Barings BDC - BBDC Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barings BDC in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" BBDC shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Barings BDC's stock. Their BBDC share price forecasts range from $10.00 to $11.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $10.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.0% from the stock's current price.
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Barings BDC's stock was trading at $11.02 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BBDC shares have decreased by 21.2% and is now trading at $8.68.
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Barings BDC saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 931,100 shares, an increase of 21.9% from the October 31st total of 763,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 445,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 22nd 2023.
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Barings BDC, Inc. (NYSE:BBDC) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 8th. The company reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.23. The firm earned $34.98 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $33.06 million. Barings BDC had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.27% and a net margin of 9.06%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.17 earnings per share.

Barings BDC announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 10th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 7th will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Wednesday, December 14th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 11.06%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 6th.
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Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 11.18%. 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 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 331.03%. 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 86.49% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Barings BDC updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 10th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.27 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $0.26.

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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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include UBS Group AG (2.03%), Cliffwater LLC (1.47%), Relative Value Partners Group LLC (1.29%), Van ECK Associates Corp (1.16%), Private Management Group Inc. (1.03%) and BlackRock Inc. (0.82%). Insiders that own company stock include David Mihalick, Eric J Lloyd, Geoff Craddock, Jill Dinerman, John Switzer, Jonathan Bock, Michael Freno, Roger W Crandall, Stephen R Byers, Thomas M Finke, 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 $8.68.

Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) has a market capitalization of $944.64 million and generates $135.34 million in revenue each year. The company earns $77.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.29 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.