Barings BDC, Inc. (NYSE:BBDC) is a business development company specializing in private equity and mezzanine investments. It focuses on leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, ESOPs, change of control transactions, acquisition financings, growth financing, and recapitalizations in lower middle market, mature, and later stage companies. The firm prefers to make investments in many business sectors including manufacturing, distribution, transportation, energy, communications, health services, restaurants, media, and others. It primarily invests in companies located throughout the United States, with an emphasis on the Southeast and Midatlantic. The firm makes equity investments between $1 million and $25 million and debt investments between $5 million and $30 million per transaction, in companies having annual revenues between $20 million and $200 million and EBITDA between $3 million and $35 million and can also co-invest. It typically makes investments between $5 million and $35 million. It primarily invests in senior subordinated debt securities secured by second lien security interests in portfolio company assets, coupled with equity interests. The firm also invests in senior debt securities secured by first lien security interests in portfolio companies. Triangle Capital Corporation was incorporated on October 10, 2006 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Investment advice
Sub-IndustryN/A
SectorFinance
CIKN/A
Phone704-805-7200
Debt
Price-To-Earnings
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$80.22 million
Profitability
Miscellaneous
EmployeesN/A
Next Earnings DateN/A
OptionableOptionable
Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Barings BDC's stock symbol?
Barings BDC trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BBDC."
How often does Barings BDC pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Barings BDC?
Barings BDC announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 29th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Wednesday, December 18th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 10th. This is a positive change from Barings BDC's previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. View Barings BDC's Dividend History.
How were Barings BDC's earnings last quarter?
Barings BDC Inc (NYSE:BBDC) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 27th. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.16 by $0.01. Barings BDC had a net margin of 6.67% and a return on equity of 5.48%. View Barings BDC's Earnings History.
What price target have analysts set for BBDC?
3 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Barings BDC's stock. Their forecasts range from $9.61 to $11.00. On average, they anticipate Barings BDC's share price to reach $10.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Barings BDC.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Barings BDC?
3 Wall Street 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, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Barings BDC.
What are Wall Street analysts saying about Barings BDC stock?
Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Barings BDC stock:
- 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Barings BDC, Inc. is an externally managed business development company which primarily makes debt investments in middle market companies. The company is primarily managed by Barings, LLC, a premier global asset manager. Barings BDC Inc., formerly known as TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORPORATION, is based in Charlotte, United States. " (2/12/2020)
- 2. National Securities analysts commented, "▪ Barings posted NII/share of $0.16 for 1Q19, flat with the prior quarter and shy of our estimate of $0.18. Notably, the portfolio was 74% BSL compared with 79% Q/Q. We had expected a more rapid rotation out of BSL and into MM originations.
▪ The company completed a securitization in 2Q19 with class A-1 and A-2 notes totaling $348.3mm using BSL. This is a static securitization and the company was able to attain favorable financing with LIBOR spreads of 102 bps on A-1 and 165 bps on A-2 with a seven-year duration. Barings still has roughly $400mm of BSL outside the securitization that they can rotate over the next year into MM loans. We expect renewed loan market volatility in 3Q19 and 4Q19 to present opportunities to the company, and we wouldn’t be surprised to see more opportunistic BSL purchases. As a reminder, Barings has a large CLO and liquid credit platform that provides the company with a significant advantage in both liquid loan markets and direct lending, as we see it.
▪ In May, Barings also entered into an agreement with the State of South Carolina Retirement System with Barings committing $50mm and their partner committing $500mm of equity. This will be differentiated from a typical BDC JV structure and will be used to invest in both US and European liquid and illiquid credit, structured products, and real estate debt. Barings has over $300 billion under management and expertise across a broad array of investments and is by no means taking a random guess at these different verticals.
▪ The BSL book was marked down $50mm in 4Q18 and recovered about half of that in the 3/31/19 quarter with another $10-$12mm recovered QTD. We expect another NAV/share increase at 6/30/19 and BBDC continues to trade at an unwarranted discount, as we see it. The company’s portfolio is 329 bps over LIBOR in the BSL book and 501 bps over LIBOR on the MM book with 4.9x and 4.5x senior leverage, respectively. We think this is one of the most conservatively structured portfolios in the BDC sector and we believe the market is mispricing the underlying credit risk (or lack thereof) in BBDC.
▪ We are revising our 2019 NII/share estimate to $0.72 from $0.86 and our 2020 NII/share estimate to $0.91 from $0.92. Our downward revision in 2019 is solely due to our expectations for a longer time horizon to rotate out of BSL and more into MM loans." (5/13/2019)
Has Barings BDC been receiving favorable news coverage?
News headlines about BBDC stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Barings BDC earned a coverage optimism score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Barings BDC.
Are investors shorting Barings BDC?
Barings BDC saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 449,300 shares, a decrease of 12.7% from the January 30th total of 514,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 105,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Barings BDC's Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Barings BDC's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Barings BDC include Moelis & Co (MC), Noah (NOAH), Victory Capital (VCTR), Sculptor Capital Management (SCU), Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (OZM), PJT Partners (PJT), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Brightsphere Investment Group (BSIG), Pzena Investment Management (PZN), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), PUYI INC/ADR (PUYI), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Saratoga Investment (SAR), Value Line (VALU) and Westwood Holdings Group (WHG).
What other stocks do shareholders of Barings BDC own?
Who are Barings BDC's key executives?
Barings BDC's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. Eric J. Lloyd, Pres, Chief Exec. Officer & Interested Director (Age 50)
- Mr. Ian Fowler, Pres (Age 54)
- Mr. Jonathan Gerald Bock CFA, Chief Financial Officer
- Mr. C. Robert Knox Jr., CPA, Controller & Principal Accounting Officer (Age 47)
- Mr. Thomas F. Moses CPA, VP & Treasurer
Who are Barings BDC's major shareholders?
Barings BDC's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Rivernorth Capital Management LLC (5.50%), UBS Group AG (5.00%), Punch & Associates Investment Management Inc. (3.85%), Relative Value Partners Group LLC (2.73%), Dimension Capital Management LLC (2.63%) and Confluence Investment Management LLC (1.70%). Company insiders that own Barings BDC stock include Barings Llc, C Robert Jr Knox, Christopher Cary, Eric J Lloyd, Geoff Craddock, John Switzer, Jonathan Bock, Jonathan Landsberg, Paul John Thompson and Thomas F Finke. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Barings BDC.
Which major investors are selling Barings BDC stock?
BBDC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Muzinich & Co. Inc., Confluence Investment Management LLC, Virtus ETF Advisers LLC, Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., Advisory Research Inc., TCW Group Inc., Stifel Financial Corp and FNY Investment Advisers LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Barings BDC.
Which major investors are buying Barings BDC stock?
BBDC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dimension Capital Management LLC, UBS Group AG, Credit Suisse AG, Van ECK Associates Corp, Rivernorth Capital Management LLC, Relative Value Partners Group LLC, Punch & Associates Investment Management Inc. and Cliffwater LLC. Company insiders that have bought Barings BDC stock in the last two years include Barings Llc, C Robert Jr Knox, Christopher Cary, Eric J Lloyd, Geoff Craddock, John Switzer, Jonathan Bock, Jonathan Landsberg, Paul John Thompson and Thomas F Finke. View Insider Buying and Selling for Barings BDC.
How do I buy shares of Barings BDC?
Shares of BBDC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Barings BDC's stock price today?
One share of BBDC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.79.
How big of a company is Barings BDC?
What is Barings BDC's official website?
How can I contact Barings BDC?
Barings BDC's mailing address is 300 SOUTH TRYON STREET SUITE 2500, CHARLOTTE NC, 28202. The company can be reached via phone at 704-805-7200 or via email at [email protected]
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