Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund (BGH) Stock

About Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund

The Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund is a closed-ended mutual fund focused on fixed income, primarily overseen by Barings LLC, with co-management support from Babson Capital Global Advisors Limited. This fund allocates capital to fixed income markets across the globe. Its core holdings are predominantly high-yield bonds, loans, and other income-generating instruments worldwide. Upon acquisition, these securities must possess a credit rating below Baa3 from Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or below BBB- from Standard & Poor's Rating Services. The fund's strategy mandates a weighted average portfolio duration of no more than three years, and portfolio construction relies on a bottom-up fundamental analysis approach. Its investment performance is measured against the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Global Non-Financial High Yield Constrained Index. Established on October 25, 2012, and registered in the United States, the fund was previously known as the Babson Capital Global Short Duration High Yield Fund.

Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund is headquartered in US.

Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund (BGH) stock trades at $14.24 with a market capitalization of $285.72M. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 14.24, price-to-book of 0.94, price-to-sales of 7.48. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $13.19 and $16.90, and currently trades 15.7% below its 52-week high.

On profitability, Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund generates a return on equity (ROE) of 6.49%, return on capital employed of 5.91%, an operating margin of 68.21%, a net profit margin of 52.56%.

Official website: www.babsoncapital.com/Strategies/Trusts/BGH/Default.aspx