# Barings BDC Inc. (BBDC) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Consumer Finance. Price $9.02, market value $944 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 11.0×** (5-yr avg 6.3×, 3-yr avg 6.5×). Barings BDC Inc. trades at 11.0× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 6.3×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×. Forward P/E is 8.9×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / book: 0.8×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 9.1%**. The inverse of the P/E: 9.1% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Return on equity: 8.8%**. 8.8% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.

## Growth
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -9.7%** (3-yr 0.0%/yr, 5-yr 11.8%/yr). Earnings per share fell 9.7%.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 11.53%** ($1.04 per share, trailing). Barings BDC Inc. yields 11.53%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 123%**. The dividend exceeds earnings (123% payout), which is rarely sustainable outside REITs and one-off years.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 6**. 6 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 12.9%/yr** (1-yr 14.4%). The dividend has compounded at 12.9% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 6 years at that pace.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: buy** (6 analysts). 6 analysts cover Barings BDC Inc.; the consensus is buy, with an average price target of $9.96 (+10% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 4.9%** (YTD 4.4%, 3-mo 8.2%). The shares are up 4.9% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -5.5%** (13.3% above the low). Trading 5% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 46**. An RSI of 46 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.58** (volatility 22%). Beta of 0.58 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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