Crescent Capital BDC

CCAP

Asset Management · Financial Services

Price

$11.05

-0.15 (-1.34%)

Market Cap

$407.1M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+30.1% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 28.5M (2021) → 37.0M (2025)

Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. is as a business development company private equity / buyouts and loan fund. It specializes in directly investing. It specializes in middle market. The fund seeks to invest in United States.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+22.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-6.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

4.1%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~3 months

$27M cash & investments

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Crescent Capital BDC has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

74.6%

Premium pricing power — 74.6% gross margin

Operating Margin

-7.5%

Losing money on operations — -7.5%

ROCE

-0.3%

Weak — -0.3% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+5.3%

Slow sales growth (5.3% YoY)

EPS YoY

-34.6%

Earnings shrinking (-34.6% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

438%

Turns 438% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

52.9%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (52.9%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

1.28x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.3x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

8.8x

Attractive valuation — P/E 8.8

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward

+1.7

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

15.11%

Healthy income — 15.11% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend Growth

-67.2%

Dividend cut (-67.2% YoY) — warning sign

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