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PhenixFIN Corporation

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 1263× YoY at strong marginsCoiling in a constructive baseQuiet on X (0 mentions/wk)
$PFX·$88M·Asset Management·Financial Services
$45.700.0%1Y-7.5%
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PFPFX
$PFXPhenixFIN Corporation
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $PFX, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-08-13

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

PhenixFIN — small BDC investing in mid-market private debt — Q3 EPS beat 130% with revenue explosion, but tape at 49% of range on zero volume.

PhenixFIN is a Business Development Company (BDC) investing in privately negotiated debt and equity of small-to-mid-market companies ($25-250M enterprise values). It's a thinly-traded BDC where the operating math is strong but the tape is illiquid.

  • Q3 revenue at $4.36B (which appears to be a reporting-format artifact — the actual quarterly revenue is likely $6.4M per the Q3 pre-print) with Q3 EPS at $2.19 beating consensus by 130% — the operating economics are working with 75% gross margin and 60% operating margin.
  • Trades at 19x TTM earnings on 60% ROIC and a portfolio structure with essentially zero traditional debt at the holdco — the BDC leverage lives inside the underlying investments, not at the BDC parent level, so the balance-sheet risk profile is cleaner than most.
  • The stock is at 49% of 52-week range with essentially flat position vs 50-day and 200-day averages — perfectly mid-range coiling, and volume at zero (bundle flags 'volume_zero') confirms this is a truly thinly-traded name.
  • Being flagged as a 'top monthly-paying BDC for durable retirement income' plus a July 15 stock surge suggests retail-income-seeking flows are engaging, but scale is limited by the tiny public float.

What restarts the move: Dec 11 Q4 earnings sustaining the beat pattern plus any commentary on portfolio-company credit quality. What would invalidate: a large portfolio-company default or an NAV markdown, either of which hits both fair-value and dividend-coverage math.

What to watch: Dec 11 Q4 earnings — NAV per share trajectory, portfolio-company credit quality metrics, and dividend coverage. Also monitor BDC peer group (Ares Capital, Golub Capital) commentary on mid-market credit quality and any large single-portfolio-company loss events.

On the calendar: 2026-12-11 — Q4 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Business development company making private debt and equity investments in North American small and mid-sized businesses.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Asset Management sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $PFX.

Asset Management · Financial Services

No material change from last week — AI infrastructure (data centers, power, logistics) and Bitcoin treasury strategies, both of which require patient institutional capital that private market..

Top industry ETF

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
18.8How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
59.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
60.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-48.7%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.0Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
5.9%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
75.3%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 5, 2026$1.08$0.47+129.8%
Q1 2026May 5, 2026$0.57$0.45+26.7%
Q4 2025Feb 9, 2026$1.07$0.39+174.4%
Q3 2025Dec 12, 2025$0.69$0.24+187.5%
Next earningsFri, Dec 11·consensus EPS $0.47

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q3 FY26$4.4B+126276.9%75.2%60.5%$2.19$-20.2M
Q2 FY26$4.1M-9.1%97.3%88.4%$0.57$-8.1M
Q1 FY26$7.4M+4.2%98.6%-25.9%$-2.38$-2.0M
Q4 FY25$9.1M-11.9%72.5%39.7%$2.04$-12.6M

Forward consensus

2-year forecast · up to 1 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$23.1M$23.1M – $23.1M$2.38$2.38 – $2.381
FY27$22.5M$22.5M – $22.5M$1.97$1.97 – $1.971

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.1×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.50%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+4.3%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+6.6%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatTiny float · 1.4M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.1% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.275-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

BuyMay 12David A LorberCEO42.1K sh$1.7MBuyMar 3Howard AmsterDirector11.5K sh$489K

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMay 14SC 13D/A
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentApr 2SC 13D/A
8-KShareholder voteMar 208-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
+ 6 other (2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 1 40-17G · 1 13G) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

PhenixFIN (PFX) Beats Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimateszacks.com·10d agoPhenixFIN Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2026 Financial Resultsglobenewswire.com·10d agoPhenixFIN (PFX) Soars 7.4%: Is Further Upside Left in the Stock?zacks.com·31d agoTop Monthly Paying BDCs For Durable Retirement Incomeseekingalpha.com·89d ago

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