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BBDC — Barings BDC, Inc.

US equity mkt cap 984.2M
9.34 -0.64% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 7.99 · high 9.90

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Performance

1 day-0.64%
1 week+0.32%
1 month+14.04%
3 months+9.75%
6 months+1.74%
Year to date+1.08%
1 year-3.21%
3 years+1.08%
5 years-15.32%

Technicals

RSI 1474.6
vs 50-day avg+8.45%
vs 200-day avg+6.92%
Volatility 1y22.7%
Max drawdown 1y-19.29%
Avg volume 30d711.2K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)11.06%
Paid last 12m1.3500
Payments in 12m5
Paying since2018-08-06

⚠ Includes an irregular or special distribution — this yield is unlikely to repeat.

Measured signals that fired on BBDC

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-18Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-03-06Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-06-03McDonnell Thomas
Chief Executive Officer
Open-market purchase10.0K8.2782.7K
2025-12-09BYERS STEPHEN R
Director
Open-market purchase6.8K8.9760.6K
2025-12-09BYERS STEPHEN R
Director
Open-market sale5.7K8.9850.9K
2025-06-06BYERS STEPHEN R
Director
Open-market purchase8.7K8.8977.3K
2025-06-06Murray Elizabeth A.
CFO and COO and PAO
Open-market purchase3.4K8.8430.1K
2025-05-19Lloyd Eric J
CEO
Open-market purchase27.3K9.13249.0K
2025-05-19Lloyd Eric J
CEO
Open-market purchase7.1K9.0964.5K
2025-05-19Freund Matthew
President
Open-market purchase3.5K9.0731.9K
2025-05-19Freund Matthew
President
Open-market purchase3.5K9.0731.7K
2025-05-19Freund Matthew
President
Open-market purchase229.07200

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BARINGS LLC112.3M13.6M
PRIVATE MANAGEMENT GROUP INC35.4M4.3M
ARES MANAGEMENT LLC29.9M3.6M
Cresset Asset Management, LLC19.1M2.3M
UBS Group AG13.0M1.6M
Diameter Capital Partners LP12.1M1.5M
MORGAN STANLEY8.2M997.8K
DIMENSION CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC8.1M985.2K
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP8.1M979.3K
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC8.0M970.8K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d57.9% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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