How to buy Barings BDC stock | $9.06

Barings BDC, Inc is a credit services business based in the US. Barings BDC shares (BBDC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

How to buy shares in Barings BDC

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Barings BDC. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: BBDC. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Barings BDC reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$9.06, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Barings BDC, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Barings BDC. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Barings BDC share price

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Barings BDC shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$9.06
52-week range	USD$4.4043 - USD$9.8157
50-day moving average	USD$8.8009
200-day moving average	USD$8.1356
Wall St. target price	USD$9.69
PE ratio	5.8103
Dividend yield	USD$0.68 (7.36%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.097

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Barings BDC price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $9.06 from 2021-01-11

1 week (2021-01-11)	9.06
1 month (2020-12-18)	-1.31%
3 months (2020-10-16)	11.17%
6 months (2020-07-17)	20.16%

1 year (2020-01-17)	-13.38%
2 years (2019-01-18)	-5.62%
3 years (2018-01-18)	10.27
5 years (2016-01-15)	17.27

Is Barings BDC under- or over-valued?

Valuing Barings BDC stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Barings BDC's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Barings BDC's P/E ratio

Barings BDC's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 6x. In other words, Barings BDC shares trade at around 6x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Barings BDC's EBITDA

Barings BDC's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$55.8 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Barings BDC's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Barings BDC financials

Revenue TTM	USD$69.6 million
Operating margin TTM	71.67%
Gross profit TTM	USD$75.6 million
Return on assets TTM	2.56%
Return on equity TTM	-0.73%
Profit margin	-5.76%
Book value	$10.967
Market capitalisation	USD$594.4 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Barings BDC shares

There are currently 724,729 Barings BDC shares held short by investors – that's known as Barings BDC's "short interest". This figure is 61.4% up from 449,006 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Barings BDC shares can be evaluated.

Barings BDC's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Barings BDC's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Barings BDC shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Barings BDC shares traded daily (recently around 189719.63350785). Barings BDC's SIR currently stands at 3.82. In other words for every 100,000 Barings BDC shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3820 shares are currently held short.

However Barings BDC's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Barings BDC shares, or, against the total number of tradable Barings BDC shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Barings BDC's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Barings BDC shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0212% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Barings BDC shares, roughly 21 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Barings BDC.

Find out more about how you can short Barings BDC stock.

Barings BDC share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 106.56% of net profits

Recently Barings BDC has paid out, on average, around 106.56% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 7.36% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Barings BDC shareholders could enjoy a 7.36% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Barings BDC's case, that would currently equate to about $0.68 per share.

Barings BDC's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Barings BDC's most recent dividend payout was on 2 December 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 24 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Barings BDC share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Barings BDC's shares have ranged in value from as little as $4.4043 up to $9.8157. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Barings BDC's is 0.7003. This would suggest that Barings BDC's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Barings BDC overview

Barings BDC, Inc. (NYSE: BBDC) is a publicly traded, externally managed investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Barings BDC seeks to invest primarily in senior secured loans to private U.S. 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. Barings BDC's investment activities are managed by its investment adviser, Barings LLC, a leading global asset manager based in Charlotte, NC with over $335 billion of AUM firm-wide. For more information, visit www.baringsbdc.com.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Barings BDC is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.338% of Barings BDC shares are held by insiders and 57.487% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Barings BDC?

  Barings BDC's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Barings BDC based?

  Barings BDC's address is: 300 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC, United States, 28202

• What is Barings BDC's ISIN number?

  Barings BDC's international securities identification number is: US06759L1035

• What is Barings BDC's CUSIP number?

  Barings BDC's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 06759L103