---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-021332"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCSF"
cik: "0001655050"
company_name: "Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T12:04:45.126083+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BCSF Q4 NII $0.54/share; declares $0.42 dividend plus $0.12 additional for 2024

## Summary
- Net investment income per share $0.54 for Q4 2023; full year 2023 NII per share $2.19.
- Net asset value per share $17.60 as of Dec 31, 2023, up from $17.54 in Q3 2023.
- Board declared Q1 2024 dividend of $0.42/share and additional $0.12/share for 2024 in four quarterly $0.03 payments.
- Non-accrual low at 1.2% of portfolio fair value; debt-to-equity decreased to 1.02x from 1.12x.
- KBRA affirmed BBB investment grade rating with stable outlook.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-021332
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCSF
- cik: 0001655050
- company_name: Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655050/000095017024021332/0000950170-24-021332-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655050/000095017024021332/bcsf-20240227.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-021332.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 27, 2024, Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655050/000095017024021332/0000950170-24-021332-index.htm

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