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To DRIP Or Not To DRIP A BDC: Part 2 A Look At Yield
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Published Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:33:41 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
<< Return to Part 1 In my previous article, I discussed whether it was better to reinvest your dividends directly with a company or if you should pocket the cash for your own purposes. The results were a mixed bag and no definitive statements were made. One of the comments inquired about reinvesting at the 52 week low vs. the 52 week high. The commenter was thinking along the lines of trying to time when you would want to reinvest. This article takes that idea one step further and looks at the results of reinvesting based on the current yield of the stock at the time of the ex-dividend date. The current dividend yield is defined as the dividend amount annualized (times 4 for quarterly payers or 12 for monthly) divided by the current stock price. The companies to be examined for this article will be the same list as... Read more
Stock name ISIN Last trade P/E Earnings/Share Dividend/Share Dividend yield PROSPECT CAPITAL 
US74348T1025 10.87 10.7 1.02 1.32 12.14 BLACKROCK KELSO CAPITAL
US0925331086 10.13 11.6 0.88 1.04 10.27 KOHLBERG CAPITAL
US5002331016 11.17 10.6 1.05 1.12 10.03 SOLAR CAPITAL
US83413U1007 24.11 9.1 2.67 2.40 9.95 PENNANTPARK INVESTMENT
US7080621045 11.30 9.3 1.21 1.12 9.91 APOLLO INVESTMENT
US03761U1060 8.54 12.4 0.71 0.80 9.37 ARES CAPITAL
US04010L1035 17.98 8.9 2.06 1.52 8.45 TRIANGLE CAPITAL
US8958481090 28.74 12.1 2.41 2.16 7.52 MAIN STREET CAPITAL
US56035L1044 30.83 9.3 3.33 1.86 6.03 AMERICAN CAPITAL
US02503Y1038 14.32 5.1 0.00 0.00 0.00