FSK News and Press, FS KKR Capital Corp. From 10/21/20

Rand Capital is a BDC in transition. The company is shifting its focus from equity to debt investments, setting the groundwork for regular dividend payments. RAND didn't share its plans for how it would look like after the transition. A wait-and-see approach is advisable until the...

September 8 to October 9: Arnold article readers mentioned 56 equities in their comments. Some lamented bad news so bad news investments (rogues) mixed with (mostly) favorites. Ten analyst-target-estimated TOP-NET-GAIN reader faves & rogues (ReFa/Ro) BTI, ENB, CVX, PNNT, CNQ, XOM,...

FS KKR Capital Corp. is available at a 31% discount to its NAV. Its dividend yield too is attractive at 16.61%. However, its forthcoming equity issue at a discount to its NAV is likely to drag its price and NAV down. The U.S. SEC's October 2020 report on the credit market also rev...

I recently started a position in FDUS as I believe that there's a good chance for a total return potential of 30% or higher over the next 12 months. FDUS is currently trading at a 35% discount to book value, driving a current annual dividend yield of 12%. There's also the possibil...

Part 2 of this article compares ARCC’s recent dividend per share rates, yield percentages, and several other highly unique dividend sustainability metrics to fourteen BDC peers. This includes a comparative analysis of ARCC’s cumulative undistributed taxable income ratio,...

Part 1 of this article compares ARCC’s recent quarterly change in NAV, quarterly and trailing twelve-month economic return, NII, and current valuation to fourteen BDC peers. Part 1 also performs a comparative analysis between each company’s investment portfolio as of 3/3...

This is a series of articles discussing retirement portfolios using BDCs currently yielding around 12% and their safer notes - baby bonds/preferred shares with yield-to-maturities ranging from 6% to 10%. GBDC is trading below book value/NAV offering a current dividend yield of 8.8%. ...

Barings BDC ( BBDC ) is a $400M BDC that has undergone and continues to endure major restructuring in its portfolio and operations in the last two years. In its most recent activity, the company has announced a merger with MVC Capital ( MVC ) under which MVC Capital will merge into Barings BDC...

Introduction This article is part of a series discussing how to build a retirement portfolio using Business Development Companies ("BDCs") currently yielding almost 12% and their safer notes - baby bonds/preferred shares with yield-to-maturities ranging from 6.5% to 10.0%. Please see the...

Business development companies (BDCs) are publicly traded stocks that are simply underfollowed and underowned. OCSL, FSK, and TSLX are 3 BDC's use can use to create a dividend portfolio that yields 10.9%. We’re in the deepest recession since World War II, yet the yield on the ...