---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-017836"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FDUS"
cik: "0001513363"
company_name: "FIDUS INVESTMENT Corp"
filed_at: "2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T21:43:52.426494+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fidus Q1 adjusted NII up 40% to $0.60/share; declares $0.70 total dividend

## Summary
- Total investment income $29.1M, net investment income $14.7M ($0.59/share); adjusted NII $0.60/share, up 40.2% YoY.
- NAV per share $19.39; invested $51.5M in three new portfolio companies.
- Declared Q2 total dividends $0.70/share: base $0.41, supplemental $0.19, special $0.10, payable June 28 to holders of record June 21.
- Portfolio fair value $897.3M across 78 active co's; weighted avg yield on debt 14.3%.
- Liquidity: $36.4M cash + $85M unused credit facility; subsequent exit from Rhino Assembly realized $2.1M gain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-017836
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FDUS
- cik: 0001513363
- company_name: FIDUS INVESTMENT Corp
- filed_at: 2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513363/000095017023017836/0000950170-23-017836-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513363/000095017023017836/fdus-20230504.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  FIDUS INVESTMENT Corp reported first quarter ended March 31, 2023 results: revenue $29.1 million, net income $14.7 million, EPS $0.59.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $29.1 million
  - Net income: $14.7 million
  - EPS: $0.59
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Fidus Investment Corporation (NASDAQ:FDUS) (“Fidus” or the “Company”), a provider of customized debt and equity financing solutions, primarily to lower middle-market companies based in the United States, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023. First Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights • Total investment income of $29.1 million • Net investment income of $14.7 million, or $0.59 per share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513363/000095017023017836/0000950170-23-017836-index.htm

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