MPV

Barings Participation Investors

MPV

Market cap $218M

Overview Fund Activity

20.31 USD

+0.06

0.3%

At close Updated Sep 17, 4:00 PM EDT

1 day

0.3%

5 days

4.26%

1 month

6.45%

3 months

7.4%

6 months

30.19%

Year to date

18.7%

1 year

21.04%

5 years

83.47%

10 years

52.25%

About: Barings Participation Investors is a diversified closed-ended management investment company. The Trust's investment objective is to maintain a portfolio of securities providing a current yield and an opportunity for capital gains. Its principal investments are privately placed, below-investment grade, long-term debt obligations including bank loans and mezzanine debt instruments. The company invests in various sectors such as aerospace and defense; automotive; building materials; consumer products and others.

Financials Asset Management

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Funds holding %

of 7,463 funds

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Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

100% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 6 | Existing positions closed: 3

11% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $45.5M [Q1] → $50.4M (+$4.96M) [Q2]

10% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 11 | Existing positions reduced: 10

6% more funds holding

Funds holding: 34 [Q1] → 36 (+2) [Q2]

3.11% less ownership

Funds ownership: 24.3% [Q1] → 21.2% (-3.11%) [Q2]

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Financial journalist opinion

Inside The Income Factory: Credit Asset Investing With Steven Bavaria

Steven Bavaria, from Inside the Income Factory, discusses credit assets like high-yield bonds, senior loans, and BDCs for stable, high-yield income, favoring closed-end funds for their resilience and discounts. Expense ratios for BDC ETFs like PBDC appear high due to accounting rules, but actual fund expenses are low—professional management adds only about 0.4%.

Inside The Income Factory: Credit Asset Investing With Steven Bavaria

Barings Participation Investors Reports Preliminary Second Quarter 2025 Results and Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend Of $0.37 Per Share

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Trustees of Barings Participation Investors (NYSE: MPV) (the "Trust") met on August 14, 2025, and would like to report its preliminary financial results for the second quarter of 2025. Financial Highlights(1) Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Total Amount Per Share(5) Total Amount Per Share(4) Net investment income(2) $ 3,396,864 $ 0.32 $ 3,351,767 $ 0.31 Net realized (losses) / gains(3) $883,063 $0.08 $(2,063,056.

Barings Participation Investors Reports Preliminary Second Quarter 2025 Results and Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend Of $0.37 Per Share

MPV And MCI: Great Funds, But Even Better With 'Dividend Holiday Trade'

MPV and MCI have been at the top (#1 and #2) of high yield closed-end funds for many years. But there's more; by bunching up their four "quarterly" dividends into a 7-month period, MPV or MCI provide their investors a 5-month "dividend holiday" During the 5-month "dividend holiday," I can rotate into other high-yield funds like BGH, XFLT, or EIC to boost annual income.

MPV And MCI: Great Funds, But Even Better With 'Dividend Holiday Trade'

Barings Participation Investors Reports Preliminary First Quarter 2025 Results and Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend Of $0.37 Per Share

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Trustees of Barings Participation Investors (NYSE: MPV) (the "Trust") met on May 15, 2025, and would like to report its preliminary financial results for the first quarter of 2025. Financial Highlights(1) Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Three Months Ended December 31, 2024 Total Amount Per Share(5) Total Amount Per Share(4) Net investment income(2) $ 3,351,767 $ 0.31 $ 5,077,390 $ 0.48 Net realized (losses) / gains(3) $(2,063,056) $(0.19) $ 327.

Barings Participation Investors Reports Preliminary First Quarter 2025 Results and Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend Of $0.37 Per Share

Word Of The Week: 'Capitulation'

Concerns about "capitulation" seem more appropriate to equity than to credit investing, given the wider swings - up and down - inherent in stocks. Credit investing has more of a floor under the risk we are taking, even after you factor in the likelihood of occasional defaults. Fortunately, we have lots of data through economic cycles and market crashes of all types, to help us model credit investing outcomes.

Word Of The Week: 'Capitulation'

Barings Participation Investors Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2024 Results

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Trustees of Barings Participation Investors (NYSE: MPV) (the "Trust") met on February 27, 2025, and would like to report its preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter of 2024. Financial Highlights(1) Three Months Ended December 31, 2024 Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 Total Amount Per Share(5) Total Amount Per Share(4) Net investment income(2) $ 5,077,391 $ 0.48 $ 3,553,378 $ 0.33 Net realized gains / (losses)(3) $ 327,98.

Barings Participation Investors Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2024 Results

The 2024 CEF Year-End Specials

Several closed-end funds, or CEFs, have declared special year-end distributions, rewarding shareholders with holiday bonuses and meeting regulatory distribution requirements to avoid excise taxes. PIMCO Dynamic Income Strategy Fund declared a special distribution of $0.37 per share, reflecting strong capital gains and a strategic shift from its energy-focused origins. Barings Participation Investors announced a special distribution of $0.10 per share, highlighting its strong performance and commitment to high current income and capital appreciation.

The 2024 CEF Year-End Specials

Barings Participation Investors Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.37 Per Share and Special Dividend of $0.10 Per Share

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Trustees of Barings Participation Investors (NYSE: MPV) (the “Trust”) today announced that it has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.37 per share payable on January 17, 2025, to shareholders of record on December 30, 2024. The Trust also announced a special distribution of $0.10 per share payable on January 17, 2025, to shareholders of record on December 30, 2024. Based on current projections through the end of 2024, the Trust expects both dividen.

Barings Participation Investors Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.37 Per Share and Special Dividend of $0.10 Per Share

Barings Participation Investors Reports Preliminary Third Quarter 2024 Results

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Trustees of Barings Participation Investors (NYSE: MPV) (the "Trust") met on November 14, 2024, and would like to report its preliminary financial results for the third quarter of 2024. Financial Highlights(1) Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 Total Amount Per Share(5) Total Amount Per Share(4) Net investment income(2) $ 3,553,378 $ 0.33 $ 4,066,456 $ 0.38 Net realized (losses) / gains(3) $(1,505,789) $(0.14).

Barings Participation Investors Reports Preliminary Third Quarter 2024 Results

Barings Participation Investors Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.37 Per Share

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Trustees of Barings Participation Investors (NYSE: MPV) (the "Trust") today announced that it has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.37 per share payable on November 15, 2024, to shareholders of record on November 4, 2024. The Trust will report preliminary financial results for the third quarter of 2024 on November 14, 2024. About Barings Participation Investors Barings Participation Investors is a closed-end management investment company advised.

Barings Participation Investors Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.37 Per Share

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