* Note: Prices are in Million (M) USD.
Description:
Great Elm Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in loans and mezzanines, mid-market investments.
These criteria used Company's Cash, EBITDA and Debt balance to determines its fair value:
Note: Financial institutions (banks/insurers/brokers/REITs) are evaluated using sector, P/E, growth, ROE and other factors. The 3.5× Net Debt/EBITDA rule is skipped to avoid misleading signals; however, Cash/Debt/EBITDA are still displayed and counted for scoring.
Cash : $0 M
Debt : $0 M
EBITDA : $-34 M
Since Ebitda is less than 0, 0 points assigned.
This criteria used industry in which company operates:
Sector: Financial services
Industry: Asset management
Based on industry, 3 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's Price To Earning (P/E) Ratio to determines its fair value:
Forward PE Ratio: 5.12
Since Forward PE Ratio is less than 15, 5 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's ability to convert Sales into free cash flow to determine fair value:
Error: Invalid cash flow data provided.Using default values for calculation.
Based on default values, 1 points assigned.
This criteria used company's growth potential to calculate its fair value:
Latest Revenue (2025-12-31): $44 M
Revenue 5 Years Ago (2020-12-31): $-29 M
Total Growth over 5 Years: 0.0%
5-Year Revenue CAGR (Historical): 0.0%
Forward 5-Year CAGR (Tapered): 0.0%
Since historical Revenue CAGR is between 0 - 5, 1 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's ability to buy back its own share:
Error: Invalid balance sheet data provided.Using default values for calculation.
Based on default values, 0 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's dividend payout ratio to determine its fair value:
Next Year Earnings Per Share (EPS): $1.01
Trailing 12-Month Earnings Per Share (EPS): $1.08
Average Earnings Per Share (EPS): $1.04
Dividend Per Share (DPS): $1
Payout Ratio: 124%
Dividend Yield: 21.80%
⚠️ Caution: Further research is recommended — dividend payout ratio is too high (124%).
Since company Payout Ratio is greater than 50, 1 point assigned.
Since Dividend Yield is greater than 5, 5 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's Return On Equity (ROE%) to determine its fair value:
Error: Invalid balance sheet data provided.Skipping ROE-based PE.
This criteria used Company's current price to its 52 week low price to determines its fair value:
Current Price: $5.32
52-Week Low: $4.26
Threshold Price (15% Above 52-Week Low): $4.90
Since Current price is not within 15% threshold, 0 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's Market Cap to determines its fair value:
Market Capitalization: $78 M
Since Market Cap is less than 10B, 1 point assigned.
% Exposure to Total Portfolio
Based on the market cap, we recommend do not exceed 0.5% exposure of Total Portfolio.
Warren Buffett's Owners' Earnings:
No positive free cash flow found (TTM or annual) to compute Owners' Earnings per share.
Note: Many fast-growing companies reinvest heavily, so Owners' Earnings may appear low.
Consider other factors in your valuation.
Value-Trade has assigned 17 points to above Great Elm Capital Corp (GECC) stock.
Last 1 Years Avg PE
6.12, Fair Value PE
12, Industry Based PE
15, Risk-Free Anchored PE (25% MoS)
16.03. Based on these 4 values, average assigned is
12.29. Value-Trades has assined P/E value
12.29. An average (Current Year EPS + Next Year EPS) earning per share is
$1.04.
Fair value using multiple P/Es (blended): $12.78 (PE 12.29 × EPS $1.04)
So the Final Fair Value is: $12.78
Understanding the Value-Trades P/E Blend (click to expand)
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What goes into the blended P/E?
- 20-Year Avg P/E — Long-run market baseline; conservative anchor.
- Fair Value P/E — Score-based (cash, debt, sector, etc.).
- Industry P/E — Peer group norm.
- Growth-Based P/E — Uses tapered growth rates, floored at 15.
- RCFC-Based P/E — Maps cash conversion efficiency.
- ROE-Based P/E — Higher ROE supports higher multiples.
- Risk-Free Anchored P/E — Macro floor tied to 10y yield w/ MoS.
How it works
- Extreme values are clamped/filtered (IQR method).
- Anchors (20y avg, RCFC/ROE, risk-free) are always kept if valid.
- Final fair value = min(Blended PE × EPS, Avg PE × EPS).
P/E Reference Summary
Using EPS: $1.04
| Source |
P/E Ratio |
Implied Fair Value |
| Market (1 Yr Ago) | 6.12 | $6.36 |
| 1 Yrs Avg-PE | 6.12 | $6.36 |
| Value-Trades Assigned | 12.29 | $12.78 |
Note: Only 1 years of reliable P/E data available. Fair value is calculated using blended models to reduce bias.
Financials mode
3.5× Net Debt/EBITDA penalty is disabled; Cash/Debt/EBITDA are shown and counted.
