The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 23, 2024

This may be Wall Street's safest 11%-plus-yielding stock for 2025 Though there are well over 100 publicly traded companies currently yielding north of 10% on an annual basis, the one that could allow income seekers to sleep easy at night is little-known business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT).

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 14, 2023

Ares Capital: A 10.05% yield Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a business development company, or BDC. Ares Capital is essentially a lender to midsized companies that have a hard time getting the big banks to return their calls. Ares Capital's dividend hasn't risen in a straight line, but it has increased by 37% since 2009.

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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

JUNE 23, 2024

The company hasn't raised the payout since slashing it a couple of years ago, and at recent prices, the telecom stock offers a 6.1% AT&T racked up a lot of debt building out its 5G infrastructure. At the end of March, the company's net debt level was 2.9 times adjusted EBITDA in the first half of 2025.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Ares Capital is a business development company ( BDC ) that provides financing for middle-market companies (businesses that generate between $10 million and $250 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) every year). Why does Ares Capital pay such a high dividend?

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 10, 2024

Pfizer has raised its dividend payout every year since 2009; at recent prices, it offers a 5.8% Sales of Pfizer's COVID-19 products fell faster than expected but not before the company reinvested heaps of the revenue they generated back into its development pipeline. weighted-average yield on its debt investments.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 31, 2024

We are still paying the huge bills from the bailouts of 2008 and 2009 that severely damaged people’s trust in our financial system. Because they aren’t traded, private credit funds tend to be less volatile than their publicly traded counterparts, such as business development companies, or BDCs.

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