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OCTOBER 20, 2024

With equity stakes in successful businesses such as Palantir Technologies and Axsome Therapeutics , this business development company's ( BDC ) regular quarterly dividend has held steady or risen since 2009. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $44,456 !*

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Just as the name suggests, these are companies that own revenue-bearing properties ranging from office buildings to hotels to apartments to warehouses. Most of any rent-driven profits produced by these organizations are passed along to a REIT's shareholders. Even by REIT standards, however, Realty Income is notable.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 28, 2024

Let's break down five companies that are established dividend payers, and assess why holding each of these stocks over a long-term time horizon can lead to massive gains for your portfolio. Hercules Capital Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a business development company (BDC). per unit at the end of 2009, to $3.70

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The company's dividend yield of 9.49% would enable you to make well nearly $3,638 in passive income this year. Ares Capital offers such a high yield primarily because of its business structure. Of course, the company must generate plenty of income in the first place to have enough to pay dividends.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

As a business development company (BDC) , it must return at least 90% of earnings to shareholders as dividends to be exempt from federal income taxes. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $44,492 !* That's what you'll get with Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC).

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

That's because companies rarely commit to distributing a portion of their profits to shareholders unless they're already profitable and likely to stay that way. Dividend-paying businesses have to be extra careful with their cash flows, which tends to benefit investors. At recent prices, Rithm Capital offers a big 9.5%

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) are a pair of well-manged business development companies (BDCs) that offer eye-popping dividend yields. banks have been increasingly hesitant to lend to businesses directly for decades. The BDC industry is a lucrative one because U.S.

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