The Motley Fool

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. Horizon Technology Finance: 9.9% Image source: Getty Images.

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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. Hercules is different from a typical bank as it tends to offer more flexible financing options. Hercules Capital: 10.6%

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 17, 2024

But with so many opportunities out there, it's challenging to identify companies that both pay dividends and consistently perform at a high level. One good place to source ideas is to look at business development companies (BDCs). Horizon Technology Finance: Dividend yield 11.4% dividend yield.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 27, 2024

Business development companies (BDC) can be particularly good sources of dividend income, paying above market returns. dividend yield Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ: HRZN) is comparable to Hercules in that it also specializes in high-yield term loans to technology and life-sciences businesses.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

While many companies pay dividends, business development companies (BDCs) represent a unique and potentially lower-risk way of adding substantial passive income to your portfolio. Over the past decade, this company's stock has returned 152% to investors (with dividends reinvested).

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

Lately, much attention has been lavished on Ares Capital, the unit created in 2004 to provide financing for middle-market acquisitions, recapitalizations, and leveraged buyouts. At the end of 2022, the weighted average EBITDA of Ares Capital’s portfolio companies reached $275 million.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 11, 2024

In the US, Bloomberg Intelligence reckoned in a February note that 17% of loans at the 10 largest business development companies — essentially vehicles for private credit funds — involved PIK.

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