profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Barings BDC
$8.59-0.12% today
-3.9% in 1 year
1-year low $7.991-year high $9.45
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $8.82 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Barings BDC sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $16.0 million in 2022 to $114 million in 2025, with $102 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Barings BDC handed back 82% of the cash it generated last year.
$125M
Free cash flow 2025$161M
Bought back its own shares$6M
Paid as dividends$125M
Cash vs. debt$54M vs. $1.4B
Barings BDC vs. similar companies
Barings BDC grows the fastest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barings BDC | 8.8× · Cheap | ||
 Sunbelt Rentals Holdings | 22.3× · Fair price | ||
 Global Payments | 17.4× · Fair price | ||
 Synchrony Financial | 6.3× · Cheap | ||
 SoFi Technologies | 41.6× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Barings BDC's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 140 | 124 | 114 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 5 | 128 | 110 | 102 | |
| 0.05 | 1.20 | 1.04 | 0.97 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 29.2% | 91.6% | 89.2% | 89.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,710 | 2,677 | 2,696 | 2,636 |
| Cash | 139 | 71 | 78 | 54 |
| Total debt | 1,448 | 1,440 | 1,450 | 1,430 |
| Total liabilities | 1,518 | 1,481 | 1,505 | 1,476 |
| 1,192 | 1,197 | 1,190 | 1,161 | |
| 103 | 107 | 106 | 105 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 0.4% | 10.7% | 9.3% | 8.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 77 | 122 | 161 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 86 | 77 | 122 | 161 | |
| Dividends paid | 94 | 109 | 110 | 125 |
| 32 | 15 | 6 | 6 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 8.8×
- 8.6×
- 0.05
- 0.8×
- 7.9×
- 5.6×
- –
- 17.8%
- 11.3%
- 13.8%
Profitability
- 67.8%
- 61.0%
- 89.7%
- 61.1%
- 5.1%
- 3.4%
- 7.7%
- 3.4%
- 5.1%
- –
Growth
- +92.2%
- +168.7%
- +36.2%
- +15.6%
- +12.6%
Financial health
- 9.9×
- 1.23
- 54.4%
- 1.6×
- –
- –
- 0.08
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 46%of 848
Top 11%of 728
Top 22%of 880
Top 3%of 878
Top 13%of 932
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $12.50
- Range
- $12.50 – $12.50
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 0.25 | 0.25 | +0.0% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 0.27 | 0.26 | +3.8% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 0.32 | 0.27 | +18.5% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 0.28 | 0.26 | +7.7% |
| May 8, 2025 | 0.25 | 0.28 | −10.7% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 0.28 | 0.29 | −3.4% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 0.29 | 0.30 | −3.3% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 0.40 | 0.30 | +33.3% |
13.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$138a year at today's yield, before tax
+15.6%2020 to 2025
Raised6 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$2.36 in 2015 → $1.34 in 2025
How safe it looks
122.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 78.0%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
58No pass
Benjamin Graham
79Pass
Philip Fisher
82Pass
Peter Lynch
100Pass
Joel Greenblatt
29No pass
Charlie Munger
50No pass
Terry Smith
60Pass
Questions about Barings BDC
Is Barings BDC a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 4 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Barings BDC AI analysis
What does Barings BDC do?
Barings BDC, Inc. (NYSE: BBDC) is a publicly traded, externally managed investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. It is in Financial - Credit Services.
Does Barings BDC pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 13.8% a year, about 123% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $125 million in dividends.
Is Barings BDC stock halal?
No. Barings BDC does not pass our halal screen: its main business, lending at interest, is not permitted. How we check
How has Barings BDC stock done over the past year?
Down 3.9% over the past twelve months, to $8.59. It traded between $7.99 and $9.45 and is 9.1% below its high.
Who are Barings BDC's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Global Payments, Synchrony Financial and SoFi Technologies. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Barings BDC's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.