Barings BDCBBDC
About: Barings BDC Inc operates as a closed-end, non-diversified investment company and has elected to be treated as a business development company. The company's investment objective is to generate current income by investing directly in privately held middle-market companies to help these companies fund acquisitions, growth, or refinancing. Barings employs fundamental credit analysis and targets investments in businesses with low levels of cyclicality and operating risk relative to other businesses in this market segment. The holding size of each position will generally be dependent upon a number of factors including total facility size, pricing and structure, and the number of other lenders in the facility.
Employees: 2
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
988% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $718K | Put options by funds: $66K
103% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $434M [Q3] → $882M (+$448M) [Q4]
24% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 67 | Existing positions reduced: 54
0.96% more ownership
Funds ownership: 41.71% [Q3] → 42.67% (+0.96%) [Q4]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q3] → 2 (+0) [Q4]
0% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 25 | Existing positions closed: 25
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 198 [Q3] → 195 (-3) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
1 analyst rating
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Ryan Lynch 33% 1-year accuracy 1 / 3 met price target | 7%upside $9.50 | Market Perform Maintained | 8 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about BBDC published over the past 30 days
