Micro Cap Public Company Capital Groups with High Yield

In a volatile market like today, micro cap companies are among the biggest movers.  But are there any micro cap companies that yield???  Yes, there are plenty and currently the capital groups in the micro cap sector are among the highest yielders.

Disclaimer: We do not own a position in any of the stocks mentioned at the time of this writing.  Our stock positions are disclosed on our disclaimer page.

FULL	Full Circle Capital Corp	7.20	44.78M	0.75	12.82
SUNS	Solar Senior Capital Ltd	16.66	158.27M	0.55	7.08
KCAP	Kohlberg Capital Corp.	7.05	161.35M	0.66	10.13
GAIN	Gladstone Investment C...	7.59	167.59M	0.48	7.65
KED	Kayne Anderson Energy ...	23.91	247.29M	1.37	6.49
TICC	TICC Capital Corp.	9.71	317.96M	0.81	10.08
PNNT	PennantPark Investment...	10.81	593.00M	1.07	9.98

The column all the way to the right is the dividend yield of each company while the numbers with the letter M next to it is the market cap of the companies.   Although these capital groups differ in the services they offer, all are in the realm of banking and investing.  For example, GAIN, whoms parent also operate two other publicly held companies operates as a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. The Company was established for the purpose of investing in subordinated loans, mezzanine debt, preferred stock and warrants to purchase common stock of small and medium-sized companies in connection with buyouts and other recapitalizations. The Company also invests in senior secured loans, common stock and, to a much lesser extent, senior and subordinated syndicated loans. Its investment objective is to generate both current income and capital gains through these debt and equity instruments. In September 2011, the Company acquired SBS Industries, Inc.

Another company, Kohlberg, operates similar. Kohlberg Capital Corp. is an internally managed, non-diversified closed-end investment company that operates as a business development company. The Company originates, structures and invests in senior secured term loans, mezzanine debt and selected equity securities in privately held middle market companies. Its investment objective is to generate current income and capital appreciation from its investments. It defines the middle market as comprising companies with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $10 million to $50 million and/or total debt of $25 million to $150 million. The Company also has a wholly owned portfolio company, Katonah Debt Advisors and its affiliates (collectively, Katonah Debt Advisors), manage collateralized loan obligation funds (CLO Funds) that invest in syndicated loans, high-yield bonds and other corporate credit instruments. In February 2012, the Company acquired Trimaran Advisors, L.L.C. (Trimaran Advisors).

While we have just recapped GAIN and KCAP, other high yielding capital groups in the micro cap sector give higher returns.  Please remember that micro cap stocks are very risky and only professional traders should invest after reading and inspecting company prospectus and financials.  Safe Investing.

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The micro cap company executive has to learn how to delegate if he wants to be successful as a leader, more specifically a small business visionary needs to be able to effectively communicate his business goals, visions, and achievements.  Business plans have been touted for years as the way to sustainably grow and achieve success in a business.  The concept is quite simple, to do anything you need a plan, and running a business of any size is no different.  The Fortune 500 company usually has a team and space dedicated to the development of their business plan.

Business plans are evolving documents that outline the company's strategy and operation method along with financing plans and executive summaries.  But the outline of a business plan can be perceived to be deceptively easy.  Thus most small businesses and entrepreneurs, and even some smaller corporations, commonly make the mistake of writing the sole and only business plan for their development by themselves.  The pitfalls usually occur in the business plan not getting finished or being extremely skewed in perception (usually skewed toward the favor of the party who wrote it).

Since the business plan  is a working document, it should be cost-effective; meaning it should not break your bank before you make any money.  Various agencies write business plans and tailor them to any clients needs.  The best advice  MicroCapCompany.com can offer it's readers is to call each agency and see what they have to offer.  Although many business plan writers are in the market, we have compiled a limited list of parties that currently offer services varying in price and time of fulfillment.

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The best bet is to call a few parties and see which one can work with your budget and time line.  Finding the right agency to write you business plan may bot be easy, but once you have the right partner, the world will seem wide open, financing will come easy and revenues will grow more steady.

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3 Micro Cap Conferences You Don't Want To Miss!

At MicroCapCompany.com we have previously written about events and conferences for accredited members and micro cap companies.  It seems over the past year that more investor relations firms and OTC companies are joining the mix; listing themselves to attend the latest micro cap conferences.  Here at three micro cap conferences you do not want to miss:

(the following are excerpts of advertisements or press releases)

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The Accredited Members Winter 2011 Small Cap/Micro Cap Investment Research Conference will be held December 5-6, 2011 at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort in Tucson, Arizona. If you have never attended an AMI conference before, come along and experience it - without cost or obligation.

This FREE event, beginning Monday, December 5th and concluding midday Tuesday, December 6th, will be something you won't want to miss. It's all about bringing new ideas to investors, and investors to great ideas.  We are looking forward to a busy, productive, interesting and entertaining conference! Pre-registration is required.

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After nine years of researching companies, writing reports, and putting our own capital on the line, LD MICRO is proud to announce its fourth annual conference on December 7th and 8th, 2011.  We've invited 101 companies and over a hundred fifty institutions focused on small and micro-cap names. Last year, a record 510 people attended the main event.  The conference will be held at the beautiful Luxe Sunset Bel Air, rated one of the premier hotels of Southern California.  To register, please call 408-457-1042 or e-mail Chris@ldmicro.com

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We look forward with great excitement to our next Micro-Cap Conference, to be held January 9, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt New York Hotel in midtown Manhattan. This will be our fourth such event, and we could not be more pleased with the response of presenters and investors alike to these dynamic gatherings.

 Sidoti & Company, LLC Micro-Cap Conferences afford little-known companies a chance to strut their stuff in front of a group of savvy institutional investors — declaring what their organizations are all about, what innovations they have developed and/or capitalized on, how they stand out from their rivals, and why the investment community should pay attention to them.

Our conferences have great value for attendees, as well. In our view, even some seasoned investment professionals simply do not grasp that thousands of micro-cap companies meet or exceed large-cap companies in terms of favorable ratios, strong cash flow, and low debt. Sidoti & Company has made it our mission to shed light on the sub-$200 million micro-cap space and its trove of neglected gems. Our collaborative and informative Micro-Cap Conferences contribute greatly to this enlightenment process, as we introduce companies that boast sound fundamentals and intriguing stories, show fast growth and profitability, or otherwise hold great promise, yet are largely unknown to investors. At our last conference, nearly every major institutional investor in the micro-cap sector was present - with 400 attendees in total.

In addition, we now have twenty analysts focused solely on micro-cap stocks, currently covering 170 names and expecting to cover 600 by the end of 2012. Already our Micro-Cap Best of the Buys publication is a big hit with our clients. The micro-cap companies we follow afford a fascinating look into how times are changing-along with investment opportunities. At Sidoti, we are never afraid to try something new if it makes sense to us, and we think our foray into micro-caps is panning out wonderfully.

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