Bain Capital Specialty Finance Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bain Capital Specialty Finance in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Bain Capital Specialty Finance stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BCSF, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Bain Capital Specialty Finance saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 309,900 shares, an increase of 146.7% from the March 15th total of 125,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 257,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.2 days.
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Bain Capital Specialty Finance is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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Bain Capital Specialty Finance will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (NYSE:BCSF) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 23rd. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $48.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $48.74 million. Bain Capital Specialty Finance had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.56% and a negative net margin of 4.91%.
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Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stock was trading at $16.84 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BCSF stock has decreased by 7.0% and is now trading at $15.66.
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Bain Capital Specialty Finance declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 24th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, April 30th. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.68%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 30th.
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Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.72%. BCSF has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. Bain Capital Specialty Finance does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Bain Capital Specialty Finance is 82.93%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, Bain Capital Specialty Finance will have a dividend payout ratio of 100.00% in the coming year. This indicates that Bain Capital Specialty Finance may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Bain Capital Specialty Finance's shares. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $15.50. On average, they expect Bain Capital Specialty Finance's share price to reach $13.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.6%.
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(BCSF) raised $156 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, November 15th 2018. The company issued 7,500,000 shares at $20.25-$21.25 per share. BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (A Stifel Company) and Wells Fargo Securities served as the underwriters for the IPO and Janney Montgomery Scott, JMP Securities and Academy Securities were co-managers.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BCSF."

Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FNY Investment Advisers LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Bain Capital Specialty Finance stock include Amy Butte, Clare Stack Richer, Jeffrey B Hawkins, Michael A Ewald, Michael John Boyle, Sally F Dornaus and Thomas A Hough.
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BCSF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FNY Investment Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have bought Bain Capital Specialty Finance stock in the last two years include Amy Butte, Clare Stack Richer, Jeffrey B Hawkins, Michael A Ewald, Michael John Boyle, Sally F Dornaus, and Thomas A Hough.
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Shares of BCSF 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 BCSF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.66.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a market capitalization of $1.01 billion and generates $197.95 million in revenue each year. The company earns $98.08 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.64 on an earnings per share basis.

The official website for Bain Capital Specialty Finance is www.baincapital.com.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance is headquartered at 200 CLARENDON STREET 37TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA, 02116.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance's mailing address is 200 CLARENDON STREET 37TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA, 02116. The company can be reached via phone at 617-516-2000 or via email at [email protected]