BBDC vs CAL Comparison

Barings BDC Inc operates as a closed-end, non-diversified investment company and has elected to be treated as a business development company. The company's investment objective is to generate current income by investing directly in privately held middle-market companies to help these companies fund acquisitions, growth, or refinancing. Barings employs fundamental credit analysis and targets investments in businesses with low levels of cyclicality and operating risk relative to other businesses in this market segment. The holding size of each position will generally be dependent upon a number of factors including total facility size, pricing and structure, and the number of other lenders in the facility.

Caleres Inc is a footwear company that operates retail shoe stores and e-commerce websites, and designs, develops, sources, manufactures, and distributes footwear for people of all ages. The Company's business operations are organized into two reportable segments - famous Footwear and Brand Portfolio. The famous Footwear segment is comprised of its famous Footwear retail stores, famousfootwear.com, and famousfootwear.ca. The famous Footwear segment operated around 846 stores at the end of 2024. The Brand Portfolio segment offers retailers and consumers a cultivated portfolio of known brands. Geographically, the company generates the majority of its revenue from Domestic operations.