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NYSE · BBDC
Barings BDC, Inc.
Financial Services · Financial - Credit Services
$8.71
Down-$0.04 (-0.46%)
Updated Sep 11, 2026, 7:17 AM
SID Score
6.0/10
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- Market cap
- 946.96M
- P/E ratio
- 12.15
- Dividend yield
- 7.69%
- 52-week range
- $7.96 – $9.54
- Volume
- 608.49K
- Avg. volume
- 573.55K
Price performance
BBDC price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
BBDC closed at $8.71 after 20 trading sessions, down 7.64% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $8.71
- Period change
- -7.64%
- Period low
- $8.71
- Period high
- $9.45
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | $8.74 | $8.775 | $8.69 | $8.71 | 608.49K |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $8.86 | $8.9456 | $8.75 | $8.75 | 694.39K |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $9.00 | $9.06 | $8.85 | $8.86 | 589.19K |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $8.95 | $9.075 | $8.84 | $9.02 | 445.27K |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $9.17 | $9.225 | $8.94 | $8.99 | 726K |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $9.02 | $9.14 | $8.995 | $9.11 | 630.9K |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $9.42 | $9.49 | $9.29 | $9.30 | 1.33M |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $9.40 | $9.535 | $9.38 | $9.44 | 1.06M |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $9.35 | $9.405 | $9.3231 | $9.35 | 799.29K |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $9.35 | $9.395 | $9.30 | $9.38 | 766.33K |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $9.45 | $9.45 | $9.29 | $9.35 | 667.35K |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $9.45 | $9.468 | $9.365 | $9.45 | 696.95K |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $9.38 | $9.455 | $9.30 | $9.45 | 530.32K |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $9.42 | $9.43 | $9.32 | $9.34 | 799.13K |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $9.35 | $9.445 | $9.24 | $9.40 | 1.11M |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $9.43 | $9.51 | $9.38 | $9.42 | 563.03K |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $9.30 | $9.515 | $9.30 | $9.39 | 1.4M |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $9.35 | $9.45 | $9.26 | $9.39 | 988.75K |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $9.32 | $9.415 | $9.26 | $9.31 | 593.56K |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $9.29 | $9.45 | $9.275 | $9.43 | 1.04M |
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Company profile
Barings BDC Inc operates as a closed-end, non-diversified investment company and has elected to be treated as a business development company. The company's investment objective is to generate current income by investing directly in privately held middle-market companies to help these companies fund acquisitions, growth, or refinancing. Barings employs fundamental credit analysis and targets investments in businesses with low levels of cyclicality and operating risk relative to other businesses in this market segment. The holding size of each position will generally be dependent upon a number of factors including total facility size, pricing and structure, and the number of other lenders in the facility.
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- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $12.50
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 11
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | — |
| Apr 28, 2026 | LUCID CAPITAL MARKETS | Neutral | — |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | — |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | — |
| May 28, 2025 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | — |
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SeekingAlpha · Aug 26, 2026
Barings BDC: Stock Discount Doesn't Justify Equity Risk Over OTC Bonds
Barings BDC offers strong asset quality, low non-accruals, and investment-grade credit ratings trades at a 14% discount to NAV. Read more on BBDC stock here.
Yahoo · Aug 19, 2026
Is the Options Market Predicting a Spike in Barings BDC Stock?
Investors need to pay close attention to BBDC stock based on the movements in the options market lately.
Benzinga · Aug 10, 2026
Wells Fargo Maintains Overweight on Barings BDC, Raises Price Target to $10
Wells Fargo analyst Finian O'Shea maintains Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) with a Overweight and raises the price target from $9.5 to $10.
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