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. During the past decade, Horizon stock has a total return of more than 160%. Ares Capital: 9.6%

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 28, 2024

Let's break down five companies that are established dividend payers, and assess why holding each of these stocks over a long-term time horizon can lead to massive gains for your portfolio. Hercules Capital Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a business development company (BDC). yield and prepare to hold for the long-run.

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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. While this inherently makes Hercules appealing for dividend investors, the company's operational performance has proven strong. ARCC Total Return Level data by YCharts 3.

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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. Although the sell-off might be warranted, I think the company's valuation disparity compared to Hercules is pretty wide. HRZN total return level; data by YCharts. Ares Capital: 9.3%

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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). During the last decade, Hercules stock had a total return of 235%. dividend yield.

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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. During the past 10 years, Hercules has a total return of 218%. But while the stock is a multibagger , it isn't exactly cheap right now.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

So the current business climate — bedeviled by climbing interest rates and tighter access to bank loans — has Ares Management CEO Michael Arougheti champing at the bit. “We The returns that we are able to generate in this kind of market are about as good as we have seen in 15 years.”

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