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JANUARY 2, 2024

Companies that pay a regular dividend to their shareholders are usually profitable on a recurring basis, and they can often provide transparent long-term growth outlooks. PennantPark pays its dividend on a monthly basis , with the company increasing its payout twice last year. Image source: Getty Images. If and when the U.S.

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APRIL 5, 2024

They're more likely to own real estate and stakes in privately owned companies. Although you would struggle to own a direct stake in most privately held corporations, you can easily own a piece of a private equity firm specifically built from the ground up to hold such companies. The problem?

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JUNE 18, 2023

That yield is so high in large part because Ares is a business development company (BDC). BDCs provide financing to small-to-medium-sized businesses. Importantly, they must return at least 90% of their income to shareholders in the form of dividends to be exempt from federal taxes.

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JUNE 8, 2024

Hercules Capital Hercules Capital is a business development company ( BDC ), which means it has to return at least 90% of the profits it generates to shareholders as a dividend. Many of Hercules Capital's investments don't work out, but the ones that succeed more than offset the losses.

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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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MAY 5, 2024

Hercules Capital Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a business development company ( BDC ) that allows individual investors to take part in the previously elusive world of venture capital investing. In the first quarter, the company added 252,000 fiber customers, which raised the total to 8.6

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OCTOBER 19, 2024

AT&T In September, AT&T agreed to sell its remaining stake in DirecTV to a private equity firm for cash payments that could total $7.6 Now that it's purely a telecommunications business, investors can expect predictable cash flows supporting its quarterly dividend. With an average yield of 7.1% As one of just three U.S.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

While many different types of companies pay dividends, one of the more generous types is business development companies (BDCs). BDCs are required to pay out at least 90% of taxable income to shareholders in the form of a dividend. This provides the potential for an extra layer of return for its portfolio companies.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Ares Capital Last, but not least, consider jumping into a stake in Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) while its dividend yield stands at a frothy 9.5% Ares Capital shares may be a conventional stock, but this isn't a conventional company. This bank just has a history of smart, conservative self-management.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Even so, its dividend payment's long-term growth accounts for a great deal of long-term shareholders' net gains -- directly and indirectly -- by virtue of making the stock more valuable. That's because the underlying technology companies have introduced the world's most meaningful advancements since then.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

If the deal overcomes regulatory hurdles, it will see the consortium snap up the remaining 85.16% stake it does not already own. Led by PSP, the consortium also comprises entities controlled by the world's largest berry company Driscoll's Inc and the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI).

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JANUARY 23, 2024

Entering 2024, I held stakes in 45 stocks -- 19 of which are currently paying a dividend. and has returned $25 billion in aggregate dividends to its shareholders since becoming a public company in October 1997. Annaly is currently yielding 13.5% Image source: Getty Images.

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MARCH 30, 2025

REITs must return at least 90% of their profits to shareholders as dividends to be exempt from federal income taxes. A $30,000 stake (one-third of the $90,000) invested in the stock would generate roughly $1,701 in income on an annual basis at this level. states, plus the U.K. and six other European countries.

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JANUARY 3, 2025

Companies that regularly pay a dividend to their shareholders are almost always profitable on a recurring basis and have proven their ability to navigate challenging economic climates. Further, its $1.984 billion portfolio, inclusive of equity stakes, is spread across 158 companies. Image source: Getty Images.

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