value 17.328
City Buffalo
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,577,750,400
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 9.6
Current Ratio 1.791
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 9.8599
Day Low 9.25
Debt To Equity 9.911
Display Name Rand Capital
Dividend Date 1,788,912,000
Dividend Yield 12.08
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,951,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,951,000
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,933,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,795,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,795,400
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 6.034
Enterprise Value 33,180,576
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.03
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,702,400
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 10.3324
Fifty Day Average Change -0.73239994
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.07088381
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -31.232088
Fifty Two Week High 17.49
Fifty Two Week High Change -7.8899994
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.4511149
Fifty Two Week Low 9.25
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.35000038
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.037837878
Fifty Two Week Range 9.25 - 17.49
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 5.9
Free Cashflow 1,941,866
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Fullday Change 0.0
Fullday Change Percent 0.0
Fullday Price 9.6
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 1.0
Gross Profits 5,498,959
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.76039004
Held Percent Institutions 0.0109
Implied Shares Outstanding 2,969,814
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,702,400
Last Dividend Value 0.29
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,590,105,600
Last Split Factor 1:9
Long Business Summary Rand Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in subordinated debt with warrants or preferred equity and venture capital investments. Within private equity, the firm specializing in capital growth and lower middle market investments. Within venture capital, it specializing in early to late-stage private businesses. It does not prefer to invest in real estate sector. It prefers to invest in software, professional services, manufacturing, consumer, healthcare, automotive and public d stocks. It prefers to invest in East or Midwest U.S. operations sectors. It typically invests between $0.75 million and $5 million with initial target size of $1.5 million. It seeks to invest in companies having more than $10 million in revenue or having excess of $1.5 million and up to $5 million in EBITDA. It prefers to be a minority stake and seeks to take a Board seat in its portfolio companies. It typically holds its investments for a period up to five years.
Long Name Rand Capital Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 28,510,216
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_22613
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -146,104
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 29,668,441
Open 9.25
Operating Cashflow -3,982,211
Operating Margins 0.5877
Payout Ratio 0.5123
Peg Ratio 3.13
Phone 617 880 7494
Previous Close 9.6
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.55401665
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 5.184657
Profit Margins -0.02657
Quick Ratio 1.139
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0
Regular Market Change Percent 0.0
Regular Market Day High 9.8599
Regular Market Day Low 9.25
Regular Market Day Range 9.25 - 9.8599
Regular Market Open 9.25
Regular Market Previous Close 9.6
Regular Market Price 9.6
Regular Market Time 1,792,008,000
Regular Market Volume 2,257
Return On Assets 0.03361
Return On Equity -0.0027
Revenue Growth -0.13
Revenue Per Share 1.851
Sand P52 Week Change 0.1570785
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 2,969,814
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0
Shares Short 127
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 279
Short Name Rand Capital Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0001
Short Ratio 0.06
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol RAND
Total Cash 429,639
Total Cash Per Share 0.145
Total Debt 5,100,000
Total Revenue 5,498,959
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.16
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.12083332
Trailing Eps -0.03
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 10.7807
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.1806993
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.109519735
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,257
Website https://www.randcapital.com
Zip 14,203