NYSE$BCSF

Bain Capital Specialty Finance Inc · Q1 2026 earnings

Q1 2026 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Bain Capital Specialty Finance reported Q1 2026 total investment income of $66.2M, net investment income of $27.4M ($0.42 per share), and net increase in net assets of $3.4M.

For the quarter ended March 31, 2026, BCSF earned total investment income of $66.2 million and net investment income of $27.4 million ($0.42 per share). Net increase in net assets from operations was $3.4 million ($0.05 per share) after net realized and unrealized losses of $24.0 million on investments. Base management fee $9.1M; incentive fee $5.6M.

  • Total investment income $66.2M; NII $27.4M ($0.42/sh).
  • Net increase in net assets from operations $3.4M.
  • Unrealized depreciation $(23.2)M on non-affiliated book.
  • Controlled affiliate income $16.0M.
  • Middle-market lending focus with Bain platform.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$15.7M

Previous: $6.83M+129.2%
EPS (adj)

$0.05

Previous: $0.42-88.1%
Net Income

$3.39M

Previous: $28.5M-88.1%

Revenue & EPS history

Bain Capital Specialty Finance · Revenue · Quarterly

$15.7M

Q1 2026+129.2%vs Q1 2025
Beat estimate in 3 of 14 quarters(21%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Dividend and NAV stability discussed; no formal EPS guide.

Tailwinds

  • Positive NII and modest net asset increase.
  • Diversified income sources including affiliates.

Headwinds

  • Unrealized marks reduced total return.
  • Credit environment remains selective.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2026

Historical avgQ1 2026

+0.7%

Avg return

Earnings day

+1.7%

Avg return

5 days after

+1.0%

Avg return

30 days after

59%

17 / 29 earnings

Positive

+7.3%

Q1 2020

Best reaction

-3.3%

Q4 2021

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-3.1%-2.3%-6.2%
Q4 2025+0.8%+0.0%-5.2%
Q3 2025-1.7%-0.2%+4.2%
Q1 2025+0.3%-0.7%+1.4%
Q4 2024+3.2%-4.4%-9.5%
Q3 2024+2.7%+3.9%+3.1%
Q2 2024-1.4%-1.4%+10.2%
Q1 2024-0.4%+0.4%+1.2%
Q4 2023+0.4%+1.4%+1.2%
Q3 2023-2.3%-2.3%-4.0%
Q2 2023+2.5%+2.7%+6.2%
Q1 2023+4.5%+7.1%+14.6%
Q4 2022+0.8%+4.2%-9.3%
Q3 2022+2.7%+5.9%+1.5%
Q2 2022-0.6%+0.8%+0.3%
Q1 2022-1.0%-2.9%-6.5%
Q4 2021-3.3%-0.4%+0.3%
Q3 2021+2.0%+2.9%+0.5%
Q2 2021-0.1%+1.1%+0.0%
Q1 2021+0.1%+0.6%+0.5%
Q4 2020+0.1%+4.7%+9.4%
Q3 2020+4.5%+12.4%+31.6%
Q2 2020+3.8%+6.1%+3.6%
Q1 2020+7.3%+16.3%+27.4%
Q4 2019-0.4%+0.1%-42.5%
Q3 2019+0.6%+0.5%+3.4%
Q2 2019+0.7%+0.0%+3.4%
Q1 2019-0.1%-3.7%-6.0%
Q4 2018-3.2%-4.7%-4.2%
Q4 2017

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