Navistar International Corporation·Industrials

Gladstone Investment has delivered a 24% total return and 23.8% fourth quarter NAV growth, outperforming peers despite sector headwinds. GAIN trades near a 3-year high but still trades at a roughly 2% discount to NAV per share. The BDC is paying out a 5.8% base dividend yield, with a potential special dividend likely on the back of equity gains in its investment portfolio.

Gladstone Capital is upgraded to a buy, trading at a 10.35% discount to NAV despite stable portfolio performance. GLAD's net investment income rose to $0.52 per share, covering its 9.4% dividend yield with a 116% payout ratio. Portfolio NAV has remained stable year-over-year, while share price declined 27.1%, presenting an attractive entry point.

Prosus offers U.S. investors exposure to a Tencent-heavy asset base at a substantial discount to NAV, with the ADR trading ~55% below look-through value. PROSY's valuation is straightforward: even conservatively valuing only listed assets (minus debt), the ADR still trades at a meaningful discount, providing a margin of safety. Buybacks below NAV are ongoing, accretive, and provide a mechanism for narrowing the discount over time without requiring a change in strategy or structure.

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Stellus Capital remains a sell due to ongoing NAV erosion, declining earnings, and persistent portfolio challenges. SCM's dividend yield is unsustainably high at 14.9%, with management confirming a payout cut of ~20–25% after Q2 2026. Net investment activity is negative, non-accruals have risen to 9.2% of cost, and NAV has declined every quarter for over a year.

Gladstone Investment maintains a buy rating, supported by strong NAV growth, portfolio outperformance, and capital-efficient management. GAIN's concentrated equity-focused portfolio and disciplined underwriting have driven a 20.5% total return over twelve months, outpacing the BDC sector. Despite a recent rally, GAIN trades at a 3.4% discount to NAV, with management actively deploying capital into high-quality investments and restructuring underperforming positions.
Navistar International Corporation, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells commercial trucks, diesel engines, school and commercial buses, and service parts for trucks and diesel engines worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Truck, Parts, Global Operations, and Financial Services. It manufactures and distributes Class 4 through 8 trucks and buses in the common carrier, private carrier, government, leasing, construction, energy/petroleum, and student and commercial transportation markets under the International and IC brands; and designs, engineers, and produces sheet metal components, including truck cabs and engines. The company also provides customers with proprietary products needed to support the International commercial truck, IC bus, and engine lines, as well as other product lines; and a selection of other standard truck, trailer, and engine aftermarket parts. In addition, it manufactures and distributes mid-range diesel engines, as well as provides customers with additional engine offerings in the agriculture, marine, genset, and light truck markets; sells engines to original equipment manufacturers (OEM) for various on-and-off-road applications; and offers contract manufacturing services under the MWM brand to OEMs for the assembly of their engines. Further, the company provides retail, wholesale, and lease financing of products of its trucks and parts, as well as financing for wholesale and retail accounts receivable. Additionally, it offers military parts and chasis. The company markets its commercial products through an independent dealer network, as well as through retail outlets; and its reconditioned used trucks to owner-operators and fleet buyers through its network of used truck dealers. It operates approximately 1,052 outlets in the United States and Canada, and 89 outlets in Mexico. Navistar International Corporation was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Lisle, Illinois.
Industrials
Agricultural - Machinery
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