As of today (2024-04-24), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Barings BDC is 11.13%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Barings BDC's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
BBDC'
s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.43 Med: 9.03 Max: 19.07
Current: 11.13
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Barings BDC was 19.07%. The lowest was 2.43%. And the median was 9.03%.
BBDC's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 87.16% of 1215
companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.66
vs BBDC: 11.13
Barings BDC's Dividend Payout Ratio for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.90.
Warning Sign:
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Barings BDC Inc is 0.85, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Barings BDC was 19.00. The lowest was 0.47. And the median was 1.76.
Barings BDC's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.26.
During the past 12 months, Barings BDC's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.40% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 16.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 19.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -11.30% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Barings BDC was 24.00% per year. The lowest was -41.60% per year. And the median was 4.40% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Barings BDC Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Barings BDC'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.
Competitive Comparison of Barings BDC's Dividend Yield %
For the Asset Management subindustry, Barings BDC'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.
Barings BDC's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Barings BDC's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Barings BDC's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Barings BDC Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Barings BDC Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.260
2024-03-05
2024-03-06
2024-03-13
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.260
2023-12-05
2023-12-06
2023-12-13
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.260
2023-09-05
2023-09-06
2023-09-13
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.250
2023-06-06
2023-06-07
2023-06-14
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.
Barings BDC's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
1.03
/
9.25
=
11.14 %
Current Share Price is $9.25.
Barings BDC's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.03.
Barings BDC's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
1.04
/
9.25
=
11.24 %
Current Share Price is $9.25.
Barings BDC's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.26 * 4 = $1.04.
* 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.
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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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.
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