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Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$15.49 +0.08 (+0.52%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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$15.50 +0.02 (+0.10%)
As of 07/11/2025 05:50 PM Eastern
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About Bain Capital Specialty Finance Stock (NYSE:BCSF)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$15.28
$15.59
50-Day Range
$14.72
$15.90
52-Week Range
$13.20
$19.21
Volume
226,863 shs
Average Volume
247,422 shs
Market Capitalization
$1.00 billion
P/E Ratio
8.90
Dividend Yield
10.85%
Price Target
$16.50
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Bain Capital Specialty Finance Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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37th Percentile Overall Score

BCSF MarketRank™: 

Bain Capital Specialty Finance scored higher than 37% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 723rd out of 936 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Bain Capital Specialty Finance has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Bain Capital Specialty Finance has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Bain Capital Specialty Finance are expected to decrease by -9.22% in the coming year, from $2.06 to $1.87 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Bain Capital Specialty Finance is 8.90, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.90.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Bain Capital Specialty Finance is 8.90, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 20.04.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a P/B Ratio of 0.88. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Bain Capital Specialty Finance's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.37% of the float of Bain Capital Specialty Finance has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Bain Capital Specialty Finance has recently decreased by 24.99%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Leadership

    Bain Capital Specialty Finance is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 10.90%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

    Bain Capital Specialty Finance has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Bain Capital Specialty Finance is 96.55%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on EPS estimates, Bain Capital Specialty Finance will have a dividend payout ratio of 89.84% in the coming year. This indicates that Bain Capital Specialty Finance may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

  • Read more about Bain Capital Specialty Finance's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.37% of the float of Bain Capital Specialty Finance has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Bain Capital Specialty Finance has recently decreased by 24.99%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a news sentiment score of 0.22. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.95 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Bain Capital Specialty Finance this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    5 people have searched for BCSF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% compared to the previous 30 days.
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BCSF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stock was trading at $17.52 at the start of the year. Since then, BCSF stock has decreased by 11.6% and is now trading at $15.49.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (NYSE:BCSF) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 5th. The company reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $52.84 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $71 million. Bain Capital Specialty Finance had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.62% and a net margin of 39.60%.
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Bain Capital Specialty Finance subsidiaries include these companies: Dealer Tire, ABC HYGIENE LIMITED, AEGEAN HONG KONG LIMITED, Altium Acqisition Holdings Inc, American Trailer Works Inc., American Trailer World Corp., Apex GP Holdings GmbH, and others.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF) raised $156 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, November 15th 2018. The company issued 7,500,000 shares at a price of $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's top institutional investors include Redhawk Wealth Advisors Inc. (0.14%), Triumph Capital Management (0.08%), SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC (0.05%) and Farther Finance Advisors LLC (0.02%).
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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 Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Bain Capital Specialty Finance investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Energy Transfer (ET), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Broadcom (AVGO), AbbVie (ABBV) and Arista Networks (ANET).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
5/05/2025
Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend
6/16/2025
Record date for 6/30 Dividend
6/17/2025
Dividend Payable
6/30/2025
Today
7/11/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
8/05/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
FIN - SBIC&COMMRL
Sub-Industry
Financial Services
Current Symbol
NYSE:BCSF
CIK
1655050
Fax
N/A
Employees
1,000
Year Founded
1984

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$17.00
Low Price Target
$16.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+6.5%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.50
Research Coverage
2 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$1.74
Trailing P/E Ratio
8.90
Forward P/E Ratio
7.52
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$119.42 million
Net Margins
39.60%
Pretax Margin
48.20%
Return on Equity
11.62%
Return on Assets
5.19%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
1.27
Current Ratio
3.69
Quick Ratio
3.69

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$292.65 million
Price / Sales
3.43
Cash Flow
$2.08 per share
Price / Cash Flow
7.45
Book Value
$17.65 per share
Price / Book
0.88

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
64,870,000
Free Float
64,460,000
Market Cap
$1.00 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.78

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This page (NYSE:BCSF) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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