MCI

Barings Corporate Investors

MCI

Market cap $469M

Overview Fund Activity

22.90 USD

+0.07

0.31%

At close Updated Sep 16, 11:10 AM EDT

1 day

0.31%

5 days

7.46%

1 month

11.93%

3 months

8.74%

6 months

14.44%

Year to date

14.16%

1 year

17.86%

5 years

76.97%

10 years

41.71%

About: Barings Corporate Investors is a closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to maintain a portfolio of securities providing a current yield and an opportunity for capital gains. The Trust's principal investments are privately placed, below-investment grade, long-term debt obligations, including bank loans and mezzanine debt instruments. The Trust typically purchases these investments, which are not publicly tradable, directly from their issuers in private placement transactions, and the investments are typically made to small or middle market companies.

Financials Asset Management

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Funds holding %

of 7,463 funds

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Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

77% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 23 | Existing positions reduced: 13

0.97% less ownership

Funds ownership: 16.37% [Q1] → 15.4% (-0.97%) [Q2]

3% less funds holding

Funds holding: 65 [Q1] → 63 (-2) [Q2]

11% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $82.5M [Q1] → $73.4M (-$9.05M) [Q2]

14% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 6 | Existing positions closed: 7

50% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q1] → 1 (-1) [Q2]

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Financial journalist opinion

Inside The Income Factory: Credit Asset Investing With Steven Bavaria

Steven Bavaria, from Inside the Income Factory, discusses credit assets like high-yield bonds, senior loans, and BDCs for stable, high-yield income, favoring closed-end funds for their resilience and discounts. Expense ratios for BDC ETFs like PBDC appear high due to accounting rules, but actual fund expenses are low—professional management adds only about 0.4%.

Inside The Income Factory: Credit Asset Investing With Steven Bavaria

My 10% Income Portfolio-Protecting The NAV

Caring about dividends can increase our returns, but caring about NAV can save our portfolio. Return and NAV protection must go hand in hand, because there can be no sustainable return without protecting the value of the underlying assets. As far as I am concerned, the way to protect my portfolio is to favor only securities with a positive NAV over time.

My 10% Income Portfolio-Protecting The NAV

Barings Corporate Investors Reports Preliminary Second Quarter 2025 Results and Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend Of $0.40 Per Share

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Trustees of Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE: MCI) (the "Trust") met on August 14, 2025, and would like to report its preliminary financial results for the second quarter of 2025. Financial Highlights(1) Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Total Amount Per Share(5) Total Amount Per Share(4) Net investment income(2) $ 7,161,484 $ 0.35 $ 7,057,100 $ 0.35 Net realized gains / (losses)(3) $ 1,923,690 $.

Barings Corporate Investors Reports Preliminary Second Quarter 2025 Results and Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend Of $0.40 Per Share

MCI: A Great Fund For The Long Term, But Has Outrageously High Premium

Barings Corporate Investors is a closed-end fund investing in privately placed, below-investment-grade, long-term debt, with a strong 50-year performance record. The fund's low leverage, decent yield, and excellent past performance make it a great bond fund to hold for the long term. However, the current premium is extremely high compared to its long-term record and makes it unattractive at the current prices.

MCI: A Great Fund For The Long Term, But Has Outrageously High Premium

Barings Corporate Investors Reports Preliminary First Quarter 2025 Results and Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend Of $0.40 Per Share

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Trustees of Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE: MCI) (the "Trust") met on May 15, 2025, and would like to report its preliminary financial results for the first quarter of 2025. Financial Highlights(1) Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Three Months Ended December 31, 2024 Total Amount Per Share(5) Total Amount Per Share(4) Net investment income(2) $ 7,057,100 $ 0.35 $ 10,560,460 $ 0.52 Net realized gains / (losses)(3) $ (4,509,539) $ (0.22) $ 2,48.

Barings Corporate Investors Reports Preliminary First Quarter 2025 Results and Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend Of $0.40 Per Share

MCI: Premium Valuation Amidst Uncertain Outlook

Barings Corporate Investors offers a high dividend yield of 7.8%, leveraging a higher interest rate environment to generate elevated income from diverse debt investments. MCI's portfolio is heavily weighted towards private bank loans (72.4%) and has significant exposure to technology, industrial, and healthcare sectors. The fund's floating rate debt structure benefits from high interest rates but poses risks if rates drop or borrower defaults increase.

MCI: Premium Valuation Amidst Uncertain Outlook

My Income Portfolio: In The Garden Of Eden

Total Return can be misleading if not supported by NAV growth, as it may include unsustainable distributions and Return of Capital. Behavioral finance shows markets are irrational, making it crucial to consider practical aspects beyond theoretical Total Return calculations. I believe that NAV performance can affect our discretion in the reinvestment choices for the distributions we receive from our savings much more than Total Return.

My Income Portfolio: In The Garden Of Eden

Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: CUBA Jumping On CLO Bandwagon (April 13, 2025)

10 out of 22 CEF sectors were positive on price and 5 out of 22 sectors were positive on NAV last week. Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund is jumping on the CLO bandwagon. CLM/CRF announces a rights offering.

Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: CUBA Jumping On CLO Bandwagon (April 13, 2025)

My Income Portfolio: Financial Awareness

The essence of financial awareness is to realize that money can work for us through our investments. Understanding the value of money is the first step toward financial education, which leads to the selection of the most appropriate tools for developing that awareness. In my case, the instruments I have adopted are largely high-income vehicles, with monthly and, in some cases, quarterly distribution.

My Income Portfolio: Financial Awareness

Barings Corporate Investors Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2024 Results

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Trustees of Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE: MCI) (the "Trust") met on February 27, 2025, and would like to report its preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter of 2024. Financial Highlights(1) Three Months Ended December 31, 2024 Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 Total Amount Per Share(5) Total Amount Per Share(4) Net investment income(2) $ 10,560,460 $ 0.52 $ 7,552,446 $ 0.37 Net realized gains / (losses)(3) $ 2,486,190.

Barings Corporate Investors Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2024 Results

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