NASDAQ$RWAY

Runway Growth Finance Corp · Q1 2026 earnings

Q1 2026 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Runway Growth Finance reported Q1 2026 net investment income of $0.29 per share and NAV of $12.13 per share.

For Q1 2026, Runway Growth Finance earned net investment income of $0.29 per share versus $0.42 a year ago. Total return from investment operations was $(0.96) per share, reflecting net unrealized depreciation. NAV per share ended the quarter at $12.13 versus $13.48 at the prior quarter-end after distributions of $0.33 per share.

  • Net investment income $0.29 per share.
  • NAV $12.13 per share at quarter end.
  • Net unrealized depreciation $(1.28) per share.
  • BDC lending to growth-stage venture-backed companies.
  • Portfolio fair-value marks sensitive to private-market valuations.

Headline financials

EPS (adj)

-$0.96

Previous: $0.05-2020.0%
Net Income

-$34.8M

Previous: $1.87M-1965.9%

Revenue & EPS history

Runway Growth · Revenue · Quarterly

$30M

Q4 2025-11.2%vs Q4 2024
Beat estimate in 2 of 14 quarters(14%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

BDCs typically do not give quarterly EPS guidance; management discusses pipeline, spreads, and credit quality.

Tailwinds

  • Continued dividend distributions to shareholders.
  • Specialty lending franchise in venture growth.

Headwinds

  • NAV decline on unrealized marks.
  • Private credit competition compressing yields.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 18 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2026

Historical avgQ1 2026

-0.7%

Avg return

Earnings day

-2.3%

Avg return

5 days after

-3.3%

Avg return

30 days after

42%

8 / 19 earnings

Positive

+7.4%

Q4 2022

Best reaction

-13.4%

Q4 2023

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+0.1%-2.2%-9.5%
Q4 2025-7.4%-1.7%-8.0%
Q3 2025+1.6%+2.8%-5.7%
Q1 2025+6.3%+7.3%+8.3%
Q4 2024-1.0%-0.3%-14.1%
Q3 2024-0.3%-1.0%+4.3%
Q2 2024-6.5%-8.4%-7.1%
Q1 2024-6.7%-12.3%-8.2%
Q4 2023-13.4%-11.4%-7.7%
Q3 2023+2.6%+0.9%-1.3%
Q2 2023+3.8%+5.9%+2.8%
Q1 2023-1.4%-5.4%+11.7%
Q4 2020+7.4%+2.1%-5.9%
Q4 2022+7.4%+2.1%-5.9%
Q3 2022-1.5%-2.5%-5.9%
Q2 2022+4.1%+2.3%-8.4%
Q1 2022-1.3%-9.7%-7.9%
Q4 2021-1.0%-8.5%+3.0%
Q3 2021-5.8%-4.2%+3.7%
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