UVSP vs BBDC Comparison

Univest Financial Corp is engaged in domestic banking services for individuals, businesses, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The bank has three operating segments; Banking segment provides financial services including a full range of banking services such as deposit taking, loan origination, and servicing, mortgage banking, other general banking services, and equipment lease financing, Wealth Management segment offers investment advisory, financial planning, trust and brokerage services, and The Insurance segment includes a full-service insurance brokerage agency offering commercial property and casualty insurance, employee benefits solutions, personal insurance lines and human resources consulting. It generates majority of its revenue from the banking segment.

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.