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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.
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Latest market close | USD$9.06 |
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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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Historical closes compared with the close of $9.06 from 2021-01-11
1 week (2021-01-11) | 9.06 |
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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% |
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2 years (2019-01-18) | -5.62% |
3 years (2018-01-18) | 10.27 |
5 years (2016-01-15) | 17.27 |
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 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 (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.
Revenue TTM | USD$69.6 million |
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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
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) 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.
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").
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, 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.
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