Portfolio of Dividend Income Stocks: Business Development Companies (BDCs) Stocks Offer High Yields

Business development companies (BDCs) pay high dividends and may be appropriate for income portfolios. However, these stocks could react negatively to increasing interest rates.

The following table includes 15 BDC stocks.

15 BDC Stocks
Name & Returns	Symbol & Snapshot	Dividend (Yield) & Dividend Chart
Apollo Investment Corporation	AINV	$1.44 (13.13%)
Ares Capital Corporation	ARCC	$1.60 (9.80%)
BlackRock Capital Investment	BKCC	$0.40 (13.65%)
Fidus Investment	FDUS	$1.36 (10.13%)
Gladstone Capital	GLAD	$0.26 (2.77%)
Golub Capital BDC	GBDC	$1.16 (8.45%)
Hercules Technology Growth Capital	HTGC	$1.36 (11.93%)
Main Street Capital	MAIN	$0.82 (2.52%)
Monroe Capital	MRCC	$1.00 (11.38%)
New Mountain Finance	NMFC	$1.20 (10.40%)
Newtek Business Service	NEWT	$1.88 (10.23%)
PennantPark Investment	PNNT	$0.48 (10.91%)
Prospect Capital Corporation	PSEC	$0.24 (3.82%)
TPG Specialty Lending	TSLX	$1.64 (8.00%)
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	TPVG	$0.40 (3.07%)
Dividend data from Alpha Vantage as of Feb-01-2021.