Bain Capital Specialty Finance - BCSF Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 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 1 sell rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "sell" BCSF shares.
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1 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stock. Their BCSF share price forecasts range from $11.00 to $11.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $11.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.1%.
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Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stock was trading at $15.21 at the start of the year. Since then, BCSF shares have decreased by 14.9% and is now trading at $12.95.
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Bain Capital Specialty Finance saw a decrease in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 231,700 shares, a decrease of 11.2% from the October 31st total of 260,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 178,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 22nd 2023.
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Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (NYSE:BCSF) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 9th. The company reported $0.53 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.18. The firm earned $62.82 million during the quarter. Bain Capital Specialty Finance had a net margin of 39.60% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.46%.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 9th. Investors of record on Saturday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Friday, January 27th. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 11.12%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 29th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.34.
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Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 10.49%. BCSF has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 103.82%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, BCSF will have a dividend payout ratio of 79.07% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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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 acted 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include UBS Group AG (0.00%), Starr International Co. Inc. (1.28%), Van ECK Associates Corp (0.94%), C.V. Starr & Co. Inc. Trust (0.73%), BlackRock Inc. (0.00%) and Harbor Advisory Corp MA (0.63%). Insiders that own company stock include Amy Butte, Clare Stack Richer, Jeffrey B Hawkins, Michael A Ewald, Sally F Dornaus and Thomas A Hough.
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Shares of BCSF stock 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 $12.95.

The company employs 1,000 workers across the globe.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance's mailing address is 200 CLARENDON STREET 37TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA, 02116. The official website for the company is www.baincapital.com. The company can be reached via phone at (617) 516-2000 or via email at investors@baincapitalbdc.com.