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Barings BDC, Inc. (BBDC)

Financial Services | Asset Management | Charlotte, United States | NYSE
9.35 USD -0.03 (-0.320%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 9.37 +0.02 (0.214%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:55 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★⯪☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:27 a.m. EDT

The long-term outlook is severely compromised by a decade-long structural decline; the stock has lost nearly half its value over nine years, with seven of the last eight annual periods showing negative returns. While the business recently reported a beat, the persistent multi-year downward trajectory suggests the market views the fundamentals as deteriorating rather than improving. The short-term picture is mixed: the stock has bounced off its lows and trades above its moving averages, yet the statistical forecast model offers no directional edge, and options flow remains overwhelmingly bearish with significant put volume at lower strikes. The headline-yielding dividend of 11% is misleading; the payout ratio exceeds 125%, indicating the company is distributing more cash than it earns, which is unsustainable and erodes equity value. This is a speculative income play with high risk of capital loss, not a reliable investment.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.022008
AutoETS0.027156
AutoTheta0.030564
AutoARIMA0.036020

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 8.17
Ljung-Box p 0.003
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 4.67
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-01
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-02
Debt to Equity Ratio 121.715
Revenue per Share 2.537
Market Cap 979,009,344
Trailing P/E 11.40
Forward P/E 9.26
Beta 0.66
Profit Margins 32.73%
Website https://www.barings.com/en-us/guest/funds/business-development-companies/barings-bdc

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:27 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put open interest at the $7.50 strike across multiple expirations, suggesting a floor expectation significantly below current prices. Call activity is sparse and concentrated at the money, indicating a lack of aggressive bullish conviction despite the stock trading above its 50-day average.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
3.17% 12.56% 11.97% 11.19%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-03 0.260 3.166870
2026-03-04 0.260 3.117506
2025-12-03 0.260 2.978236
2025-09-03 0.310 3.301384
2025-06-04 0.310 3.498871
2025-03-05 0.310 3.189300
2024-12-04 0.260 2.642276
2024-09-04 0.260 2.655771
2024-06-05 0.260 2.636917
2024-03-05 0.260 2.765958
2023-12-05 0.260 3.019745
2023-09-05 0.260 2.924634
2023-06-06 0.250 3.263708
2023-03-07 0.250 3.041362
2022-12-06 0.240 2.777778
2022-09-06 0.240 2.534319
2022-06-07 0.240 2.366864
2022-02-15 0.230 2.131603
2021-11-23 0.220 1.990950
2021-09-07 0.210 1.964453
2021-06-08 0.200 1.913876
2021-03-09 0.190 1.926978
2020-11-24 0.170 1.947308
2020-09-08 0.160 1.970443
2020-06-09 0.160 1.968020
2020-03-10 0.160 1.722282
2019-12-10 0.150 1.459144
2019-09-10 0.140 1.405622
2019-06-11 0.130 1.319797
2019-03-12 0.120 1.217039
2018-12-13 0.100 1.030928
2018-09-19 0.030 0.296736
2018-08-06 1.784 17.022902
2018-03-13 0.300 2.544529
2017-12-05 0.300 3.198294
2017-09-01 0.450 3.360717
2017-06-05 0.450 2.543810
2017-03-06 0.450 2.400000
2016-12-05 0.450 2.424569
2016-09-02 0.450 2.264721
2016-06-06 0.450 2.415459
2016-03-07 0.540 2.821317
2015-12-07 0.590 2.882267
2015-09-04 0.590 3.166935
2015-06-08 0.590 2.487353
2015-03-09 0.590 2.462437
2014-12-08 0.590 2.978294
2014-09-08 0.590 2.180340
2014-06-09 0.540 2.035432
2014-05-23 0.150 0.583658
2014-03-10 0.540 2.005944
2014-03-03 0.150 0.540735
2013-12-09 0.540 1.878914
2013-09-09 0.540 1.841746
2013-06-10 0.540 1.888112
2013-03-11 0.540 1.843633
2012-12-10 0.530 2.137097
2012-09-10 0.520 2.100162
2012-06-11 0.500 2.406160
2012-03-12 0.470 2.405322
2011-12-12 0.470 2.548807
2011-09-12 0.440 2.633154
2011-06-13 0.440 2.408320
2011-03-14 0.420 2.354260
2010-12-13 0.420 2.172788
2010-09-03 0.410 2.551338
2010-06-11 0.410 2.911932
2010-03-23 0.410 2.871149
2009-12-18 0.410 3.396852
2009-10-06 0.410 3.355155
2009-07-07 0.400 3.700277
2009-03-23 0.400 4.459309
2009-02-25 0.050 0.502513
2008-12-19 0.400 3.872217
2008-10-28 0.380 3.643336
2008-08-12 0.350 2.684049
2008-06-03 0.310 2.649573
2007-12-27 0.300 2.527380
2007-11-27 0.270 2.345786
2007-08-28 0.260 2.020202
2007-05-29 0.150 1.019714
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.04
dividendYield 11.12
exDividendDate 2026-09-02
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.04
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.1108742
lastDividendValue 0.26
lastDividendDate 2026-06-03
dividendDate 2026-09-09

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.048830092
Address1 300 South Tryon Street
Address2 Suite 2500
All Time High 30.7
All Time Low 4.0
Ask 9.48
Ask Size 4,400
Average Analyst Rating 1.8 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 832,190
Average Daily Volume3 Month 740,800
Average Volume 740,800
Average Volume10Days 832,190
Beta 0.655
Bid 9.33
Bid Size 2,300
Book Value 10.944
City Charlotte
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 9.35
Current Ratio 0.301
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 9.405
Day Low 9.3231
Debt To Equity 121.715
Display Name Barings BDC
Dividend Date 1,788,912,000
Dividend Rate 1.04
Dividend Yield 11.12
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,019,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,019,400
Earnings Growth -0.104
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.108
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,960,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,908,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,908,800
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 8.725
Enterprise Value 2,322,181,376
Eps Current Year 1.04
Eps Forward 1.01
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.82
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,788,307,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 8.7148
Fifty Day Average Change 0.6352005
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.07288756
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -4.883009
Fifty Two Week High 9.91
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.55999947
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.056508522
Fifty Two Week Low 7.96
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.3900003
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.17462316
Fifty Two Week Range 7.96 - 9.91
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,172,154,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 10.36
Forward Eps 1.01
Forward P E 9.257426
Free Cashflow 129,003,000
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Fullday Change -0.0299997
Fullday Change Percent -0.319827
Fullday Price 9.37
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 1.0
Gross Profits 266,140,992
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00621
Held Percent Institutions 0.51826
Implied Shares Outstanding 104,706,884
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,780,444,800
Last Dividend Value 0.26
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Barings BDC, Inc. is a publicly traded Real Estate, externally managed investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. It seeks to invest primarily in senior secured loans, first lien debt, unitranche, second lien debt, subordinated debt, equity co-investments and senior secured private debt investments in private middle-market companies that operate across a wide range of industries. It specializes in mezzanine, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, ESOPs, change of control transactions, acquisition financings, growth financing, and recapitalizations in lower middle market, mature, and later stage companies. It invests in manufacturing and distribution; business services and technology; transportation and logistics; consumer product and services. It invests in United States. It invests in companies with EBITDA of $10 million to $75 million, typically in private equity sponsor backed. The firm prefers to invest in companies having maximum revenue of $200 million and having EBITDA value between $10 million and $75 million.
Long Name Barings BDC, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 979,009,344
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_4149997
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 87,111,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 982,150,571
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 9.35
Operating Cashflow 304,742,016
Operating Margins 0.77279997
Payout Ratio 1.2683
Peg Ratio 3.14
Phone 704 805 7200
Post Market Change 0.019999504
Post Market Change Percent 0.21389844
Post Market Price 9.37
Post Market Time 1,787,961,325
Previous Close 9.38
Price Eps Current Year 8.990385
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.85434943
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.6785364
Profit Margins 0.32731
Quick Ratio 0.246
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.83333
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0299997
Regular Market Change Percent -0.319827
Regular Market Day High 9.405
Regular Market Day Low 9.3231
Regular Market Day Range 9.3231 - 9.405
Regular Market Open 9.35
Regular Market Previous Close 9.38
Regular Market Price 9.35
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 799,292
Return On Assets 0.047080003
Return On Equity 0.075040005
Revenue Growth -0.124
Revenue Per Share 2.537
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 104,706,884
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.025799999
Shares Short 2,698,653
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 2,702,169
Short Name Barings BDC, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0298
Short Ratio 4.05
Source Interval 15
State NC
Symbol BBDC
Target High Price 10.25
Target Low Price 9.5
Target Mean Price 9.95833
Target Median Price 10.0
Total Cash 51,543,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.492
Total Debt 1,394,715,008
Total Revenue 266,140,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.04
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.1108742
Trailing Eps 0.82
Trailing P E 11.402439
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 8.74625
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.6037502
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.06902961
Type Disp Equity
Volume 799,292
Website https://www.barings.com/en-us/guest/funds/business-development-companies/barings-bdc
Zip 28,202