VanEck BDC Income ETF (BIZD)

NYSEARCA: BIZD · Real-Time Price · USD
15.85
-0.11 (-0.69%)
Sep 12, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT - Market closed
-0.69%
Assets$1.68B
Expense Ratio12.86%
PE Ratio11.30
Shares Out88.58M
Dividend (ttm)$1.78
Dividend Yield11.20%
Ex-Dividend DateJul 1, 2025
Payout FrequencyQuarterly
Payout Ratio126.64%
Volume1,526,061
Open15.96
Previous Close15.96
Day's Range15.83 - 16.00
52-Week Low13.50
52-Week High17.86
Beta0.83
Holdings36
Inception DateFeb 12, 2013

About BIZD

Fund Home Page

The VanEck BDC Income ETF (BIZD) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in financials equity. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of US BDC companies whose principal business is to invest in, lend capital to, or provide services to privately held companies. BIZD was launched on Feb 12, 2013 and is issued by VanEck.

Asset Class Equity
Category Financial
Region North America
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol BIZD
ETF Provider VanEck
Index Tracked MarketVector US Business Development Companies Liquid Index

Top 10 Holdings

96.95% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
United States Treasury Bills 0.01%B.0 10.16.2520.65%
Ares Capital CorporationARCC17.10%
Mvbdctrg1 Trs Usd R E Mvbdctrgn/a13.46%
Mvbdctrg Trs Usd R E Mvbdctrgn/a12.03%
Blue Owl Capital CorporationOBDC10.16%
Blackstone Secured Lending FundBXSL8.05%
United States Treasury Bills 0.01%B.0 01.15.264.25%
Main Street Capital CorporationMAIN4.07%
Hercules Capital, Inc.HTGC3.78%
Golub Capital BDC, Inc.GBDC3.40%
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Dividends

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Jul 1, 2025$0.4386Jul 7, 2025
Apr 1, 2025$0.4295Apr 4, 2025
Dec 27, 2024$0.4445Dec 30, 2024
Oct 1, 2024$0.4632Oct 4, 2024
Jul 1, 2024$0.4534Jul 5, 2024
Apr 1, 2024$0.4579Apr 5, 2024
Full Dividend History

Performance

BIZD had a total return of 9.39% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 7.70%.

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