Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Barings BDC Inc shares valued at $30,056 were purchased by Murray Elizabeth A. on Jun 06 ’25. At $8.84 per share, Murray Elizabeth A. acquired 3,400 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 25,387 shares worth approximately $0.23 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, BYERS STEPHEN R purchased 8,700 shares, netting a total of over 77,343 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $8.89 each, the insider now holds 59,734 shares.
Before that, Lloyd Eric J had added 34,375 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $313,525, the CEO bought Barings BDC Inc shares for $9.12 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 34,375 shares, worth approximately $0.68 million.
As published in a research note from Wells Fargo on May 28, 2025, Barings BDC Inc [BBDC] has been rated up from an Equal weight to an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $9.50. Analysts at Wells Fargo downgraded the stock from ‘”an Overweight”‘ to ‘”an Equal weight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. As of February 24, 2023, Oppenheimer has decreased its “an Outperform” rating to a “Perform” for BBDC. Earlier on November 14, 2022, Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Mkt perform” for BBDC stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing BBDC Stock Performance
On last trading session, Barings BDC Inc [NYSE: BBDC] plunged -1.18% to $9.19. The stock’s lowest price that day was $9.19, but it reached a high of $9.3753 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.54%. Over the course of the year, Barings BDC Inc shares have jumped approximately 0.06%.
Is Barings BDC Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Barings BDC Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.23 million shares to 0.42 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 0.64 million shares. A decline of -54.24% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.13 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.13.
Which companies own the most shares of Barings BDC Inc (BBDC)?
In terms of Barings BDC Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 12.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 34.41% from the previous closing price of $9.3. Analysts anticipate Barings BDC Inc stock to reach 12.5 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 12.5. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Barings BDC Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On August 11, 2022, Raymond James assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $11.50.
