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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital is the world's largest publicly traded business development company ( BDC ). As a result, heaps of well-run midsize businesses are starving for capital and willing to pay eye-popping interest rates. In the second quarter, the average yield on debt securities in Ares Capital's portfolio was 12.2%

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Before you plow every penny you can find into these two stocks, it's important to remember that an especially high yield means the market is worried the underlying business can't continue meeting and raising its dividend commitment. The average yield Ares received from its portfolio of debt securities was a healthy 12.2%

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2023

Investors are more than a little concerned with a debt load of about $143 billion. With customers who rarely disconnect their mobile or fiber internet connections, AT&T's telecom business is a reliably profitable one that generated $18 billion in free cash flow over the past 12 months. at the end of June from just 7.7%

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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. Just three companies representing 1.5%

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The company has raised its dividend payout for 17 straight years. Soaring interest rates have the market worried that Verizon's debt load could become too much of a burden. Steady cash flow generation and declining capital expenditures suggest its debt load will be manageable. Shares of Verizon offer a huge 7.7%

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MAY 2, 2024

Time to pounce: PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (10.82% yield) A second ultra-high-yield dividend stock that's begging to be bought in May is off-the-radar business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT). billion) is tied up in debt securities. billion) is tied up in debt securities.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is a business development company ( BDC ). That means it's essentially a bank that makes high-interest loans to midsize businesses that can't get regular banks to return their calls. The average yield PennantPark received from borrowers reached 12.1%

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