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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Right now, Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) offer yields above 9%, and there's a pretty good chance that they'll be able to maintain their payouts over the long term. Ares Capital Ares Capital is the world's largest publicly traded business development company ( BDC ).

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Ares Capital Ultra-high is certainly the right description for Ares Capital 's (NASDAQ: ARCC) forward dividend yield of 8.86%. Delivering great total returns is something Ares Capital has consistently done, by the way. Ares Capital ranks as the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC).

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Ares Capital Corporation: Ultra-high yield and mild growth Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a business development company ( BDC ), which means it can avoid paying income taxes by delivering at least 90% of its earnings to investors as a dividend. At recent prices, Ares Capital offers a huge 10.1%

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) offer an average yield of 10.5% Ares Capital Ares Capital is a business development company ( BDC ), which means it can legally avoid paying income taxes by distributing nearly all its profit to shareholders as a dividend.

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APRIL 16, 2024

Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin more than tripled Citadel Advisors' position in Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) during the last three months of 2023. Hercules Capital Hercules Capital is a business development company ( BDC ) that lets everyday investors get in on the ground floor with innovative tech and life science businesses.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

One such stock that has been attracting a lot of attention is Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) , which at its current share price yields a massive 8.9%. Why does Ares Capital pay such a high dividend? It invests between $30 million and $500 million in debt and equity in each company. Should you invest in it today?

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

The average dividend payer in the S&P 500 index might be unappealing, but there are underappreciated businesses with ultra high dividend yields waiting for income-seeking investors to scoop them up. Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) , and EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR) offer yields above 8% at recent prices. At recent prices, it offers an 8.9%

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JUNE 25, 2024

AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) , Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) , and Realty Income (NYSE: O) have what it takes to deliver heaps of dividend payments to your portfolio in the years ahead. Ares Capital Ares Capital is a business development company ( BDC ) that offers a huge 9.3% dividend yield at recent prices.

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AUGUST 3, 2024

Investors who are nearing retirement, or simply eager to boost their passive income stream, may want to turn toward Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC). Ares Capital Corporation Ares Capital is a business development company, or BDC. over the past five years. For decades, U.S.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a business development company ( BDC ), which means it lends to companies that are too big for small business loans but still too small to work with large banks. Ares Capital has a 14-year track record of delivering stable quarterly dividends.

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MAY 4, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is America's largest business development company ( BDC ). These tax-advantaged entities are popular among income-seeking investors because they must distribute at least 90% of their profits to investors as a dividend. on its debt-related securities.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Ares Capital I think Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a great stock to buy with the first one-third of the initial $115,000. The company's dividend yield of 9.49% would enable you to make well nearly $3,638 in passive income this year. Ares Capital offers such a high yield primarily because of its business structure.

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MARCH 2, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC). As a BDC, Ares Capital must return at least 90% of its taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends. The real estate capital that IIP provides is critical to U.S.

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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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DECEMBER 3, 2023

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) looks like a great target for one-third of your $106,000 upfront amount. How can Ares Capital pay such a juicy dividend yield? Ares Capital stands out from most BDCs, though. More importantly, the company has a more stringent risk management approach than most of its peers.

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OCTOBER 20, 2024

Companies like Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE: ADM) , Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) , and Royalty Pharma (NASDAQ: RPRX) are raising their payouts rapidly. Hercules Capital Hercules Capital is a specialized financier of start-up businesses in the life sciences and technology industries.

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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 As one of three giant telecom businesses in America, there's a very good chance that rising broadband revenues will allow it to keep raising that payout for at least another decade.

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) ranks as the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC). To be exempt from paying federal taxes, BDCs must return at least 90% of their income to shareholders in the form of dividends. Can Ares Capital sustain its dividend at such an ultra-high level?

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JUNE 14, 2023

Ares Capital: A 10.05% yield Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a business development company, or BDC. These specialized investment vehicles can avoid paying income taxes by distributing at least 90% of their profits to shareholders. This BDC's costs of capital are rising too, but not quite as fast.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The company has raised its dividend payout for 17 straight years. Steady cash flow generation and declining capital expenditures suggest its debt load will be manageable. Like most BDCs, PennantPark lends to middle-market companies that can't get the attention they want from bigger banks. Shares of Verizon offer a huge 7.7%

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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. Should you invest $1,000 in Hercules Capital right now? About 96% of its debt portfolio is floating rate.

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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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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Annaly Capital Management: 12.8% yield The first supercharged dividend stock that makes for a no-brainer buy is mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY). Lastly, Annaly Capital Management predominantly invests in agency assets. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 10.4%

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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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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

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. the amount of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) that management expects this year. That works out to about 3.1x adjusted EBITDA.

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JULY 18, 2024

Part of the stock's struggles come from higher interest rates and the impact that has had on commercial property values, which are valued based on capitalization (cap) rates -- a property's net-operating income divided by its current value. As interest rates climbed, so have cap rates.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

Less competition from the illicit e-cigarette market means investors can reasonably expect this company's earnings and dividend payouts to continue climbing for years to come. Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a business development company ( BDC ). Shares of Ares Capital offer investors a huge 9.5%

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JUNE 27, 2023

The company needed 84% of the free cash flow it generated over the past year to meet its dividend commitment. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: An 11.7% yield Unlike the telecom stocks on this list, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) is a business development company (BDC).

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

With global energy companies forced to slash their capital expenditures due to unprecedented demand uncertainty, it's coal that's stepped in to fill the production void and meet growing global demand needs. I'm talking about smaller, generally unproven private companies. However, the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Hercules Capital: 10.6% dividend yield Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a business development company (BDC) that specializes in providing capital to venture-backed start-ups. Ares Capital: 9.5% dividend yield Another BDC on my list is Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC). Rithm Capital: 9.1%

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Ares Capital What better to put you in the holiday spirit than a juicy forward dividend yield of around 8.7%? That's what you'll get with Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC). As a business development company (BDC) , it must return at least 90% of earnings to shareholders as dividends to be exempt from federal income taxes.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 10.95% yield A second incomparable ultra-high-yield dividend stock that's begging to be added to income seekers' portfolios in December is little-known business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT). But there's far more to this story.

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JUNE 23, 2024

Investors who are attracted to truly passive income generation may want to consider AT&T (NYSE: T) , PenantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) , and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE). 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% dividend yield.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC) based on market cap. It provides financing to middle-market businesses with a focus on the upper tier of the market. The company's dividend yield is nearly 9.5%. times forward earnings.

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APRIL 7, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) might be the best dividend stock many investors have never heard of. It's the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC). With a market cap of less than $13 billion, though, some could overlook Ares Capital. I think that's a mistake.

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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. Ares Capital The first ultra-high-yield dividend stock investors want to load up on is Ares Capital.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

At recent prices, Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) , PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) , and Rithm Capital (NYSE: RITM) offer dividend yields of 9.1% Generally, stocks don't offer yields this high unless investors have concerns about their underlying businesses. At recent prices, Ares Capital offers investors a 9.1%

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