Rand Capital Corporation (RAND) Stock

Rand Capital Corporation (RAND) is a Financial Services stock trading at $10.19 (as of 2026-07-20), with a market capitalization of $30.25M. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Rand Capital Corporation is a business development company and regulated investment company that invests in private companies through equity and debt instruments, targeting lower middle market and small to medium-sized privately held businesses. Its activity focuses on areas in Western and Upstate New York, including Buffalo and Niagara, and it invests across sectors such as healthcare, consumer products, manufacturing, software, and professional services.

Understand Rand Capital Corporation: how it makes money

Rand Capital Corporation makes private equity investments in lower middle market and small to medium-sized privately held companies, using equity or debt instruments, and it generates cash outcomes through loan principal repayments and repayments plus proceeds from exits and investment sales.

For a business development company like Rand Capital, the profit engine is the cash cycle from existing portfolio positions (principal repayments and other loan repayments) and realized proceeds when investments are sold or exited, which then funds new and follow-on investments.

Business quality (Weak): The provided facts clearly describe Rand Capital’s private equity lending and investing approach and show portfolio composition and a few cash flow related operating metrics. However, no official segment breakdown or profitability metrics (gross or operating margin) are provided in the input, and the latest quarter shows very small or zero values for exit and repayment-related proceeds.

Bull case

Portfolio mix shows meaningful fixed-rate debt exposure: Fixed-Rate Debt Investments Mix is 55 percent, and Fixed-Rate Debt Investments as a Percentage of Portfolio is 48 percent.
Broad private company coverage across targeted industries: Rand Capital states it invests in healthcare, consumer products, manufacturing, software, and professional services, among others.
Scale across multiple portfolio businesses and companies: Number of Portfolio Businesses is 20, and Number of Portfolio Companies is 33.

Bear case

Realization and exit cash flow appears limited in the latest quarter data: Several exit and repayment-related proceeds metrics are shown as 0.0 USD_B, including Cash Received from Exits and Loan Repayments, Exits and Loan Repayments, and Portfolio Investment Sales and Payments Received.
Cash inflows and deployment may need to keep turning over: The strategy relies on continuing New and Follow-On Investments (0.01 USD_B in the latest quarter data), while near-term exit proceeds shown are 0.0 USD_B in the provided facts.

Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price	$10.19
Market Cap	$30.25M
Price / Book	0.59
Price / Sales	167.96

Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)	$176668.00
Net Margin	-4550.7%
Revenue Growth (YoY)	32.9%
EPS Growth (YoY)	-141.4%

Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Sector P/E (Financial Services)	8.9
Industry P/E (Asset Management)	8.9

Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional Holder	CITADEL ADVISORS LLC ($287485.00)
Institutional Holders Tracked	10

Company
Sector	Financial Services
Industry	Asset Management
CEO	Daniel Patrick Penberthy
Employees	4
Country	US
IPO Date	1980-03-17

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Data as of 2026-07-20.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.