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How Barings BDC, Inc. stacks up
BBDC · against 268 other Financial Services companies
Valuation
85/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #40 of 269 · scores higher than 85% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score26 peers with a valuation score of 80–89, including BBDC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 85?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly thanks to its free cash flow yield and earnings yield, which are stronger than most Financial Services peers.
- EBITDA yield is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- higher earnings for the price paid: stronger than 70% of peers. Earnings yield: 9.6% vs peer median 5.7%
- more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 87% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 33.5% vs peer median 6.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 410 reported | 9.4% | 5.6% | 70% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 206 reported | Not reported | 6.8% | — | — | 50% |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 183 reported | 33.5% | 6.1% | 87% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 401 reported | 125.9% | 83.1% | 78% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BBDC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 498M USD | 100 | 90 | |
| 1 | 641M USD | 100 | 74 | |
| 3 | 82M USD | 99 | 78 | |
| 3 | 827M USD | 99 | 62 | |
| 3 | 659M USD | 99 | 72 | |
| 33 | 662M USD | 87 | 37 | |
| 33 | 352M USD | 87 | 62 | |
| 38 | 707M USD | 86 | 48 | |
| 38 | 9.2B GBP (≈$11.9B) | 86 | 58 | |
| 40 | 910M USD | 85 | 60 | |
| 40 | 34.2B MXN (≈$1.8B) | 85 | 81 | |
| 40 | 5.2B USD | 85 | 45 | |
| 43 | 1.2B CAD (≈$850M) | 84 | 69 | |
| 43 | 294M CAD (≈$215M) | 84 | 49 |
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