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Author’s Note: PART 1 of this article analyzed Ares Capital Corp.’s ( ARCC ) recent quarterly results and compared several of the company’s metrics to fourteen business development company (“BDC”) peers. PART 1 helps lead to a better understanding of the ...

Note: data from the article are from August 14, 2019. The ETRACS 2x Leveraged ETN Snapshot presents the latest updates on the news, yields, performance and other data for the ETRACS 2x ETNs, an extremely popular suite of high-yielding vehicles for income investors. This consolidated repo...

Author’s Note: This article is a very detailed analysis of Main Street Capital Corp.’s ( MAIN ) dividend sustainability. I have performed this analysis due to the continued number of readers who have specifically requested such an analysis be performed on MAIN at periodic inter...

The VanEck Vectors BDC Income ETF ( BIZD ) invests in a wide array of business development companies in the United States. The fund offers a huge dividend yield of 9% and the underlying BDCs trade at a weighted average P/E ratio of 8.5X. As you would expect, all of that reward comes with a f...

Introduction/Recap: On 8/27/2019, Prospect Capital Corp. ( PSEC ) reported quarterly net investment income (“NII”) of $0.190 per share, earnings per share (“EPS”) (also known as “ net assets resulting from operations” ) of $0.106, and a net asset val...

For business development companies, Q2 was a negative quarter in terms of credit quality as non-accruals and KBW watchlist investment increased while book value declined, write Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analysts Ryan Lynch and Paul Johnson in KBW's BDC Credit Monitor. More news on...

Focus of Article: The focus of PART 1 of this article is to analyze Ares Capital Corp.'s ( ARCC ) recent results and compare a handful of the company's metrics to thirteen business development company ("BDC") peers. This analysis will show past and current data with supporting documentation ...

Recap/Focus of Article: On 8/8/2019, Main Street Capital Corp. ( MAIN ) reported quarterly net investment income (“NII”) of $0.630 per share and earnings per share (“EPS”) of $0.608. In comparison, I projected MAIN would report quarterly NII of $0.622 per share...

Author’s Note: Since many readers have recently asked about this topic (both in public and private), please see the following articles regarding my thoughts onProspect Capital Corp.’s ( PSEC ) dividend sustainability: Prospect Capital's Calendar Year 2019 Dividend And NAV...

In a recent article entitled " The Dark Side of BDC Investments , " we lay out the investment thesis for MLPs in today’s market environment: (1) High Dividend Yield: in a low yield environment with treasuries paying just north of 2%, BDCs catch all the attention with their 8-...