Portman Ridge Finance (BCIC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Portman Ridge Finance Corporation is a business development company specializing in investments in unitranche loans (including last out), first lien loans, second lien loans, subordinated debt, equity co-investment, buyout in middle market companies. It also makes acquisitions in businesses complementary to the firm's business. It primarily invests in healthcare, cargo transport, manufacturing, industrial & environmental services, logistics & distribution, media & telecommunications, real estate, education, automotive, agriculture, aerospace/defense, packaging, electronics, finance, non-durable consumer, consumer products, business services, utilities, insurance, and food and beverage sectors. The fund typically invests $1 million to $20 million in its portfolio companies. It provides senior secured term loans from $2 million to $20 million maturing in five to seven years; second lien term loans from $5 million to $15 million maturing in six to eight years; senior unsecured loans $5 million to $23 million maturing in six to eight years; mezzanine loans from $5 million to $15 million maturing in seven to ten years; and equity investments from $1 to $5 million. The fund targets the companies with EBITDA between $5 million and $25 million. While investing in debt securities, it invests in those middle market firms with EBITDA between $10 million and $50 million and/or total debt between $25 million and $150 million. It invests in minority, and majority or control equity positions alongside its private equity sponsor partners.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.94 to $8.15
• 50-Day Range: $7.22 to $11.58
• 52-Week Range: $7.11 to $13.50
• Volume: 50,859 shs
• Average Volume: 99,237 shs
• Market Capitalization: $99.97 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 13.37%
• Price Target: $9.00
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Portman Ridge Finance Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Portman Ridge Finance scored higher than 73% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 480th out of 887 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Portman Ridge Finance has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Portman Ridge Finance has a consensus price target of $9.00, representing about 12.1% upside from its current price of $8.03.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Portman Ridge Finance has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 2.58%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Portman Ridge Finance are expected to grow by 2.58% in the coming year, from $1.55 to $1.59 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Portman Ridge Finance is -33.46, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Portman Ridge Finance is -33.46, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Portman Ridge Finance has a P/B Ratio of 0.50. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.72% of the float of Portman Ridge Finance has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Portman Ridge Finance has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.19, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Portman Ridge Finance has recently increased by 39.87%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Portman Ridge Finance is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 12.93%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Portman Ridge Finance does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Portman Ridge Finance will have a dividend payout ratio of 67.92% next year. This indicates that Portman Ridge Finance will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.90

News Sentiment

Portman Ridge Finance has a news sentiment score of 0.90. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.77 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Portman Ridge Finance this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

6 people have searched for BCIC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

2 insiders have purchased shares of Portman Ridge Finance in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Portman Ridge Finance insiders have sold 2,928.80% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $21,554.00 in company stock and sold $652,828.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.30% of the stock of Portman Ridge Finance is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

30.14% of the stock of Portman Ridge Finance is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Today: 5/12/2026
• Record date for 5/29 Dividend: 5/18/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 5/29 Dividend: 5/18/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/29/2026
• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Diversified Investments
• Sub-Industry: Financial Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:BCIC
• CIK: 1372807
• Web: N/A
• Phone: (212) 891-2880
• Fax: 212-983-7654
• Employees: 25
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Portman Ridge Finance: $9.00
• High Price Target: $9.00
• Low Price Target: $9.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.5%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.50
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.24)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 5.21
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $11.49 million
• Net Margins: 2.10%
• Pretax Margin: 41.10%
• Return on Equity: 13.72%
• Return on Assets: 5.47%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.47
• Current Ratio: 2.52
• Quick Ratio: 2.52

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $61.15 million
• Price / Sales: 1.63
• Cash Flow: $1.97 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.09
• Book Value: $15.99 per share
• Price / Book: 0.51

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 12,380,000
• Free Float: 12,215,000
• Market Cap: $99.97 million
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 0.51