WhiteHorse Finance

BDCs face challenges due to declining earnings, increased private credit supply, and recession concerns, impacting dividend sustainability. Many BDCs have already cut their dividends to align earnings with the cash distributions. Yet, there is still a long list of BDCs that have maintained their base dividends safe.» Mehr auf seekingalpha.com

WhiteHorse Finance continues to struggle with deteriorating portfolio quality and lower earnings, leading to a maintained sell rating. WHF's price declined nearly 20% over the past year, with total returns at negative 6.78%, and dividend sustainability is questionable. Despite trading at a discount to NAV, WHF's poor performance and high non-accrual rates make it less attractive compared to peers.» Mehr auf seekingalpha.com

As a structural BDC bull I have to admit that the period of BDCs consistently surprising us on the upside has come to an end. Many lower quality BDCs have already cut their dividends to sync their cash flows with less favorable private credit lending environment. I would say that the moment of truth for high quality BDCs is also very close, where we will see how really durable their base dividends are.» Mehr auf seekingalpha.com