RAND - Rand Capital Corporation
Rand Capital Corporation is a business development company and regulated investment company specializing in private equity investments. The firm prefers to make investments through equity or debt instruments in lower middle market and in small to medium-sized privately held companies. It generally lends to more mature companies.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market Cap
- $31.9M
- Beta
- 0.17
- 52-Week Range
- 10.05-20
- Dividend Yield
- $2.01
- CEO
- Daniel Patrick Penberthy
- Employees
- 4
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
RAND Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for RAND is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The RAND overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked RAND overview questions
- What is RAND?
- RAND is the ticker symbol for Rand Capital Corporation, a listed security. Rand Capital Corporation is a business development company and regulated investment company specializing in private equity investments. The firm prefers to make investments through equity or debt instruments in lower middle market and in small to medium-sized privately held companies. Listed on NASDAQ. RAND is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What are RAND's key statistics?
- Rand Capital Corporation (RAND) carries a market capitalization of $31.9M, beta of 0.17 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 10.05-20. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does RAND belong to?
- Rand Capital Corporation operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare RAND's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the RAND data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for RAND, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).