The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Shares of the phone and internet service provider have fallen about 23% in 2023 as investors worry about a high debt load and potential litigation regarding lead-lined cables. Selling off its media assets helped reduce AT&T's debt load, but the company was still sitting on $132 billion in net debt at the end of June.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 18, 2024

The value of AGNC's holdings not surprisingly tumbled as reflected in the nearly -50% decline in tangible book value AGNC saw from the start of 2022 until the end of 2023. at the end of September 2023 to $8.84 However, AGNC's tangible book value has increased each of the past two quarters going from $8.08 at the end of March 2024.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The company is on pace to achieve a net debt-to-adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) ratio in the 2.5 PennantPark Floating Rate Capital PenantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) is a business development company ( BDC ) that offers investors a huge 10.9%

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 6, 2024

The company expects to achieve a manageable net debt-to-adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA) ratio of 2.5 Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a business-development company ( BDC ) that offers a huge 9.4% in the first half of 2025.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 6, 2024

dividend yield Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a business development company (BDC) that specializes in providing capital to venture-backed start-ups. In September 2023, the company acquired three gas utilities from Dominion Energy. Hercules Capital: 10.6% Kinder Morgan: 6.5%

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Leveraged Buyouts Initial Public Offering Shareholders Exchange-Traded Funds 246

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2023

A yield trap can come about for a few reasons, including a burdensome debt load, a declining business, or an elevated dividend payout ratio. Sporting a whopping 10% dividend yield, investors may initially think that the business development company ( BDC ) Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a yield trap.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 20, 2024

One type of business that income-focused investors might have come across is the business development company (BDC) , which invests in the debt and equity of middle-market companies. At the end of 2023, it had warrants in 103 companies and equity investments in 74. times its NAV of $7.65

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