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. Here's why these two stocks could be far less risky than their ultra-high dividend yields suggest.

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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. Just three companies representing 1.5%

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2023

With a steadily growing telecom business, though, its payout could rise at a low single-digit percentage throughout your retirement years. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) is a business development company.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) is a business development company (BDC), which means it legally avoids paying income taxes by distributing at least 90% of profits to investors as a dividend. As its name implies, it only lends out capital at floating interest rates.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

However, the US investor has been involved in the Costa Group journey for much longer than that, having been a majority owner of the company prior to its 2015 initial public offering (IPO) on the ASX with its first equity stake acquired in 2011, back when its name was Paine + Partners.

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