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$9.57 +0.00 (+0.01%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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BBDC vs. ARCC, MFIC, NMFC, OCSL, SLRC, BCSF, GSBD, MAIN, TSLX, and DNP

Should you be buying Barings Bdc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barings Bdc include Ares Capital (ARCC), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), SLR Investment (SLRC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), and DNP Select Income Fund (DNP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Barings Bdc vs. Its Competitors

Barings Bdc (NYSE:BBDC) and Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Barings Bdc pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Barings Bdc pays out 110.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Capital pays out 93.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barings Bdc has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Barings Bdc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

44.1% of Barings Bdc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Ares Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Barings Bdc shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Barings Bdc has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Barings Bdc currently has a consensus price target of $9.67, indicating a potential upside of 1.00%. Ares Capital has a consensus price target of $22.21, indicating a potential downside of 3.88%. Given Barings Bdc's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Barings Bdc is more favorable than Ares Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barings Bdc
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Ares Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Ares Capital has a net margin of 43.50% compared to Barings Bdc's net margin of 35.21%. Ares Capital's return on equity of 11.05% beat Barings Bdc's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Barings Bdc35.21% 10.74% 4.80%
Ares Capital 43.50%11.05%5.25%

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 20 more articles in the media than Barings Bdc. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Ares Capital and 2 mentions for Barings Bdc. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Barings Bdc's score of 0.94 indicating that Ares Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Barings Bdc
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ares Capital
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ares Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Barings Bdc. Barings Bdc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Barings Bdc$286.17M3.53$110.29M$0.9410.18
Ares Capital$2.99B5.37$1.52B$2.0511.27

Summary

Ares Capital beats Barings Bdc on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BBDC vs. The Competition

MetricBarings BdcFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.01B$1.52B$12.30B$21.18B
Dividend Yield10.86%10.81%5.55%3.59%
P/E Ratio10.1817.5619.0628.42
Price / Sales3.5360.7426.0960.33
Price / Cash8.2111.6318.6518.21
Price / Book0.850.962.284.69
Net Income$110.29M$144.88M$998.89M$993.25M
7 Day Performance-0.09%-0.39%0.59%1.65%
1 Month Performance5.47%3.99%3.33%4.44%
1 Year Performance-5.61%-5.21%541.98%9.99%

Barings Bdc Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BBDC
Barings Bdc
2.7526 of 5 stars
$9.57
+0.0%
$9.67
+1.0%
-5.7%$1.01B$286.17M10.1826
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.1754 of 5 stars
$22.82
-1.7%
$22.21
-2.7%
+10.3%$15.84B$2.99B11.132,550News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
1.9731 of 5 stars
$13.11
-1.1%
$14.00
+6.8%
-9.6%$1.22B$301.78M10.57N/AAnalyst Downgrade
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
1.7848 of 5 stars
$10.58
-1.1%
$10.67
+0.8%
-14.9%$1.14B$371.67M10.58N/ANews Coverage
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
1.2768 of 5 stars
$14.09
-1.2%
$15.83
+12.4%
-21.5%$1.24B$381.67M108.38N/ANews Coverage
SLRC
SLR Investment
2.1136 of 5 stars
$16.35
-0.7%
$15.96
-2.4%
+2.9%$892.06M$97.01M10.16N/A
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.9526 of 5 stars
$15.17
-2.3%
$16.50
+8.8%
-9.0%$984.08M$292.65M8.721,000Positive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.1858 of 5 stars
$11.63
-2.1%
$12.00
+3.2%
-20.9%$1.36B$434.37M25.83N/APositive News
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.4971 of 5 stars
$64.16
-0.4%
$53.60
-16.5%
+29.1%$5.71B$541.03M10.8990Analyst Downgrade
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
2.3353 of 5 stars
$24.28
-2.1%
$22.81
-6.0%
+16.4%$2.28B$482.53M12.84N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DNP
DNP Select Income Fund
N/A$9.78
+0.1%
N/A+11.7%$3.62BN/A0.00590Positive News

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