MidCap Financial Investment Corporation·Financial Services

April net investment activity reached a multi-year low as rising stock valuations and BDC sector weakness prompted a cautious approach and selective BDC purchases. Focused April allocations on Ares Capital, Blue Owl Capital, and Hercules Capital, yielding a 7.5% average on new investments despite sector headwinds. Dividend income set a modest April record at $990, up 3% year-over-year, with BDCs contributing 27% of Q2 year-to-date dividends but facing potential further cuts.

We take a look at the action in business development companies through the third week of May and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. BDCs were lower on the week, with PSEC hit by a dividend cut and OTF rebounding after prior software loan-driven losses. Q1 BDC results show no significant systemic deterioration; average total NAV return was flat, but dispersion remains wide across names.

MidCap Financial trades at a significant discount to net asset value but faces rising nonaccruals and a potential sale by Apollo Global Management. MFIC maintains an 11.17% dividend yield with a $0.31 quarterly payout, supported by $0.38 per share net investment income in the first quarter. Nonaccruals rose significantly to 3.4% as of the end of the first quarter, up 90 basis points sequentially.

MidCap Financial Investment NASDAQ: MFIC reported first-quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2026, highlighting a mix of solid net investment income, portfolio valuation pressure, and an aggressive share repurchase program that management said was aimed at improving shareholder value while the stock trades at a discount to net asset value (NAV). Get MFIC alerts:Sign UpQuarterly results and NAV decline Chief Executive Officer Tanner Powell said net investment income (NII) was $0.38 per share for the quarter, while GAAP net loss was $0.30 per share.

MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.38 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.36 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.37 per share a year ago.

Results for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2026, and Other Recent Highlights: Net investment income per share for the quarter was $0.38, compared to $0.39 for the quarter ended December 31, 2025 Net asset value (“NAV”) per share as of the end of the quarter was $13.82, compared to $14.18 as of December 31, 2025, representing a 2.5% decrease. The decline was driven by a net loss on the portfolio, primarily reflecting the impact of broader credit spread widening and credit weakness on certain positions partially offset by the accretive impact of stock buybacks below NAV and net investment income in excess of the dividend New investment commitments made during the quarter totaled $50 million (1) Gross fundings, excluding revolver fundings, (2) totaled $68 million for the quarter Net repayments, including revolvers (2) totaled $142 million for the quarter, including a $22 million repayment from Merx reducing the position to 2.7% of the total portfolio, as of quarter-end Net leverage (3) was 1.55x as of March 31, 2026 Repurchased 7,084,020 shares of common stock at a weighted average price per share of $10.73, inclusive of commissions, for an aggregate cost of $76.0 million during the quarter, generating $0.24 per share of NAV accretion From April 1, 2026, through April 13, 2026, the Company (as defined below) repurchased 2,755,221 shares of common stock at a weighted average price per share of $11.58, inclusive of commissions, for a total cost of $31.9 million, which fully utilized the existing capacity under the share repurchase program On May 5, 2026, the Company's Board of Directors (the “Board”) declared a dividend of $0.31 per share payable on June 25, 2026, to stockholders of record as of June 9, 2026 (4) NEW YORK, May 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MidCap Financial Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: MFIC) or the “Company,” today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026.
Apollo Investment Corporation is business development company and a closed-end, externally managed, non-diversified management investment company. It is elected to be treated as a business development company (BDC) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) specializing in private equity investments in leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, growth capital, refinancing and private middle market companies. It provides direct equity capital, mezzanine, first lien secured loans, stretch senior loans, unitranche loans, second lien secured loans and senior secured loans, unsecured debt, and subordinated debt and loans. It also seeks to invest in PIPES transactions. The fund may also invest in securities of public companies that are thinly traded and may acquire investments in the secondary market and structured products. It prefers to invest in preferred equity, common equity / interests and warrants and makes equity co-investments. It may invest in cash equivalents, U.S. government securities, high-quality debt investments that mature in one year or less, high-yield bonds, distressed debt, non-U.S. investments, or securities of public companies that are not thinly traded. It also focuses on other investments such as collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and credit-linked notes (CLNs). The fund typically invests in construction and building materials, business services, plastics & rubber, advertising, capital equipment, education, cable television, chemicals, consumer products/goods durable and non-durable and customer services, direct marketing, energy oil & gas, electricity and utilities. The fund also invest in aerospace & defense, wholesale, telecommunications, financial services, hotel, gaming, leisure, restaurants; environmental industries, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, high tech industries, beverages, food and tobacco, manufacturing, media diversified & production, printing and publishing, retail, automation, aviation and consumer transport, transportation, cargo and distribution. It primarily invests in United States. It primarily invests between $20 million and $250 million in its portfolio companies. The fund seeks to make investments with stated maturities of five to 10 years.