BDCs
February 2026

BDC Filing Season: Q4 2025 Week 4

BDC Filing Season Q4 2025 Week 4

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Filing Recap

This report will analyze 15 BDCs that filed this week. Aggregate Fair Value reported by these BDCs is 51.6 Billion USD which is approximately 10% of aggregate AUM of all BDCs.

NameNumber of Investments% PortfolioCost% Gain/LossPrincipal ValueFair ValueFV YieldFiltered YieldCost Yield
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund674100.00%14,677,572-1.231%14,485,09714,496,89910.10%9.17%9.17%
FS KKR Capital Corp.608100.00%13,740,800-5.329%13,104,74113,008,60027.70%8.89%21.46%
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund611100.00%3,933,449-1.716%3,865,95610.73%9.23%9.40%
MidCap Financial Investment Corp.633100.00%3,357,153-5.628%3,132,7693,168,22140.83%8.98%15.78%
New Mountain Finance Corp368100.00%2,912,115-5.841%2,319,6102,742,01311.00%9.63%9.78%
SLR Investment Corp.108100.00%2,503,324-1.195%1,635,3632,473,3979.78%9.77%9.52%
Carlyle Secured Lending Inc.229100.00%2,469,396-0.222%2,386,8772,463,92210.25%9.22%9.46%
Trinity Capital Inc.517100.00%2,415,9930.877%2,223,7572,437,18411.79%10.93%10.53%
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp.530100.00%2,055,134-1.886%8,343,4152,016,37610.25%9.53%9.44%
Crescent Capital BDC Inc.626100.00%1,635,267-2.082%1,559,9061,601,21610.21%9.50%9.75%
Fidus Investment Corp242100.00%1,368,2681.861%1,226,3231,393,72724.40%11.19%11.77%
Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc.264100.00%1,294,556-7.023%1,251,3971,203,64067.95%8.61%8.79%
Manulife Private Credit Fund266100.00%16,4032,459.351%406,608419,8149.25%9.25%
SCP Private Credit Income BDC LLC24100.00%248,998-5.917%215,204234,26411.40%10.54%9.82%
SLR HC BDC LLC35100.00%85,2690.577%82,93585,7619.42%9.26%9.50%
Grand Total5,735100%52,713,697-2.092%52,374,00251,610,99113.85%9.42%10.05%

Non-Accruals

At least 11 BDCs that filed this week have reported Non–Accruals amounting to 1.24 Billion USD at Cost. FS KKR Capital Corp. and MidCap Financial Investment Corp. are leading the Non-Accruals list.

NameNumber of Investments% PortfolioCost% Gain/LossPrincipal ValueFair ValueFV YieldFiltered YieldCost Yield
FS KKR Capital Corp.183.14%706,200-42.198%778,700408,20080.4%54.1%
MidCap Financial Investment Corp.252.57%131,506-38.183%149,20781,29357.7%18.1%
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund80.47%91,971-26.497%113,95267,60135.0%18.5%
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund70.95%60,392-39.416%60,96436,58836.3%11.8%
Carlyle Secured Lending Inc.71.24%43,366-29.574%49,30030,54129.3%12.3%13.4%
Crescent Capital BDC Inc.291.80%61,808-53.446%74,53328,774
New Mountain Finance Corp100.93%63,178-59.557%52,23725,55146.7%11.4%
Trinity Capital Inc.50.62%20,724-26.520%20,60915,22832.2%19.3%7.8%
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp.70.48%24,410-60.082%24,8949,74478.4%9.0%
Fidus Investment Corp30.12%27,148-93.797%41,3271,684623.9%32.7%
Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc.60.09%17,333-93.977%18,3671,0448957.5%21.9%
Grand Total1251.46%1,248,036-43.41%1,384,090706,248184.14%14.86%31.23%

Payment in-Kind (PIK)

BDCs are increasingly using payment-in-kind (PIK) as a credit management tool to preserve liquidity. In the filings from this week, PIK accounted for 15.6% of BDCs’ portfolios, amounting to 8.2 billion USD at Cost.

NameNumber of Investments% PortfolioCost% Gain/LossPrincipal ValueFair ValueFV YieldFiltered YieldCost Yield
FS KKR Capital Corp.6021.18%3,089,500-10.801%2,475,1712,755,80040.67%4.48%29.63%
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund8815.63%2,382,083-4.862%2,421,1432,266,27111.62%9.61%9.71%
New Mountain Finance Corp4821.83%654,626-8.545%432,030598,69118.69%12.14%11.69%
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund599.20%396,118-10.251%4,721,799355,51117.15%10.14%10.75%
Fidus Investment Corp3323.92%360,454-7.499%377,359333,42359.27%12.87%14.55%
Carlyle Secured Lending Inc.3312.70%321,459-2.619%331,727313,03912.46%9.59%10.43%
MidCap Financial Investment Corp.379.46%331,084-9.466%315,928299,7449.34%9.34%7.59%
Crescent Capital BDC Inc.6110.96%187,437-6.369%196,073175,50015.60%13.01%11.64%
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp.698.18%186,580-11.629%193,649164,88316.71%13.58%12.56%
Trinity Capital Inc.115.30%127,7591.140%127,853129,2151.69%1.69%2.03%
SLR Investment Corp.73.28%83,532-3.023%84,36181,00713.09%11.94%11.48%
Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc.174.64%69,155-19.279%70,09355,82328.77%9.67%12.47%
SCP Private Credit Income BDC LLC39.79%23,763-3.522%12,94222,92626.16%11.00%
SLR HC BDC LLC27.67%6,880-4.390%4,1256,57813.73%10.88%
Manulife Private Credit Fund40.75%3,3033,15314.08%14.08%
Grand Total53214.65%8,220,430-8.02%11,767,5557,561,56420.40%9.81%13.48%

Portfolio Composition By Industry

The chart below is a bird’s-eye view of the BDCs aggregate Industry Diversification.

Portfolio Composition By Asset Class

The chart below is an overview of the BDCs aggregate Diversification by Asset Class.

BDC Investments Maturing in the next 12 Months

The table below summarizes aggregate investments of this week’s BDCs that are maturing in the next 12 months, which combined are worth more than 2.6 Billion USD at cost.

BDC         Cost (1000) FV (1000)
FS KKR Capital Corp.          657,800          582,700
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund          510,717          488,692
MidCap Financial Investment Corp.          454,613          415,794
Trinity Capital Inc.          228,287          224,531
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund          173,238          164,522
SLR Investment Corp.          160,977          156,345
Fidus Investment Corp          147,518          146,861
Carlyle Secured Lending Inc.          105,742          105,149
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp.          95,404          91,701
Crescent Capital BDC Inc.          67,264          59,741
SCP Private Credit Income BDC LLC          28,988          27,644
Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc.          18,940          10,255
New Mountain Finance Corp          16,807          14,852
SLR HC BDC LLC          4,317          4,333
Manulife Private Credit Fund          –          10,333
Grand Total          2,670,612          2,503,453

Top 10 BDC Investments

BBDCs’ portfolio quality can be measured by taking a deeper dive into the BDC’s top 10 investments. While these investments are small in number, they are the primary determinant of a BDC’s portfolio performance. Top 10 Investments of BDCs that filed this week amount to 12.6 Billion USD (Cost) accounting for 23.9% of their aggregate holdings (Cost).

BDCCost (1000)FV (1000)
FS KKR Capital Corp.4,702,4004,274,400
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund2,908,9112,769,525
SLR Investment Corp.1,071,3701,070,576
New Mountain Finance Corp1,074,929981,244
Trinity Capital Inc.618,346638,963
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund560,045545,566
Carlyle Secured Lending Inc.538,438538,890
Fidus Investment Corp317,900316,265
Crescent Capital BDC Inc.261,766259,819
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp.251,243250,576
SCP Private Credit Income BDC LLC146,154132,776
Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc.129,830107,036
SLR HC BDC LLC46,51846,267
Grand Total12,627,85011,931,903

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BDC Filing Season Recaps are written by Sourav Srimal, Andrew Robartes, and Nayan Raj. For more information about our BDC data or our other products please contact marketpluse@solvefixedincome.com.

Sourav Srimal
Senior Vice President
ssrimal@solvefixedincome.com

Andrew Robartes
Data Analyst
arobartes@solvefixedincome.com

Ivan Chestaro
Data Analyst
ichestaro@solvefixedincome.com


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