Barings BDC/$BBDC
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About Barings BDC
Barings BDC Inc operates as a closed-end, non-diversified investment company and has elected to be treated as a business development company. The company's investment objective is to generate current income by investing directly in privately held middle-market companies to help these companies fund acquisitions, growth, or refinancing. It employs fundamental credit analysis and targets investments in businesses with low levels of cyclicality and operating risk relative to other businesses in this market segment. The holding size of each position will generally be dependent upon a number of factors including total facility size, pricing and structure, and the number of other lenders in the facility.
- Ticker
- $BBDC
- Sector
- Finance
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 27
- Headquarters
- Charlotte, United States
Barings BDC Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$911M
10.48
$0.83
0.67
$1.04
11.95%
Price and volume
Market cap
$911M
Beta
0.67
52-week high
$9.54
52-week low
$7.96
Average daily volume
638K
Dividend rate
$1.04
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.301
Quick ratio
0.246
Long term debt to equity
0.912
Total debt to equity
1.217
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
143.40%
Interest coverage (TTM)
2.48%
Profitability
Gross margin (TTM)
100.00%
Net profit margin (TTM)
32.73%
Operating margin (TTM)
76.10%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
4.99%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$9,860,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
4.71%
Return on equity (TTM)
7.50%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
10.477
Price to revenue (TTM)
3.429
Price to book
0.79
Price to tangible book (TTM)
0.79
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
2.995
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
33.39%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
2.905
Dividend yield (TTM)
11.95%
Forward dividend yield
11.95%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
-5.06%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-12.41%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
0.49%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
8.50%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
0.58%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-5.02%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
2.00%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
-6.65%
Bulls say / Bears say
Q2 net investment income rose to $0.28 per share and exceeded the $0.26 quarterly dividend, providing current evidence of dividend coverage. (Barings BDC)
The early termination of the Sierra credit support agreement delivered $67 million in cash that BBDC can redeploy into income-producing investments, potentially improving earnings power and return on equity. (Barings BDC)
Portfolio deployment remains strong: BBDC made 21 new investments totaling $172.1 million during Q2, and subsequent funding included $72.4 million of first-lien senior secured debt at a 9.1% weighted-average yield. (Barings BDC)
NAV per share declined to $10.94 from $11.02 in Q1, driven primarily by $29.4 million of net unrealized depreciation, signaling valuation pressure in the portfolio. (Barings BDC)
Credit and restructuring losses remain a concern: BBDC recorded a $7.2 million realized loss from restructurings, while depreciation on its current portfolio was driven equally by market moves and investment-specific fundamental performance. (Barings BDC)
Leverage remains material, with debt-to-equity at 1.23x and net debt-to-equity at 1.18x; meanwhile, weighted-average yield on performing debt investments slipped to 9.4% from 9.5% at year-end, creating sensitivity to funding costs and spread compression. (Barings BDC)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 10 Sept 2026.
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