profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
$11.06-1.86% today
-21.1% in 1 year
1-year low $10.051-year high $14.60
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 $7.26 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 Bain Capital Specialty Finance sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $117 million in 2022 to $115 million in 2025, with $98.8 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Bain Capital Specialty Finance handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$146M
Free cash flow 2025$30M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$146M
Cash vs. debt$26M vs. $1.5B
Bain Capital Specialty Finance vs. similar companies
Bain Capital Specialty Finance grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bain Capital Specialty Finance | 7.3× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock | 33.8× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 48.5× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.5× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 71.1× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Bain Capital Specialty Finance'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | 138 | 138 | 115 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 105 | 123 | 119 | 99 | |
| 1.63 | 1.91 | 1.85 | 1.53 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 90.5% | 89.4% | 86.4% | 86.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,592 | 2,472 | 2,632 | 2,663 |
| Cash | 60 | 49 | 54 | 26 |
| Total debt | 1,385 | 1,256 | 1,390 | 1,471 |
| Total liabilities | 1,476 | 1,336 | 1,492 | 1,545 |
| 1,116 | 1,136 | 1,140 | 1,117 | |
| 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 9.4% | 10.9% | 10.5% | 8.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -317 | 219 | -27 | 30 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -317 | 219 | -27 | 30 | |
| Dividends paid | 88 | 99 | 114 | 146 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 7.3×
- 6.8×
- –
- 0.8×
- 6.3×
- 24.3×
- –
- 4.1%
- 13.8%
- 14.5%
Profitability
- 61.2%
- 49.6%
- 86.2%
- 49.5%
- 3.6%
- 4.5%
- 6.6%
- 2.8%
- 3.7%
- –
Growth
- −0.6%
- −2.1%
- −73.8%
- +6.5%
- +0.1%
Financial health
- 14.6×
- 1.33
- 55.9%
- 1.2×
- –
- –
- 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.
Bottom 46%of 827
Top 14%of 709
Top 13%of 876
Bottom 20%of 879
Bottom 40%of 926
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $14.00
- Range
- $14.00 – $14.00
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 11, 2026 | 0.42 | 0.44 | −4.5% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 0.46 | 0.45 | +2.2% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | 0.45 | 0.45 | +0.0% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 0.47 | 0.43 | +9.3% |
| May 5, 2025 | 0.50 | 0.48 | +4.2% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 0.52 | 0.49 | +6.1% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | 0.53 | 0.50 | +6.0% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | 0.51 | 0.52 | −1.9% |
14.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$145a year at today's yield, before tax
+6.5%2020 to 2025
Raised4 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.40 in 2018 → $1.95 in 2025
How safe it looks
147.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 493.9%
News
Bain Capital Specialty Finance signals $0.01 per share quarterly uplift per 100 bp rate increase while reviewing 2027 dividend levelSeeking Alpha · Nov 10, 2026Insider 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
1/7Passes 1 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
40No pass
Benjamin Graham
77Pass
Philip Fisher
50No pass
Peter Lynch
26No pass
Joel Greenblatt
33No pass
Charlie Munger
41No pass
Terry Smith
32No pass
Questions about Bain Capital Specialty Finance
Is Bain Capital Specialty Finance a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 1 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 Bain Capital Specialty Finance AI analysis
What does Bain Capital Specialty Finance do?
Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. is business development company specializing in direct loans to middle-market companies. It is in Asset Management.
Does Bain Capital Specialty Finance pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 14.5% a year, about 148% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $146 million in dividends.
Is Bain Capital Specialty Finance stock halal?
No. Bain Capital Specialty Finance does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 205% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Bain Capital Specialty Finance stock done over the past year?
Down 21.1% over the past twelve months, to $11.06. It traded between $10.05 and $14.60 and is 24.2% below its high.
Who are Bain Capital Specialty Finance's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Bain Capital Specialty Finance's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.