With BDC IQ 2020 earnings season at an end, is the sector oversold after dropping twice as much as the S&P 500 ? The BDC Reporter discusses in detail why that might not be the case.
The huge BDC rally of the week before came to a halt, but there were plenty of interesting and unusual price and news developments. The BDC Reporter takes this opportunity to worry aloud about what may lie ahead from a credit standpoint in a very uncertain economic, political and financial environment. Read with a stiff drink.
Golub Capital is preparing for a Rights Offering. In anticipation, the BDC published certain preliminary IQ 2020 metrics which the BDC Reporter has sought to analyze. By the end, we are left confused by the BDC’s new strategy.
The BDC sector dropped back again last week after a head fake the week before. We review the numbers and evaluate what we’ve been learning from the BDCs themselves all week and what remains unknown.
In a surprise move, a second BDC – Golub Capital – announces its intention to undertake a rights offering. We do our best to describe how the offering will work; the capital that might be raised and the likely impact on shareholders. We use the opportunity to quickly review some of the other alternatives BDCs have at hand to raise capital in a hurry.
Another week of BDC Earnings Season and another week of a sector-wide price rally. We review the highlights of both, and add some context about longer term trends underway.
The BDC Reporter re-publishes an article from Leveraged Commentary & Data about third quarter 2019 trends and uses the opportunity to discuss some of the fundamental changes going on before our eyes in how the sector does business.
We summarize Golub Capital’s third quarter 2019 results in the wake of the acquisition of its non-traded sister BDC.
When the broader markets catch a cold the BDC sector sneezes, as this week proves again. Otherwise very little news but plenty to discuss where BDC portfolio companies credit troubles are concerned.
In a week where BDC stocks moved up to break new 2019 records – which we discuss at length – the BDC Reporter looks down the road at the growing and changing nature of the sector.
There was a paucity of news affecting the BDC sector in the week ended September but developments out of the SEC could change price dynamics.
Once again, the BDC Reporter summarizes some of the key developments lifted from the BDC Credit Reporter.
We share highlights from the BDC Credit Reporter’s compilation for the week of developments amongst under-performing portfolio companies, naming the BDCs and the amounts involved.
Moody’s has named the 17 top candidates amongst retail names to file bankruptcy in 2019. The BDC Reporter analyzes how BDC lenders might fare if the worst comes to pass.
After reading the transcript of Golub Capital’s Conference Call which discussed its higher leverage plan, we’ve returned to the drawing board/word processor and updated our earlier numbers and conclusions.
