The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital is the world's largest publicly traded business development company, or BDC. The midsize businesses Ares lends to are willing to borrow at higher rates than you might expect. The average yield it received from the debt securities in its portfolio was 12.2% in the second quarter.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 23, 2024

While there was plenty of buzz surrounding pot stocks in late 2020 and early 2021, it quickly faded. The Democrat-led Congress of 2021-2022 yielded no meaningful cannabis reforms on Capitol Hill, which soured investors' desire to own marijuana stocks. delinquency) rate for its debt investments is quite low.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 22, 2024

yield The second magnificent ultra-high-yield dividend stock that can be bought with confidence right now is little-known business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT). billion -- is tied up in first-lien secured debt. There are a few clear-cut advantages to being a debt-focused BDC.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Time to pounce: PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (10.88% yield) A second electrifying ultra-high-yield dividend stock that income-seeking investors should strongly consider pouncing on in September is little-known business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT). 30, 2021, to the 12.1%

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 25, 2023

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 11.75% yield A second ultra-high-yield dividend stock that can provide $200 in super safe annual-dividend income from an initial investment of just $1,750 (split equally, three ways) is under-the-radar business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT).

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 28, 2024

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 11.15% yield The second sensational ultra-high-yield dividend stock that can help deliver $100 in monthly income from a starting investment of $9,555 split two ways is small-cap businesses development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT). Since Sept. million of its $1.45

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The Motley Fool

JULY 16, 2024

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 10.31% yield A second super safe ultra-high-yield monthly payer that can help you bring home $1,000 in monthly income from a starting investment of $121,000 that's been split three ways is business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT). is well above average.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

BDCs are companies that invest in the debt or equity (common and preferred stock) of middle-market businesses (i.e, generally small and unproven companies). billion in debt securities held means it's primarily a debt-focused BDC. The answer to "Why focus on debt for unproven businesses?"

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 28, 2024

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 10.91% yield The second ultra-high-yield stock that can help you generate $300 in super safe monthly dividend income from a beginning investment of $43,000 split two ways is completely under-the-radar business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT). Since Sept.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 11.26% yield Whereas the other two ultra-high-yield stocks on this list pay their dividends on a quarterly basis, business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) parses out its payouts on a monthly basis. million in debt securities. 30, 2021 to 12.6%

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 11.02% yield A second ultra-high-yield stock that can help you bring home $300 each month from an initial investment of $32,000 (split three ways) is business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT). The company raised its monthly payout twice last year.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 11, 2023

yield The second ultra-high-yield dividend stock that can generate $100 in super safe annual dividend income from an initial investment of $905 (split equally three ways) is business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT). billion in debt securities. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 10.8%

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 2, 2024

Legacy telecom companies are lugging around quite a bit of debt on their balance sheets. Discovery , AT&T was sitting on $169 billon in net debt. Discovery assumed certain lots of debt previously held by AT&T. If you're wondering why the company chose to veer toward debt investments, the answer is yield.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 27, 2023

yield If you haven't paid attention to AT&T (NYSE: T) for a while, you might not realize it spun off its cable TV assets in 2021, and last year, its WarnerMedia assets became part of Warner Bros. Now that AT&T is purely a telecom business again, investors can reasonably expect steadily growing dividend payments. AT&T: A 7.2%

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The Motley Fool

JULY 20, 2023

yield) A second ultra-high-yield monthly dividend stock that Wall Street billionaires have been selling is business development company (BDC) Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ: HRZN). During the first quarter, four billionaire money managers completely exited their fund's stakes in the company. from 12.4%

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The Motley Fool

JULY 2, 2024

Ares is a leading business development company (BDC). That attractive valuation isn't because the company's business is floundering. Are there risks associated with investing in a BDC that provides financing to middle-market businesses? With the S&P 500 continuing to rise, my nervousness is increasing.

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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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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

But Ares executives insist their firm remains steadfast in its goal of offering institutional investors more than just private debt. William Benjamin, head of Ares’ real estate group, describes the parent company’s prowess in private debt as an invaluable fundraising tool. Yet even there, private credit plays an outsize role.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 11, 2024

Funds raised money, bought businesses, loaded them with debt, exited at a profit and convinced happy investors to do it all over again — at ever greater scale. Some top industry figures don’t dispute the perils of gulping down more and more varieties of debt. “On Surging borrowing costs have stalled that engine.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 31, 2024

7, 2021, has distributed 10.5% annually to investors since inception, the company said in a letter to shareholders on Monday. Every year has expressed a different market environment,” the letter says, pointing out that benchmark interest rates were very low in 2021, rose sharply in 2022, and then remained high in 2023.

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Blackstone

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

4 To discuss the opportunities in this rising asset class and how to navigate the benefits and challenges of higher-for-longer rates, I welcome, as indicated below, the perspectives of Jonathan Bock, Co-CEO of Blackstone’s Business Development Companies (BDCs) and Global Head of Market Research for Blackstone Credit.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 28, 2024

That's because Ares is a business development company (BDC) that mainly focuses on paying high dividends to income-oriented investors. Let's review its business model, growth rates, and valuations to decide. It usually invests between $30 million and $500 million in debt and equity in each company.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Ares Capital is a business development company (BDC) that provides capital to middle-market companies with $10 million to $250 million in annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). It aims to invest $30 million to $500 million in debt and equity in those companies.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 13, 2025

Furthermore, Realty Income's meticulous vetting process when leasing has resulted in bad debt accounting for just 0.37% of total revenue between 2014 and 2023. years, the company's FFO is incredibly safe. BDCs are companies that invest in the equity (common and preferred stock) and/or debt of largely unproven businesses (i.e.,

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 30, 2024

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 11.36% yield The third high-octane income stock that can help you generate $300 in dividend income in 2025 from an initial investment of $3,730 (split three ways) is business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT). 30, 2021, to as high as 12.6%.

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