Growth Metrics

Barings BDC (BBDC) Debt to Equity (2021 - 2026)

Barings BDC recorded quarterly Debt to Equity of $0.25 in Q1 2026, up 29.87% quarter-over-quarter from $0.2 in Q4 2025, and down 39.33% year-over-year from $0.42 in Q1 2025.

Barings BDC's Debt to Equity history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $0.25 for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Debt to Equity fell 39.33% year-over-year to $0.25; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $0.25 (down 39.33% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $0.2, down 46.97% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity came in at $0.25 for Q1 2026 at Barings BDC, up from $0.2 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt to Equity ranged from a high of $0.66 in Q3 2023 to a low of $0.2 in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $0.44 and a median of $0.42 in 2025 frame the typical range for Debt to Equity.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt to Equity sank 56.17% in 2024 and soared 59.46% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Barings BDC's Debt to Equity stood at $0.61 in 2022, then slipped by 1.61% to $0.6 in 2023, then sank by 38.76% to $0.37 in 2024, then plunged by 46.97% to $0.2 in 2025, then advanced by 29.87% to $0.25 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Debt to Equity over the past three periods registered $0.25, $0.2, and $0.3 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - 0.14
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - 1.59
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - -
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 0.29
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn -
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - -
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 0.03
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - 0.60
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - -
10 Barings BDC 852.13 Mn 796.72 Mn - 0.25

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.25
Dec 31, 2025 0.20
Sep 30, 2025 0.30
Jun 30, 2025 0.47
Mar 31, 2025 0.42
Dec 31, 2024 0.37
Sep 30, 2024 0.29
Jun 30, 2024 0.29
Mar 31, 2024 0.36
Dec 31, 2023 0.60
Sep 30, 2023 0.66
Jun 30, 2023 0.64
Mar 31, 2023 0.64
Dec 31, 2022 0.61
Sep 30, 2022 0.53
Dec 31, 2021 0.88