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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.
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.
Barings Bdc pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. 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 increased 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.
In the previous week, Ares Capital had 15 more articles in the media than Barings Bdc. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ares Capital and 2 mentions for Barings Bdc. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Barings Bdc's score of 0.47 indicating that Ares Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Barings Bdc currently has a consensus target price of $9.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.84%. Ares Capital has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.21%. Given Barings Bdc's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Barings Bdc is more favorable than Ares Capital.
Barings Bdc has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
44.1% of Barings Bdc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Ares Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Barings Bdc shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ares Capital beats Barings Bdc on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BBDC) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
