Great Elm Capital Corp. 8.50% Notes DUE 2029

GECCI

Asset Management · Financial Services

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Strong

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Exceptional

Stability

Mixed

Valuation

Mixed

Dividends

Mixed

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Great Elm Capital Corp. is a business development company which specializes in loan and mezzanine, middle market investments. It invests in the debt instruments of middle market companies. The fund prefers to invest in media, commercial services and supplies, healthcare, telecommunication services, communications equipment. It typically makes equity investments between $3 million and $10 million in companies with revenues between $3 million and $75 million.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

90.5%

Premium pricing power — 90.5% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

82.8%

Excellent — 82.8% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

9.1%

Below par — 9.1% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

N/A

Data not available

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

0/2 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

177%

Turns 177% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

107.3%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (107.3%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

1.37

Elevated debt (1.37)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

1.33x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.3x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

18.0x

no trend

Fair value — P/E 18.0

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

-2.0

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

2.70%

no trend

Moderate income — 2.70% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

-16.7%

no trend

Dividend cut (-16.7% YoY) — warning sign

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