Barings BDC (BBDC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barings BDC in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" BBDC shares.
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5 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Barings BDC's stock. Their BBDC share price forecasts range from $9.00 to $11.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $9.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% from the stock's current price.
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Barings BDC's stock was trading at $8.15 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, BBDC stock has increased by 7.9% and is now trading at $8.79.
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Barings BDC saw a decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 515,000 shares, a decrease of 15.8% from the August 15th total of 611,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 524,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 9th 2023.
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Barings BDC, Inc. (NYSE:BBDC) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 9th. The company reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.29 by $0.02. The business earned $75.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $70.64 million. Barings BDC had a net margin of 33.71% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.43%. The business's revenue was up 35.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.29 EPS.

Barings BDC announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 9th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 6th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Wednesday, September 13th. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 11.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 5th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) stock in their portfolio include GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF (HIPS), Putnam BDC Income ETF (PBDC), Virtus Private Credit Strategy ETF (VPC) and VanEck BDC Income ETF (BIZD).ProShares Global Listed Private Equity ETF (PEX).

Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 11.67%. 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 126.83%. 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 85.25% 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Rivernorth Capital Management LLC (3.38%), Van ECK Associates Corp (1.35%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.20%), Osaic Holdings Inc. (0.61%), Osaic Holdings Inc. (0.62%) and Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. (0.59%). 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 $8.79.

Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) has a market capitalization of $936.31 million and generates $219.13 million in revenue each year. The company earns $4.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.82 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.