BBDC BB

BBDC Barings BDC, Inc.

Financial Services · Asset Management

8 · Strong Momentum 1.0 · Weak At risk 6y streak Reports ~Nov 5

8.60

+1.65%

About the company

Barings BDC, Inc. is a publicly traded Real Estate, externally managed investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. It seeks to invest primarily in senior secured loans, first lien debt, unitranche, second lien debt, subordinated debt, equity co-investments and senior secured private debt investments in private middle-market companies that operate across a wide range of industries. It specializes in mezzanine, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, ESOPs, change of control transactions, acquisition financings, growth financing, and recapitalizations in lower middle market, mature, and later stage companies. It invests in manufacturing and distribution; business services and technology; transportation and logistics; consumer product and services. It invests in United States. It invests in companies with EBITDA of $10 million to $75 million, typically in private equity sponsor backed. The firm prefers to invest in companies having maximum revenue of $200 million and having EBITDA value between $10 million and $75 million.

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900.5M
10.49
0.82
8.72

52-week range

8.60
low 7.96 high 9.54
Yield Growth Momentum Safety Value Health

Dividend deep dive

Barings BDC, Inc. (BBDC) operates in the Asset Management industry within Financial Services, with a market capitalization of 890.0 million USD. The company currently offers a dividend yield of 11.53%, which is considered fair relative to its 5-year average of 10.74%. Its dividend safety is rated as "at_risk". BBDC exhibits strong price momentum with a score of 8.0 and is assessed as offering value, with a score of 7.5. The overall rating score for BBDC is 7.0.

Dividend history

Barings BDC has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years, classifying it as a "Challenger" in the CCC framework. Over the past three years, the dividend has grown at an 8.91% CAGR, and at a 14.14% CAGR over five years. However, its dividend history shows past reductions, for example, from 2.36 USD in 2015 to 0.80 USD in 2018. Since 2020, the dividend has steadily increased from 0.64 USD to 1.04 USD in 2024. The projected dividend for 2025 is 1.24 USD. The Chowder number is 25.7.

Dividend safety

The dividend safety for Barings BDC is identified as "at_risk". The company's payout ratio is 126.83%, indicating that more cash is distributed than earned in earnings per share (0.82 USD).

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Price history

11.2 9.38 7.51 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2020-08 · 8.14 2020-09 · 8.00 2020-10 · 7.51 2020-11 · 8.67 2020-12 · 9.20 2021-01 · 8.83 2021-02 · 9.70 2021-03 · 9.98 2021-04 · 10.4 2021-05 · 10.5 2021-06 · 10.6 2021-07 · 10.7 2021-08 · 10.8 2021-09 · 11.0 2021-10 · 11.2 2021-11 · 10.8 2021-12 · 11.0 2022-01 · 10.8 2022-02 · 10.9 2022-03 · 10.3 2022-04 · 10.2 2022-05 · 10.4 2022-06 · 9.31 2022-07 · 9.84 2022-08 · 9.97 2022-09 · 8.27 2022-10 · 8.91 2022-11 · 9.19 2022-12 · 8.15 2023-01 · 8.76 2023-02 · 8.67 2023-03 · 7.94 2023-04 · 7.62 2023-05 · 7.94 2023-06 · 7.84 2023-07 · 8.35 2023-08 · 9.28 2023-09 · 8.91 2023-10 · 8.84 2023-11 · 9.02 2023-12 · 8.58 2024-01 · 8.98 2024-02 · 9.80 2024-03 · 9.30 2024-04 · 9.28 2024-05 · 10.1 2024-06 · 9.73 2024-07 · 10.0 2024-08 · 10.1 2024-09 · 9.80 2024-10 · 9.67 2024-11 · 10.2 2024-12 · 9.57 2025-01 · 10.1 2025-02 · 10.4 2025-03 · 9.54 2025-04 · 8.71 2025-05 · 9.31 2025-06 · 9.14 2025-07 · 9.24 2025-08 · 9.90 2025-09 · 8.76 2025-10 · 9.00 2025-11 · 9.15 2025-12 · 9.18 2026-01 · 9.09 2026-02 · 8.44 2026-03 · 8.23 2026-04 · 9.14 2026-05 · 8.66 2026-06 · 8.52 2026-07 · 8.50
Price

Dividend profile

Frequency
Quarterly
Growth (TTM)
-4.4%
CAGR 3y
+8.9%
+14.1%
6 years

(5-year)

Now 12.1%
7.8% avg 10.7% 13.2%

Payment calendar

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Dividend history

CAGR 3y +8.9% CAGR 5y +14.1% 6y streak
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Per-share dividend by year

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Debt & leverage

122.6%
0.54
0.31
Debt vs cash
Debt Cash
Total debt
1.4B USD
Total cash
79.8M USD

Latest reported balance-sheet figures.

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