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LIEN (Chicago Atlantic BDC) Dividend Yield % : 12.12% (As of Jul. 07, 2025)


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What is Chicago Atlantic BDC Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2025-07-07), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Chicago Atlantic BDC is 12.12%.

Good Sign:

Chicago Atlantic BDC Inc stock Dividend Yield % is close to 2-year high.

The historical rank and industry rank for Chicago Atlantic BDC's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

LIEN' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.36   Med: 7.82   Max: 12.43
Current: 12.12

During the past 4 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Chicago Atlantic BDC was 12.43%. The lowest was 2.36%. And the median was 7.82%.

LIEN's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
91.44% of 1180 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 6.13 vs LIEN: 12.12

Chicago Atlantic BDC's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.03.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Chicago Atlantic BDC Inc is 1.37, which seems too high.

During the past 4 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Chicago Atlantic BDC was 1.37. The lowest was 0.41. And the median was 0.79.

As of today (2025-07-07), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Chicago Atlantic BDC is 12.96%.

Chicago Atlantic BDC's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.34.

During the past 12 months, Chicago Atlantic BDC's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 61.60% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Chicago Atlantic BDC Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chicago Atlantic 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.

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Chicago Atlantic BDC Dividend Yield % Chart

Chicago Atlantic BDC Annual Data
Trend Mar21 Mar22 Dec23 Dec24
Dividend Yield %
- - 5.69 8.95

Chicago Atlantic BDC Quarterly Data
Mar21 Jun21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.60 8.29 9.40 8.95 10.49

Competitive Comparison of Chicago Atlantic BDC's Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Chicago Atlantic 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.


Chicago Atlantic BDC's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Chicago Atlantic BDC's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chicago Atlantic BDC's Dividend Yield % falls into.


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Chicago Atlantic BDC Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Chicago Atlantic BDC Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.3400002025-06-272025-06-272025-07-11Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3400002025-03-282025-03-282025-04-11Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3400002024-12-192024-12-192024-12-27Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2500002024-09-192024-09-192024-09-27Cash DividendquarterlyUSD: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.

Chicago Atlantic BDC's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.27/10.48
=12.12 %

Current Share Price is $10.48.
Chicago Atlantic BDC's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.27.

Chicago Atlantic BDC's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.36/10.48
=12.98 %

Current Share Price is $10.48.
Chicago Atlantic BDC's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.34 * 4 = $1.36.

* 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.


Chicago Atlantic BDC  (NAS:LIEN) 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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Chicago Atlantic BDC Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
600 Madison Avenue, Suite 1800, New York, NY, USA, 10022
Chicago Atlantic BDC Inc is a specialty finance company. The company is an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company with an investment objective to maximize risk-adjusted returns on equity for its stockholders by investing in direct loans to privately held middle-market companies, with a focus on cannabis companies.
Executives
Umesh Mahajan officer: Chief Financial Officer 600 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 1800, NEW YORK NY 10022
Scott Gordon director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1114 6TH AVE, 41ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Gregory M. Gentile 10 percent owner, officer: CFO, CCO & Sec. 1114 6TH AVE, 41ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Silver Spike Capital, Llc 10 percent owner 600 MADISON AVE, SUITE 1800, NEW YORK NY 10022
Warson Tracey Brophy director 1350 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10019
Silver Spike Holdings, Lp 10 percent owner 600 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 1800, NEW YORK NY 10022
Michael William Chorske director 660 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 1600, NEW YORK NY 10065
Vivek Bunty Bohra director 660 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 1600, NEW YORK NY 10065
Silver Spike Holdings Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 660 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 1600, NEW YORK NY 10065
Da Corte Americo director 660 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 1600, NEW YORK NY 10065