The Motley Fool

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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The Motley Fool

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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The Motley Fool

JULY 14, 2023

Companies that offer a regular payout to their shareholders are usually profitable on a recurring basis and time-tested. PennantPark has the highest yield among the three companies listed here (11.4%) and doles out its payout on a monthly basis. Roughly 10 years ago, J.P. Further, all but $0.1 million of its $1.01

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The Motley Fool

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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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

By comparison, companies that didn't offer a payout to their shareholders produced an average annual return of just 3.95%. The company raised its monthly payout twice last year. Management has made a concerted effort to protect its company's principal , as well. Including equity stakes, the company's roughly $1.07

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Though a 15% yield is typically viewed as unsustainable for most companies, Annaly has supported an average yield of around 10% over the past two decades and returned $25 billion to shareholders since its initial public offering in 1997. Including its equity stakes, PennantPark's average investment size is only $8.1

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The Motley Fool

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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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Companies that pay a regular dividend to their shareholders tend to be profitable on a recurring basis and time-tested. These are businesses that have demonstrated their ability to navigate a challenging economic climate and come out stronger on the other side.

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The Motley Fool

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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The Motley Fool

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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