Apollo Investment Corporation - Closed End Fund (AINV) Dividends

AINV Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model

The Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a valuation model that attempts to determine a fair share price for a stock, based on the dividend it provides in comparison to several company-specific metrics indicative of the riskiness of the stock and the financial health of the company. Regarding Apollo Investment Corp, the dividend discount model StockNews created for the company implies a positive return of 377.99%. Digging deeper, the aspects of Apollo Investment Corp's dividend discount model that we found most interesting were:

• Relative to all dividend yielding stocks in our set, Apollo Investment Corp's dividend yield of 9.5% is in the top 3.19%.
• If we compare the valuation opportunity a dividend discount model provides relative to other dividend stocks in the Financial Services sector, Apollo Investment Corp's expected return of 377.99% is higher than 87.94% of its fellow sector mates.
• Compared to all dividend issuing stocks in our set, Apollo Investment Corp bears a discount rate, according to our calculations, lower than 87.94% of them (lower discount rates are generally perceived as positive, and a sign of lower risk).
• AINV's growth rate in terms of the amount of dividends it returns to shareholders is greater than 5.24% of its fellow dividend stocks in the Financial Services sector.

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