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SLR Investment Corp. (SLRC)

Nasdaq: SLRC · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2007
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Grade5.4
◀ Past 5.3● Present 5.7▶ Future 5.3
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The grade of SLR Investment Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past5.330% of the headline
● Present5.740% of the headline
▶ Future5.330% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 3 read as filed from the record and 6 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
6.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 111 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SLR Investment Corp.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

SI estimate
5.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

SI estimate 5.1/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 9 members with one.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file.
How it was reasoned
family median, 9 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: SLR Investment Corp.'s track record is put at 5.1 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 9 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.8% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 9 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 46 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, SLR Investment Corp.'s diluted share count grew about 1.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 9 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $4 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 28% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.7/1040% of the headline grade · 1 of 3 filed, 2 estimated

Financial health

SI estimate
5.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

SI estimate 5.3/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 49 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
No balance sheet on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 49 members with one.
What the record cannot read
No balance sheet on file.
How it was reasoned
family median, 49 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: SLR Investment Corp.'s financial health is put at 5.3 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because no balance sheet on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 49 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Industry position

SI estimate
5.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

SI estimate 5.2/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
No filed revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 12 members with one.
What the record cannot read
No filed revenue on file.
How it was reasoned
family median, 12 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: SLR Investment Corp.'s industry position is put at 5.2 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because no filed revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 12 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Leadership

as filed
6.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 35% of 48 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 48 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SLR Investment Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Spohler, Bruce J (Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Director, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-03-04, 6.7 years (bottom 39% of its family); the 4 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10.2 years (top 28%); no officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 4 people in charge now (top 17%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge0 in three years among 4 peopletop 17% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed10.2 yearstop 28% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.7 yearsbottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 0 of 3 filed, 3 estimated

Room to expand

SI estimate
6.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

SI estimate 6.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 51 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the top 38% of 51 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash less debt against assets, the one part on file, ranked among 51 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: SLR Investment Corp.'s room to expand is put at 6.2 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the top 38% of 51 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Growth drivers

SI estimate
5.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

SI estimate 5.2/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 8 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending.
How it was reasoned
family median, 8 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: SLR Investment Corp.'s growth drivers is put at 5.2 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 8 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
4.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

SI estimate 4.6/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 7 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
family median, 7 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: SLR Investment Corp.'s expectations vs reality is put at 4.6 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 7 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SLRC · research, not advice