Short Interest in MidCap Financial Investment Co. (NASDAQ:MFICL) Increases By 28.9%

MidCap Financial Investment Co. (NASDAQ:MFICL) saw a large increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,800 shares, an increase of 28.9% from the December 31st total of 4,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days.

MidCap Financial Investment Stock Down 0.3 %

Shares of MidCap Financial Investment stock traded down $0.09 on Thursday, hitting $25.54. The stock had a trading volume of 10,395 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,194. MidCap Financial Investment has a one year low of $25.00 and a one year high of $25.84. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $25.46 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $25.48.

MidCap Financial Investment Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Sunday, December 15th. Shareholders of record on Sunday, December 1st were issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 29th.

About MidCap Financial Investment

MidCap Financial Investment Corporation (Former name Apollo Investment Corporation) is business development company and a closed-end, externally managed, non-diversified management investment company. It is elected to be treated as a business development company (BDC) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) specializing in private equity investments in leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, growth capital, refinancing and private middle market companies.