Rand Capital Corporation (RAND)Financial Services | Asset Management | Buffalo, United States | NasdaqCM
10.80 USD
-0.02
(-0.186%) ⇩
(April 17, 2026, 11:58 a.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 1:23 p.m. EDT
Rand Capital Corporation (RAND) presents a mixed picture for short-term and long-term investors. In the short term, the stock has shown a volatile trend with recent price fluctuations, and the forecasting model suggests a modest upward movement of about 2.18% over the next 45 days. However, the low volume and high short interest indicate potential for further volatility, making it a risky short-term play. For long-term investors, the company's fundamentals are weak, with negative profit margins and a declining revenue growth, which suggests a lack of sustainable growth. Despite the dividend yield of 10.3%, the payout ratio is moderate, and the dividend history shows consistent but low payouts. The stock's low price-to-book ratio and high short ratio suggest potential undervaluation, but the overall financial health and recent earnings reports are concerning. Given these factors, the stock is not a strong recommendation for either short-term or long-term investment, but the dividend yield offers some appeal for income-focused investors. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.031591 |
| AutoETS | 0.036697 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.036698 |
| MSTL | 0.042296 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.52 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.660 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.45 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-03-10 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-03-10 |
| Revenue per Share | 2.198 |
| Market Cap | 32,073,694 |
| Beta | 0.24 |
| Profit Margins | -124.17% |
| Website | https://www.randcapital.com |
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.42% | 11.65% | 19.09% | 14.45% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | 0.290 | 2.416667 |
| 2025-12-16 | 0.850 | 5.337788 |
| 2025-08-29 | 0.290 | 1.938369 |
| 2025-05-30 | 0.290 | 1.959572 |
| 2025-03-14 | 0.290 | 1.440518 |
| 2024-12-16 | 4.200 | 24.410989 |
| 2024-08-30 | 0.290 | 2.150093 |
| 2024-05-31 | 0.290 | 2.403174 |
| 2024-03-12 | 0.250 | 2.584181 |
| 2023-12-15 | 0.630 | 6.728623 |
| 2023-08-30 | 0.250 | 2.860011 |
| 2023-05-30 | 0.250 | 3.050595 |
| 2023-03-10 | 0.200 | 2.312404 |
| 2022-12-16 | 0.380 | 4.382101 |
| 2022-08-31 | 0.150 | 1.726957 |
| 2022-05-31 | 0.150 | 1.665904 |
| 2022-03-11 | 0.150 | 1.578028 |
| 2021-12-17 | 0.140 | 1.395373 |
| 2021-09-01 | 0.100 | 0.963155 |
| 2021-06-01 | 0.100 | 0.930992 |
| 2021-03-12 | 0.100 | 1.132650 |
| 2020-12-30 | 1.330 | 12.806731 |
| 2020-05-12 | 2.916 | 30.819236 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.43937826 |
| 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 | 3,360 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 4,363 |
| Average Volume | 4,363 |
| Average Volume10Days | 3,360 |
| Beta | 0.244 |
| Bid | 0.0 |
| Bid Size | 0 |
| Book Value | 17.571 |
| City | Buffalo |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,577,750,400 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 10.7999 |
| Current Ratio | 7.529 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 10.7999 |
| Day Low | 10.7999 |
| Display Name | Rand Capital |
| Dividend Date | 1,774,396,800 |
| Dividend Rate | 1.16 |
| Dividend Yield | 10.72 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,772,735,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,772,735,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,772,717,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,070,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,070,600 |
| Ebitda | 5,423,749 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.83766 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 5.149 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 4.313 |
| Enterprise Value | 27,924,440 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -2.73 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,773,187,200 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 11.3384 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.53849983 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.047493458 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -43.937828 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 21.0 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -10.2001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.48571905 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 10.05 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.74989986 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.0746169 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 10.05 - 21.0 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 322,151,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 6.98 |
| Free Cashflow | -1,786,764 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 1.0 |
| Gross Profits | 6,474,892 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.76039004 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.02015 |
| 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 | 1,773,187,200 |
| 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 | 32,073,694 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_22613 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -8,039,620 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 32,133,387 |
| Open | 10.7999 |
| Operating Cashflow | 11,251,648 |
| Operating Margins | 0.5017 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.5148 |
| Peg Ratio | 3.1347 |
| Phone | 617-880-7494 |
| Previous Close | 10.82 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.61464345 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 4.953549 |
| Profit Margins | -1.24166 |
| Quick Ratio | 7.045 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.02009964 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.18576378 |
| Regular Market Day High | 10.7999 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 10.7999 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 10.7999 - 10.7999 |
| Regular Market Open | 10.7999 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 10.82 |
| Regular Market Price | 10.7999 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,441,525 |
| Regular Market Volume | 764 |
| Return On Assets | 0.05371 |
| Return On Equity | -0.13683 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.399 |
| Revenue Per Share | 2.198 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.36506534 |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Sector Disp | Financial Services |
| Sector Key | financial-services |
| Shares Outstanding | 2,969,814 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0008 |
| Shares Short | 2,390 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 3,086 |
| Short Name | Rand Capital Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0025 |
| Short Ratio | 0.77 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | RAND |
| Total Cash | 4,208,948 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.417 |
| Total Debt | 0 |
| Total Revenue | 6,474,892 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 1.16 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.10720887 |
| Trailing Eps | -2.73 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 13.7911 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -2.9911995 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.21689348 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 764 |
| Website | https://www.randcapital.com |
| Zip | 14,203 |