Barings Bdc (BBDC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Barings BDC, Inc. is a business development company that provides financing to privately owned middle-market companies. The company primarily invests in senior secured loans, unitranche facilities, subordinated debt and, to a lesser extent, equity securities. Its investments are generally designed to support acquisitions, recapitalizations, growth initiatives, refinancings and other corporate activities.

Barings BDC focuses mainly on established companies with operations in the United States and across a range of industries. Its investment portfolio may include first-lien and second-lien loans, as well as other structured investments, allowing the company to offer customized financing solutions to businesses that may not access traditional bank lending on equivalent terms.

The company was formerly known as Triangle Capital Corporation and adopted the Barings BDC name following transactions completed in 2018. Barings BDC is externally managed by Barings LLC, a global investment manager and a subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. Through its relationship with Barings, the company benefits from access to an established investment platform and expertise in private credit and other alternative investments.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $8.58 to $8.71
• 50-Day Range: $8.21 to $9.45
• 52-Week Range: $7.96 to $9.53
• Volume: 454,946 shs
• Average Volume: 626,090 shs
• Market Capitalization: $899.98 million
• P/E Ratio: 7.82
• Dividend Yield: 12.10%
• Price Target: $9.75
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Barings Bdc Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Barings Bdc scored higher than 53% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 495th out of 836 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: 2.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Barings Bdc has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.20, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Barings Bdc has a consensus price target of $9.75, representing about 13.4% upside from its current price of $8.60.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Barings Bdc has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -3.85%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Barings Bdc are expected to decrease by -3.85% in the coming year, from $1.04 to $1.00 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Barings Bdc is 10.36, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.94.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Barings Bdc is 10.36, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.95.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Barings Bdc has a P/B Ratio of 0.78. 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

2.40% of the float of Barings Bdc has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Barings Bdc has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Barings Bdc has recently increased by 15.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Barings Bdc is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 11.82%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Barings Bdc has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Barings Bdc is 125.30%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Barings Bdc will have a dividend payout ratio of 104.00% in the coming year. This indicates that Barings Bdc may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for BBDC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -90% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

9 people have added Barings Bdc to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 350% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Barings Bdc insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.60% of the stock of Barings Bdc is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

44.09% of the stock of Barings Bdc is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 9/9 Dividend: 9/02/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/9 Dividend: 9/02/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/09/2026
• Today: 9/24/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BBDC
• CIK: 1379785
• Web: www.barings.com
• Phone: (704) 805-7200
• Fax: 919-719-4777
• Employees: 2
• Year Founded: 1762

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Barings Bdc: $9.75
• High Price Target: $10.00
• Low Price Target: $9.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.20
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.83
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.36
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.26
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $101.92 million
• Net Margins: 32.73%
• Pretax Margin: 32.77%
• Return on Equity: 10.07%
• Return on Assets: 4.38%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.24
• Current Ratio: 0.09
• Quick Ratio: 0.09

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $99.76 million
• Price / Sales: 9.02
• Cash Flow: $1.03 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.32
• Book Value: $11.04 per share
• Price / Book: 0.78

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 104,707,000
• Free Float: 104,079,000
• Market Cap: $899.96 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.60