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$9.44 +0.05 (+0.48%)
Closing price 09/8/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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$9.39 -0.04 (-0.48%)
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BBDC vs. ARCC, GBDC, MFIC, NMFC, OCSL, SLRC, BCSF, GSBD, MAIN, and TSLX

Should you be buying Barings Bdc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barings Bdc include Ares Capital (ARCC), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), 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), and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Barings Bdc vs. Its Competitors

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

Ares Capital presently has a consensus price target of $22.86, suggesting a potential upside of 1.63%. Barings Bdc has a consensus price target of $9.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.46%. Given Barings Bdc's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Barings Bdc is more favorable than Ares Capital.

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

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 8 more articles in the media than Barings Bdc. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ares Capital and 6 mentions for Barings Bdc. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Barings Bdc's score of 0.71 indicating that Ares Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ares Capital
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Barings Bdc
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 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
Ares Capital$2.99B5.31$1.52B$2.0510.97
Barings Bdc$286.17M3.47$110.29M$0.969.83

Ares Capital has a net margin of 44.94% compared to Barings Bdc's net margin of 35.67%. Ares Capital's return on equity of 10.48% beat Barings Bdc's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ares Capital44.94% 10.48% 5.00%
Barings Bdc 35.67%9.76%4.26%

Ares Capital has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Bdc has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

27.4% of Ares Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Barings Bdc shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Barings Bdc shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Barings Bdc pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. 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 pays out 108.3% 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.

Summary

Ares Capital beats Barings Bdc on 13 of the 19 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$987.44M$1.48B$12.51B$21.38B
Dividend Yield11.08%11.22%5.41%3.49%
P/E Ratio9.8311.83232.3929.64
Price / Sales3.4748.6530.8648.98
Price / Cash8.0511.1519.0918.12
Price / Book0.840.942.304.59
Net Income$110.29M$152.42M$1.01B$999.86M
7 Day Performance-4.25%-0.25%1.94%1.13%
1 Month Performance-1.41%0.03%4.34%5.61%
1 Year Performance-2.88%-2.96%542.49%16.98%

Barings Bdc Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BBDC
Barings Bdc
2.0193 of 5 stars
$9.44
+0.5%
$9.67
+2.5%
-3.1%$987.44M$286.17M9.8326News Coverage
ARCC
Ares Capital
1.7449 of 5 stars
$22.40
+0.7%
$22.86
+2.0%
+9.6%$15.80B$1.50B10.932,550Positive News
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
1.9506 of 5 stars
$14.92
+0.9%
$15.00
+0.5%
+0.3%$3.97B$724.68M10.51N/APositive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.2696 of 5 stars
$13.22
+0.1%
$13.30
+0.6%
-6.7%$1.23B$301.78M12.24N/APositive News
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.796 of 5 stars
$10.66
+1.1%
$10.75
+0.8%
-13.5%$1.13B$89.05M14.03N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
1.8517 of 5 stars
$14.00
+0.5%
$15.00
+7.1%
-15.6%$1.23B$35.77M25.00N/APositive News
SLRC
SLR Investment
1.3169 of 5 stars
$16.62
+0.5%
$16.25
-2.2%
+7.6%$0.00$232.43M10.26N/A
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
2.4182 of 5 stars
$15.81
+1.0%
$16.50
+4.4%
-6.7%$1.03B$292.65M9.521,000News Coverage
Positive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.1638 of 5 stars
$11.45
+0.2%
$10.00
-12.6%
-17.5%$1.31B$161.13M9.08N/A
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.4664 of 5 stars
$66.24
+0.6%
$61.20
-7.6%
+35.7%$5.92B$541.03M10.9190Positive News
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
2.2811 of 5 stars
$24.51
+0.9%
$23.28
-5.0%
+16.8%$2.31B$482.53M12.19N/APositive News

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