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How Barings BDC, Inc. stacks up
BBDC · against 113 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
53/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #42 of 114 · scores higher than 64% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score14 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including BBDC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 53?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Financial Services norm.
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.5% vs peer median 6.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 61% of peers. Return on assets: 3.4% vs peer median 2.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BBDC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | BBDC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 112 reported | 6.5% | 5.1% | 58% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 56 reported | Not reported | 25.5% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 127 reported | 3.4% | 2.5% | 68% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 124 reported | 7.5% | 8.6% | 47% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 146 reported | 100.0% | 96.1% | 52% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BBDC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.5B MYR (≈$1.4B) | 96 | 57 | |
| 1 | 76.5B JPY (≈$520M) | 96 | 67 | |
| 1 | 21.21T IDR (≈$1.3B) | 96 | 93 | |
| 4 | 1.5B CHF (≈$1.7B) | 94 | 79 | |
| 5 | 20.0B MXN (≈$1.1B) | 93 | 68 | |
| 38 | 17.0B SEK (≈$1.7B) | 57 | 44 | |
| 39 | 70.7B INR (≈$848M) | 56 | 55 | |
| 39 | 1.3B USD | 56 | 79 | |
| 41 | 772M USD | 54 | 51 | |
| 42 | 910M USD | 53 | 60 | |
| 43 | 455M USD | 52 | ||
| 43 | 1.2B EUR (≈$1.3B) | 52 | 59 | |
| 45 | 3.6B CNY (≈$502M) | 51 | 42 | |
| 45 | 644M USD | 51 | 61 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score