Barings BDC (Barings BDC) Debt-to-Equity

: 1.20 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Barings BDC's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.0 Mil. Barings BDC's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,440.5 Mil. Barings BDC's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,196.6 Mil. Barings BDC's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.20.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Barings BDC's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

BBDC' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.81 Med: 1.09 Max: 1.85
Current: 1.2

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Barings BDC was 1.85. The lowest was 0.81. And the median was 1.09.

BBDC's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
89.6% of 1019 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.19 vs BBDC: 1.20

Barings BDC Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Barings BDC's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Barings BDC Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

1.17

1.32

1.85

1.22

1.20

Barings BDC Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																1.22	1.24	1.24	1.27	1.20

Competitive Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Barings BDC's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Barings BDC Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Barings BDC's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Barings BDC's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Barings BDC Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Barings BDC's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(0	+	1440.497)	/	1196.559
	=	1.20

Barings BDC's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(0	+	1440.497)	/	1196.559
	=	1.20

Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Barings BDC (Barings BDC) Business Description

Industry

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Address

300 South Tryon Street, Suite 2500, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28202

Website

https://www.barings.com

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.

Executives

Michael Desieno	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	300 S. TRYON STREET, SUITE 2500, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Stephen R Byers	director	C/O BARINGS LLC, 300 S. TRYON STREET, SUITE 2500, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Michael James O'connor	other: Adviser Board Member	C/O BARINGS LLC, 300 SOUTH TRYON ST., SUITE 2500, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Sears Merritt	other: Adviser Board Member	C/O BARINGS LLC, 300 SOUTH TRYON ST., SUITE 2500, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Elizabeth A. Murray	officer: Director of External Reporting	BARINGS LLC, 300 SOUTH TRYON STREET, SUITE 2500, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Albert Perley	officer: Assistant Treasurer	BARINGS LLC, 300 SOUTH TRYON ST., STE 2500, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Michael Freno	director	BARINGS LLC, 300 SOUTH TRYON STREET, SUITE 2500, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Jeffrey Chillag	officer: Director of Finance	BARINGS LLC, 300 SOUTH TRYON STREET, STE 2500, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Eric Partlan	other: Adviser Board Member	BARINGS LLC, 300 S. TRYON STREET, SUITE 2500, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Geoff Craddock	other: Adviser Board Member	MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., ONE MARINA PARK DRIVE, BOSTON MA 02210
Thomas Okel	director	BARINGS LLC, 300 SOUTH TRYON STREET, SUITE 2500, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Gregory Wayne Maccordy	other: Chief Compliance Officer	6 LAMPLIGHT LANE, WESTPORT CT 06880
Ashlee Steinnerd	officer: Chief Legal Officer	BARINGS LLC, 300 S. TRYON STREET, SUITE 2500, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Benjamin Tecmire	officer: Chief Compliance Officer	BARINGS LLC, 300 S. TRYON STREET, SUITE 2500, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Valerie Lancaster-beal	director	SIERRA INCOME CORPORATION, 375 PARK AVE. SUITE 3304, NEW YORK NY 10152