The BDC Reporter has reviewed all the available information about Ares Capital to prepare a preview of what we might expect to learn when the market leader reports IQ 2022 results next week. This might be a boom or bust year for the BDC sector so a deep dive seems appropriate.
In a follow-up to an article the day before, the BDC Reporter reviews the details of Saratoga Investment’s new Baby Bond offering. The debt issuance is encouraging news for both the BDC itself and the public market for BDC fixed income.
Saratoga Investment is issuing new unsecured debt in the public market – an important development at this time both for the BDC and the sector. We discuss the implications and what might happen next.
We use the opportunity of Bain Capital receiving a new investment grade rating to review how the BDC might perform as rates rise through 2022. Could the BDC’s stock price re-visit heights not experienced for three years ?
We review Golub Capital’s regular quarterly update of investment activity for hints about broader BDC trends and what the implications might be for GBDC itself.
A long troubled Ares Capital portfolio company reaches a resolution. Based on a BDC Credit Reporter update, we assess the impact on the BDC.
The BDC Reporter re-visits the complexities of evaluating BDC investments with an illustrative example from a just announced portfolio company bankruptcy.
The BDC Reporter has updated and expanded the Fixed Income Table of all publicly traded unsecured debt as changing market conditions have caused us to reassess the direction of this segment of the market.
We review Runway Growth Finance’s IQ 2022 portfolio update less for an insight into the BDC’s likely earnings but as a prospective window into the pace of recent investment activity in the venture debt segment of the market.
Logan Ridge Finance – by its own admission – has much to do where it’s balance sheet is concerned. The BDC has just taken a step forward, but it’s hard to say if progress is being made or not.
BDC equity raises are rare these days. Trinity Capital, which went public recently, has just priced a secondary stock offering. We discuss the newer BDC’s growth, earnings and dividend outlook and wonder if a new BDC outperformer has arrived on the scene ?
SLR Investment Corp – days after acquiring its sister BDC – has announced a distribution for April. We use the opportunity to discuss whether the BDC can “cover” its payout going forward and how the stock has performed in recent years and might perform in the future.
Newtek Business Services has quietly refinanced years in advance its most expensive unsecured note. We review the earnings impact and what further steps investors might expect as Newtek changes its status.
We use the example of BDC portfolio company California Pizza Kitchen to discuss the broader subject of restructured investments and the challenge posed to investors by the uncertainty and time frames involved.
Cion Investment has expanded its main secured debt facility. We discuss how this fits into the BDC’s expansion plans and what challenges still lie ahead that could impact earnings for years to come.
The BDC Reporter looks ahead to Apollo Investment’s IQ 2022 earnings release and explains why investors should be paying close attention to multiple factors that could help or hinder the stock price.
We republish a BDC Credit Reporter article about the successful sale of a long standing Crescent Capital portfolio company. We use the opportunity to review the BDC’s credit performance of late compared to before the pandemic and at its height.
SLR Investment Corp will be swallowing up sister SLR Senior Investment Corp in a few days after receiving shareholder permissions all around. We discuss what to expect from the new super-sized BDC.
From the BDC Credit Reporter: a review of Logan Ridge Finance’s credit status as of IVQ 2021 and our projection for 2022.
Logan Ridge Finance is making progress on turning round the former Capitala Finance, but very slowly. Will the new advisor to the BDC be able to pull off a spectacular turnaround that might greatly boost the stock price ? We get some ideas from the IVQ 2021 conference call transcript.
