BDC Stock Recent News

We take a look at the action in business development companies through the third week of April and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. BDCs rallied with a 4% gain over a holiday-shortened week, though the sector remains down month-to-date, with GAIN outperforming. Q1 guidance is coming in: MAIN expects a record NAV, while CSWC anticipates a 14% drop in NII but a slight NAV increase.

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Rising non-accrual base is the BDC Achilles heel. The current economic conditions drive up the probability of that risk. Hence, the BDC income and NAV durability have become extremely important topics.

Saratoga Investment Corp is a business development company that generates a high distribution rate of 12.7%, paid monthly. SAR outperforms the BDC sector in ROE and total return, with a diversified portfolio and a high leverage structure that boosts returns. The company recently switched to monthly distributions, offers a DRIP plan, and has a strong growth model.

We constantly monitor BDC-issued Baby Bonds due to the issuers' regulatory leverage limitations and attractive yields, using Moody's BDC credit rating methodology for better evaluation. Carlyle Secured Lending offers a tempting adjusted NII yield of 13.5% and adjusted expected ROE of 11.8%, but with inherent credit and interest rate risks, too. CGBDL, trading at $26.00, offers a 7.50% Yield to Maturity but a less impressive 3.51% Yield to Call, making it less attractive currently.

LONDON , April 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Corero Network Security (AIM: CNS) (OTCQX: DDOSF), the distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection specialists, announced that it has been named a finalist for the 2025 Joseph C. Belden Innovation Award, presented annually by Belden Inc. The award recognizes outstanding innovation across the connectivity and networking industries, spotlighting breakthrough solutions that drive measurable business value and sustainability impact.

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (NYSE: TPVG) (the “Company”), a leading financing provider to venture growth stage companies backed by a select group of venture capital firms in technology and other high growth industries, today announced it will release its financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2025 after market-close on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. James P. Labe, chief executive officer and chairman of the board, Sajal K. Srivastava, pres.

Since December, 2023, I have been skeptical on Horizon Technology. During this time period, the BDC has registered a negative total return performance of 26%, while the BDC market has delivered a positive figure of 5%. As a result of these declines, HRZN trades at a discount and offers one of the highest dividend yields in the BDC sector.

The newly listed BDC Kayne Anderson has an effective initial portfolio management, but its brief operational history requires investors to maintain a "HOLD" position. The company has shown stability through early market difficulties while performing better than multiple top-rated BDCs at a slight discount to its net asset value. KBDC has strong financial health through its low debt-to-equity ratio and high institutional ownership, while providing a 10% dividend yield with well-covered dividend payments.

LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. (“Crescent BDC”) (NASDAQ: CCAP) today announced it will release its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025 on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 after market close. Crescent BDC invites all interested persons to attend its webcast/conference call on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss its first quarter ended March 31, 2025 financial results.