Barings BDC (BBDC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barings BDC in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" BBDC shares.
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4 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Barings BDC's shares. Their BBDC share price forecasts range from $9.00 to $11.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $9.94 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.6% from the stock's current price.
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Barings BDC's stock was trading at $8.15 at the start of the year. Since then, BBDC shares have decreased by 2.9% and is now trading at $7.91.
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Barings BDC saw a decline in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 870,400 shares, a decline of 14.7% from the March 31st total of 1,020,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 523,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 8th 2023.
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Barings BDC, Inc. (NYSE:BBDC) posted its earnings results on Friday, May, 5th. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.29 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $67.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $67.45 million. Barings BDC had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.18% and a net margin of 9.61%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 53.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.23 EPS.

Barings BDC announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 4th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, June 14th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 12.64%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 6th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) stock in their portfolio include Putnam BDC Income ETF (PBDC), VanEck BDC Income ETF (BIZD) and Virtus Private Credit Strategy ETF (VPC).GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF (HIPS).

Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 12.64%. 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 454.55%. 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 86.21% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Barings BDC trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BBDC."

Barings BDC's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Ares Management LLC (4.06%), Private Management Group Inc. (2.19%), Callodine Capital Management LP (2.08%), UBS Group AG (1.89%), Punch & Associates Investment Management Inc. (1.46%) and Relative Value Partners Group LLC (1.36%). Insiders that own company stock include Albert Perley, David Mihalick, Elizabeth A Murray, Geoff Craddock, Jeffrey Chillag, John Switzer, Michael James O'connor, Stephen R Byers, Thomas Mcdonnell and Thomas Okel.
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Shares of BBDC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BBDC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $7.91.

Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) has a market capitalization of $853.65 million and generates $219.13 million in revenue each year. The company earns $4.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.22 on an earnings per share basis.

Barings BDC's mailing address is 300 SOUTH TRYON STREET SUITE 2500, CHARLOTTE NC, 28202. The official website for the company is www.baringsbdc.com. The company can be reached via phone at (704) 805-7200, via email at investorrelations@barings.com, or via fax at 919-719-4777.