As of today (2024-04-23), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Bain Capital Specialty Finance is 10.15%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
BCSF'
s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.03 Med: 9.54 Max: 22.36
Current: 10.15
During the past 8 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Bain Capital Specialty Finance was 22.36%. The lowest was 2.03%. And the median was 9.54%.
BCSF's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 82.14% of 1215
companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.67
vs BCSF: 10.15
Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Dividend Payout Ratio for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.88.
Warning Sign:
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Bain Capital Specialty Finance Inc is 0.84, which seems too high.
During the past 8 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Bain Capital Specialty Finance was 10.67. The lowest was 0.59. And the median was 0.84.
As of today (2024-04-23), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Bain Capital Specialty Finance is 10.37%.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.42.
During the past 12 months, Bain Capital Specialty Finance's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 15.90% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.30% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 19.80% per year.
During the past 8 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Bain Capital Specialty Finance was 49.90% per year. The lowest was -5.10% per year. And the median was 2.30% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Bain Capital Specialty Finance Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Dividend Yield % 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.
For the Asset Management subindustry, Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % 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.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.420
2024-03-27
2024-03-28
2024-04-30
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.420
2023-12-28
2023-12-29
2024-01-31
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.420
2023-09-28
2023-09-29
2023-10-31
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.380
2023-06-29
2023-06-30
2023-07-31
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
1.64
/
16.23
=
10.10 %
Current Share Price is $16.23.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.64.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
1.68
/
16.23
=
10.35 %
Current Share Price is $16.23.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.42 * 4 = $1.68.
* 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.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) Dividend Yield % Explanation
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
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Bain Capital Specialty Finance (Bain Capital Specialty Finance) Business Description
Bain Capital Specialty Finance Inc is an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. The company has elected to be treated as a business development company (BDC) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The company is managed by the Advisor, an investment adviser that is registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act. The advisor also provides the administrative services necessary for the company to operate. The primary focus is capitalizing on opportunities within Bain Capital Credit's Senior Direct Lending Strategy which seeks to provide risk-adjusted returns and current income to investors by investing primarily in middle-market companies with between $10.0 million and $150.0 million in annual EBITDA.
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