BCP Investment (BCIC) Stock Overview
A business development company specializing in investments in unitranche loans (including last out), first lien loans, second lien loans, subordinated debt, equity co-investment, mezzanine, buyout in middle market companies. More details
| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 1/6 |
| Future Growth | 3/6 |
| Past Performance | 1/6 |
| Financial Health | 1/6 |
| Dividends | 3/6 |
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Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | US$7.31 |
| 52 Week High | US$13.50 |
| 52 Week Low | US$6.70 |
| Beta | 0.44 |
| 1 Month Change | 0.69% |
| 3 Month Change | -9.75% |
| 1 Year Change | -42.85% |
| 3 Year Change | -63.50% |
| 5 Year Change | -68.63% |
| Change since IPO | -95.39% |
Recent News & Updates
Narrative Update • Jun 26
BCIC: Future Special Dividend And Buybacks Will Support Higher Returns
Analysts have lowered their price target for BCP Investment from $14.75 to $11.00. This change reflects updated expectations that now combine a decline in forecast revenue growth with higher projected profit margins and a lower future P/E multiple.Seeking Alpha • Apr 10
BCP Investment: A Well-Covered Dividend Yield While Waiting For A Tender Offer Or Buyout
Summary BCP Investment Corporation trades at a 56% discount to NAV, with a well-covered 14.1% dividend yield and 2.1x coverage. BCIC completed a timely refinancing of $108 million in notes, mitigating refinancing risk during sector turmoil. Shareholder value catalysts include a likely Dutch tender offer, ongoing buybacks, and potential acquisition by BC Partners Special Opportunity Fund III. Robust liquidity supports further repurchases, with a new $10 million buyback program authorized through March 2027. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaRecent updates
Narrative Update • Jun 26
BCIC: Future Special Dividend And Buybacks Will Support Higher Returns
Analysts have lowered their price target for BCP Investment from $14.75 to $11.00. This change reflects updated expectations that now combine a decline in forecast revenue growth with higher projected profit margins and a lower future P/E multiple.Seeking Alpha • Apr 10
BCP Investment: A Well-Covered Dividend Yield While Waiting For A Tender Offer Or Buyout
Summary BCP Investment Corporation trades at a 56% discount to NAV, with a well-covered 14.1% dividend yield and 2.1x coverage. BCIC completed a timely refinancing of $108 million in notes, mitigating refinancing risk during sector turmoil. Shareholder value catalysts include a likely Dutch tender offer, ongoing buybacks, and potential acquisition by BC Partners Special Opportunity Fund III. Robust liquidity supports further repurchases, with a new $10 million buyback program authorized through March 2027. Read the full article on Seeking Alpha
New Narrative • Mar 25
Merger And Diversified First Lien Loan Platform Will Support Stronger Future Earnings Power
Catalysts About BCP Investment BCP Investment is a business development company that focuses on generating income by investing in a diversified portfolio of primarily first lien loans and other credit assets. What are the underlying business or industry changes driving this perspective?
New Narrative • Mar 09
Merger Integration And Credit Resolution Risks Will Shape Future Earnings Stability
Catalysts About BCP Investment BCP Investment Corporation is a business development company that invests primarily in diversified private credit across multiple industries. What are the underlying business or industry changes driving this perspective?Seeking Alpha • Mar 17
Portman Ridge Finance: NAV Continues To Slide (Rating Downgrade)
Summary PTMN's NAV and earnings are declining, with poor new investment activity and a recent 32% dividend cut, prompting a downgrade to a sell rating. The portfolio is diverse and mostly secured, but non-accruals and growing PIK income indicate quality issues and distressed borrowers. PTMN's price is inversely related to interest rates, and with rates expected to remain high, the stock is likely to continue underperforming. Despite a high dividend yield, the distributions are now less reliable, and better opportunities exist within the BDC sector for income investors. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaSeeking Alpha • Dec 31
Portman Ridge Finance: Vulnerable To Higher Interest Rates
Summary Portman Ridge Finance's price has declined by over 32% in three years due to high interest rates, but offers a 16.8% dividend yield. PTMN's portfolio is diverse, with 85.5% in first lien senior secured debt, but has seen a decrease in net asset value and investment income as the portfolio quality deteriorates. The current dividend yield is unsustainable, and a cut is likely, making PTMN less attractive for income-focused investors. I rate PTMN as a hold due to vulnerability to high interest rates and weak distribution coverage, but will monitor for improvements. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaSeeking Alpha • Jul 09
Portman Ridge Finance: A Year Later, I Still Rate This 14% Yielding BDC A Hold
Summary BDCs have performed well in recent years due to higher interest rates and strong economy, with 5-year total returns approaching 90%. Portman Ridge Finance Corporation has delivered a total return of about 13% in the past year, below median BDC performance. PTMN shows improvement in YTD total return at 15.9%, but still lags behind larger peer BDCs in terms of performance. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaSeeking Alpha • Mar 11
Portman Ridge Finance's Transformation Is Nearly Complete, So It's Time To Reconsider This 14.5% Yielding BDC
Summary BCPC created PTMN by purchasing several underperforming BDCs with the goal of selling off the Legacy investments and replacing them with Core MM Loans ("Portfolio Optimization Process"). The Portfolio Optimization Process is almost completed, with Legacy investments only making up 27% of its investments. The process hasn't come without pain. PTMN incurred realized and unrealized losses of $4.39/share and $2.76/share over the last 2 years. Most of the losses were related to its Legacy investments. PTMN trades with an 18% discount to NAV and has a sustainable dividend yield of 14.5%. If its originated Core MM Loans continue to perform well, PTMN represents a great opportunity to buy a top-tier BDC at a significantly reduced price. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaSeeking Alpha • Oct 17
Portman Ridge: Bear Market Bites The BDC Business
Summary Portman Ridge reported a miss in Q2 2022 due to delayed closings. The overall decline in the market has affected BDC total returns, but Portman Ridge has performed better than most in the past 6 months. With a -26% discount to NAV and a 12.5% yield, Portman Ridge is worth watching, but is a Hold for now. An asset class that is currently popular with investors due to the high dividend yield they typically offer is the business development company ("BDC") industry. There are about 50 publicly traded BDCs currently in the BDC universe. One that I have covered previously in this article that was published in June is Portman Ridge Finance Corporation (PTMN). In that article, I rated PTMN a Buy due to its (at the time) 11% annual yield and trading at a -21% discount to book value. article summary (Seeking Alpha) Today, as of October 14, 2022, the price closed at $20.02, and the yield sits at 12.5% with the discount to NAV estimated at -26.5%. courtesy CEFdata (CEFdata BDC universe) Since my article in June, the stock has dropped -12.7% despite having just raised the dividend in March and after reporting a miss on earnings in an otherwise respectable Q2 report, considering the state of the market in June: Portman Ridge Finance press release: Q2 NII of $0.57 misses by $0.13. Total investment income of $15.04M (-30.2% Y/Y) misses by $1.45M. Net asset value for the second quarter of 2022 was $261.7 million as compared to $278.3 million in the first quarter of 2022. As of June 30, 2022, three of the Company’s debt investments were on non-accrual status compared to six as of March 31, 2022. During the second quarter, the company repurchased 106,000 shares and refinanced its revolving debt facility. They also declared another $0.63 dividend to be paid on September 2. The earnings miss was attributed to a delay on deployment of some new investments that were in the pipeline from Q1. Ted Goldthorpe, Chief Executive Officer of Portman Ridge, stated, “As seen by many in our industry, our operations have been affected by the challenging economic environment, rising interest rates and market volatility.... Investment activity was strong, and although originations are still lower than the second half of 2021, during the second quarter, we deployed approximately $32.9 million of our available cash in new investments and an additional $20.6 million in the beginning of the third quarter, all but $7.2 million of which were investments we had in the pipeline since the end of the first quarter. After the Q2 report, and based on continued market deterioration subsequently in the overall market and the BDC industry specifically, I decided to exit my long position and sit on the sidelines and watch PTMN for a few months. Since the Q2 report on August 9, many BDCs have been struggling to maintain their market value due to worsening economic conditions from ongoing inflation, rising rates (which should actually benefit some BDCs), and volatility in credit markets that is unlike anything we have witnessed in many years. Comparing the total return of PTMN with several similar BDCs that I either own or follow closely, all are struggling to offer a total return better than -10% over the past 6 months. Looking at the total returns of PTMN compared with Ares Capital (ARCC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), OFS Capital (OFS), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), and Capital Southwest (CSWC) shows that PTMN is doing OK relative to the other five. 6-month TR comparison of several BDCs (Seeking Alpha) As I mentioned at the beginning of the article, there are 50 BDCs, and I am not going to look at all of them here, but the trend is pretty evident from this snapshot. It has been a difficult year, and the past few months have been challenging for just about every asset class other than the energy sector. I remain cautious about any additional investments in BDCs until there is a change in the market trend or a pivot by the Fed on interest rates. Meanwhile, PTMN issued a shareholder update in their September investor slide deck that is available on their website. In that slide deck, there is reason to be encouraged about the future of PTMN. For example, more than 93% of the floating rate assets are on LIBOR contract. Those contracts take time to reset and remain significantly below 3-month LIBOR rates. Credit quality has been stable, with only 3 investments on non-accrual as of June 30 (compared with 6 in the first quarter). Also, the company is still in the early stages of monetizing the assets from the 3 companies (OHAI, GARS, HCAP) that they acquired from 2019 to 2021.Seeking Alpha • Aug 09
Portman Ridge Finance NII of $0.57 misses by $0.13, Total investment income of $15.04M misses by $1.45M
Portman Ridge Finance press release (NASDAQ:PTMN): Q2 NII of $0.57 misses by $0.13. Total investment income of $15.04M (-30.2% Y/Y) misses by $1.45M. Net asset value for the second quarter of 2022 was $261.7 million as compared to $278.3 million in the first quarter of 2022. As of June 30, 2022, three of the Company’s debt investments were on non-accrual status compared to six as of March 31, 2022. Shares -1%.Seeking Alpha • Jun 25
Portman Ridge: This 11% Yielding BDC Offers Growth At A Reasonable Price
PTMN is a small BDC with a growing portfolio, mainly due to a series of M&A transactions over the past 3 years. The quarterly dividend was raised to $0.63 in March, resulting in an annual yield of 11%. Currently trading at a 21% discount to NAV, PTMN offers a buying opportunity for investors with a long-term horizon.Seeking Alpha • Mar 09
Portman's Growing Pains Should Be Over - Increase In Q4 Dividend Expected
Portman Ridge has completed the integration of the three BDCs that it acquired over the last two years. Due to merger accounting rules, PTMN's NII has been "overstated" over the last four quarters, which has caused a divergence between NII and the dividends. Based upon my calculations, PTMN's adjusted NII (without the impact of merger accounting) for Q3 2021 was $1.00. PTMN should be able to increase its quarterly dividend to around $0.75, an increase of 20%. As of Q3 2021, PTMN had undistributed distributable taxable income of $0.67. This should allow PTMN to declare a special 2021 dividend.Seeking Alpha • Jan 28
Portman Ridge - Revisiting An Old Friend Pays Dividends
PTMN is a small cap BDC backed by BC Partners that is growing NAV and paying a 10% distribution that is well covered. After a series of M&A transactions over the past 3 years, the portfolio is being repositioned to leverage the expanded scale and breadth of BCP Credit and affiliated businesses. The experienced management team is turning the business around and positioning for further capital growth and income generation to return value to shareholders.Shareholder Returns
| BCIC | US Capital Markets | US Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | -0.8% | 0.4% | -2.0% |
| 1Y | -42.8% | 1.3% | 17.4% |
Return vs Industry: BCIC underperformed the US Capital Markets industry which returned 1.3% over the past year.
Return vs Market: BCIC underperformed the US Market which returned 17.2% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| BCIC volatility | |
|---|---|
| BCIC Average Weekly Movement | 3.7% |
| Capital Markets Industry Average Movement | 3.8% |
| Market Average Movement | 7.2% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in US Market | 16.5% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in US Market | 3.2% |
Stable Share Price: BCIC has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the US market.
Volatility Over Time: BCIC's weekly volatility (4%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | n/a | Ted Goldthorpe | www.portmanridge.com |
BCP Investment Corp. is a business development company specializing in investments in unitranche loans (including last out), first lien loans, second lien loans, subordinated debt, equity co-investment, mezzanine, buyout in middle market companies. It also makes acquisitions in businesses complementary to the firm’s business. The fund primarily invests in healthcare, cargo transport, manufacturing, industrial & environmental services, logistics & distribution, media & telecommunications, real estate, education, automotive, agriculture, aerospace/defense, packaging, electronics, finance, non-durable consumer, consumer products, business services, utilities, insurance, and food and beverage sectors.
BCP Investment Corp. Fundamentals Summary
| BCIC fundamental statistics | |
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| Market cap | US$90.48m |
| Earnings (TTM) | US$1.40m |
| Revenue (TTM) | US$66.63m |
64.6x
P/E Ratio1.4x
P/S RatioIs BCIC overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| BCIC income statement (TTM) | |
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| Revenue | US$66.63m |
| Cost of Revenue | US$0 |
| Gross Profit | US$66.63m |
| Other Expenses | US$65.23m |
| Earnings | US$1.40m |
Last Reported Earnings
Mar 31, 2026
Next Earnings Date
Aug 06, 2026
| Earnings per share (EPS) | 0.11 |
| Gross Margin | 100.00% |
| Net Profit Margin | 2.10% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 174.3% |
How did BCIC perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonDividends
15.0%
Current Dividend Yield1,290%
Payout RatioDoes BCIC pay a reliable dividends?
See BCIC dividend history and benchmarks| BCP Investment dividend dates | |
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| Ex Dividend Date | Jul 15 2026 |
| Dividend Pay Date | Jul 31 2026 |
| Days until Ex dividend | 5 days |
| Days until Dividend pay date | 11 days |
Does BCIC pay a reliable dividends?
See BCIC dividend history and benchmarksCompany Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/07/19 00:18 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/07/17 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2026/03/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
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Analyst Sources
BCP Investment Corp. is covered by 9 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Mitchel Penn | Brean Capital Historical (Janney Montgomery) |
| David Chiaverini | Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. |
| Christopher York | Citizens JMP Securities, LLC |