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JUNE 23, 2023

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 11.67% yield A second monster dividend stock that can collectively allow you to generate $100 in monthly income from an initial investment of $9,300 (split equally) is business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT). Although PennantPark was holding $157.2

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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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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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FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is America's largest publicly traded business development company ( BDC ). Middle-market businesses generally have over $10 million in annual revenue, but they still can't get America's big banks to give them loans. as of Sept. dividend yield at recent prices.

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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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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). As of June 30, PennantPark's $1.45

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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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JULY 29, 2024

As a business development company (BDC) , Ares must return at least 90% of its income to shareholders in the form of dividends for its profits to be exempt from taxes. The company has a lot of income to return with its dividend yield topping 9.2%. The company's scale and reputation help. It has also ranked No.

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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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JULY 14, 2023

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 11.37% yield A second ultra-high-yield dividend stock that can collectively generate $500 in super safe annual dividend income from an initial investment of $5,750 (split equally, three ways) is business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT).

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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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JULY 13, 2023

Stag Industrial specializes in buying commercial industrial properties from businesses, which are often leased back to those very same businesses. This is enticing to clients because they aren't limited in how they can use capital proceeds to benefit their business, whether for debt reduction or further growth.

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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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DECEMBER 4, 2023

AT&T finished September with $129 billion in net debt. This is a heavy load, but highly reliable cash flows from mobile, home, and business internet subscribers are sufficient to whittle it down to a more manageable figure. 30 and it's using these profits to reduce debt. AT&T generated $19.8 yield at recent prices.

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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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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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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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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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DECEMBER 5, 2023

AT&T closed out the September quarter with $138 billion in total debt. Discovery , this new media entity assumed certain lots of debt that AT&T had previously held. 30, 2023, AT&T's net debt fell from $169 billion to $128.7 million in debt securities it holds makes it a primarily debt-focused BDC.

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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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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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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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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

yield A second ultra-high-yield stock capable of producing exceptionally safe dividend income that more than doubles the yield on Treasury bonds is business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT). million in debt securities. million debt-security portfolio is in first-lien secured debt.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

One of the best ways to create wealth is by investing in companies that pay a dividend. While many different types of companies pay dividends, business development companies (BDCs) represent a unique opportunity. The company specializes in an instrument called venture debt -- or loans made at high interest rates.

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AUGUST 3, 2024

Ares Capital Corporation Ares Capital is a business development company, or BDC. Income-seeking investors like these types of businesses because they can legally avoid federal income taxes by distributing nearly everything they earn to shareholders as a dividend. in the second quarter. more than it had a year earlier.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 10.17% yield A second high-yield stock capable of producing $100 in super safe monthly dividend income in 2024 from an initial investment of $11,925 (split three ways) is business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT). As of Sept. 30, PennantPark held $906.3

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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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JANUARY 6, 2024

There was $129 billion in net debt on AT&T's balance sheet at the end of September, which isn't as frightening as it might seem. The company expects to achieve a manageable net debt-to-adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA) ratio of 2.5 million in net unsecured debt.

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DECEMBER 16, 2023

As a result, companies that record between $10 million and $1 billion in annual revenue are generally starved for capital and willing to pay business development companies ( BDC ) like PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) above-average interest rates. The company generated $8.5

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AUGUST 13, 2023

This business development company (BDC) makes monthly payments, and it offers an eye-popping 11.3% As its name implies, PennantPark issues debt to privately held businesses at floating interest rates that have risen a great deal over the past year and a half. NYSE: PFLT). yield at recent prices. a year earlier.

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JUNE 15, 2023

Now that some of that risk has been alleviated , the company has a pretty good chance to continue meeting its dividend obligation. Ares Capital: a 10.34% yield Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a business development company, or BDC. The company reported a net interest margin that rose 17% year over year to 7.5%

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JUNE 14, 2023

Ares Capital: A 10.05% yield Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a business development company, or BDC. Ares Capital is essentially a lender to midsized companies that have a hard time getting the big banks to return their calls. a year earlier. This BDC's costs of capital are rising too, but not quite as fast.

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APRIL 16, 2024

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. Its investments include a mixed bag of successful companies, including Axsome Therapeutics , Palantir Technologies , and Transmedics Group.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Ares is a leading business development company ( BDC ) based in the U.S. As a direct lender, it supplies the capital that private companies need to fund and grow their operations. Ares typically serves established businesses with revenue of $10 million to $1 billion. Ares spread its $22.9

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MAY 5, 2024

As the largest publicly traded business development company ( BDC ) in the U.S., Ares provides private companies with the cash they need to expand. It specializes in loans to "middle-market" businesses that typically have sales of between $10 million and $1 billion. The BDC leader's $22.9

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

As a result, heaps of capital-starved companies with between $10 million and $1 billion in annual revenue are eager to accept relatively high-interest loans from business development companies (BDCs) like Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC). The average yield it received on debt investments during its fiscal Q4 that ended Sep.

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MAY 4, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is America's largest business development company ( BDC ). As a result, Ares Capital can charge well-managed businesses interest rates for secured loans that are often higher than the rates individuals receive for unsecured loans. on its debt-related securities.

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