Barings BDC (BBDC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barings BDC in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" BBDC shares.
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2 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Barings BDC's shares. Their BBDC share price targets range from $8.75 to $9.50. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $9.13 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.8%.
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Barings BDC's stock was trading at $8.58 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BBDC stock has increased by 7.2% and is now trading at $9.1950.
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Barings BDC saw a drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 687,300 shares, a drop of 47.9% from the March 15th total of 1,320,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 515,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 7th 2024.
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Barings BDC will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 8th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 201-612-7415 with passcode "13745722".

Barings BDC, Inc. (NYSE:BBDC) posted its earnings results on Friday, February, 23rd. The company reported $0.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.01. The business earned $75.85 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $71.25 million. Barings BDC had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.63% and a net margin of 44.26%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.34 earnings per share.

Barings BDC announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 22nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Wednesday, March 13th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 11.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 5th.
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Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 11.28%. BBDC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 87.39%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, BBDC will have a dividend payout ratio of 89.66% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETF (KBWD), GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF (HIPS), Virtus Private Credit Strategy ETF (VPC) and VanEck BDC Income ETF (BIZD).ProShares Global Listed Private Equity ETF (PEX).

Barings BDC issued an update on its fourth quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, January, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.300-0.320 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.300. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Barings BDC investors own include Prospect Capital (PSEC), AT&T (T), Energy Transfer (ET), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Hercules Capital (HTGC) and New Residential Investment (NRZ).

Barings BDC's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. (0.55%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.47%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.18%), Sunbelt Securities Inc. (0.06%), Global Assets Advisory LLC (0.05%) and Panoramic Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Albert Perley, David Mihalick, Elizabeth A Murray, Geoff Craddock, Jeffrey Chillag, Michael James O'connor, Stephen R Byers, Thomas Mcdonnell and Thomas Okel.
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