The BDC Reporter focuses on two items of special interest in FS-KKR Capital’s latest earnings conference call.
We learned a great deal more about BDC credit conditions as more and more second quarter results are divulged. However, the overall credit picture is not much altered.
The major indices may have slumped this week, but the BDC sector still had price momentum and the rally goes on for almost everyone. What could possibly go wrong ?
Trinity Capital has just completed a secondary stock offering. We analyze the metrics involved; the valuation of the BDC and its longer term outlook as a venture lender.
TriplePoint Venture Growth’s stock price is getting hammered after reporting results while Horizon Technology’s is not. Both, though, face similar challenges.
Everybody’s favorite BDC has announced its final distributions for 2023 and all appears to be going very well.
We can now report how many companies in the Ares Capital portfolio are on non-accrual. When added to the data already purloined from the BDC’s latest 10-Q, the credit picture is very clear.
A Monroe-financed media company has filed for and exited bankruptcy within the space of a few months. We estimate the impact on the BDC’s income and net book value .
Hercules Capital is back to increasing its regular distribution after a short hiatus. We discuss the BDC’s recent payout history and speculate on the way forward.
There was one bankruptcy this week and two BDCs reported their latest portfolio valuations. We learned a great deal , and updated the BDC Credit Table with the latest data.
The BDC bull charges on for another week. Where is the BDC sector headed? We offer up one possible scenario borrowed from our sister publication – BDC Best Ideas.
Ares Capital has just completed an expensive unsecured note offering. The BDC Reporter dares to ask why now?
We compare Gladstone Capital’s latest results against our expectations and those of the analysts and are suitably impressed in every category.
Ares Capital has announced IIQ 2023 results much in line with expectations. The BDC Reporter, though, has a few quibbles.
Yet another Cion Investment portfolio company has filed for bankruptcy protection but the outcome should be alright for the BDC. Plus, additional data from the BDC Credit Reporter and KBRA about the bigger picture default picture.
There were two new bankruptcies – broadly defined – of BDC-financed portfolio companies this week and a number of other credit developments in advance of earnings season which should tell us a good deal more.
The BDC rally continues for another week, lifting almost all boats and leaving us speculating where this might take us.
We review Main Street’s preliminary IIQ 2023 results to ascertain what they tell us about what we should expect from the BDC itself and from the sector.
Capital Southwest has shared a few key calendar IIQ 2023 metrics three weeks ahead of reporting its final results. We seek to determine if the BDC remains on track with expectations for earnings and distributions.
We review some interesting default projections from KBRA DLD; discuss the latest BDC credit news and offer up an unusually optimistic outlook.