BCSF - Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. is business development company specializing in direct loans to middle-market companies. The fund seeks to invest in senior investments with a first or second lien on collateral, senior first lien, stretch senior, senior second lien, unitranche, mezzanine debt, junior securities, other junior investments, and secondary purchases of assets or portfolios that primarily consist of middle-market corporate debt.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $13.38, ATM IV 276.7%, max pain $12.35, net GEX $4.9K.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market Cap
- $870.5M
- P/E Ratio
- 8.92
- Beta
- 0.64
- 52-Week Range
- 11.82-16
- Dividend Yield
- $1.68
- CEO
- Michael Alexander Ewald
- IPO Date
- Nov 15, 2018
- Exchange
- NYSE
What BCSF Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 62.8% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($4.9K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (-0.120) prices puts richer than calls, the typical equity downside-protection skew.
What This Page Covers
The BCSF overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked BCSF overview questions
- What is BCSF?
- BCSF is the ticker symbol for Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc., a listed security. Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. is business development company specializing in direct loans to middle-market companies. Listed on NYSE. BCSF is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the BCSF options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the BCSF options snapshot shows spot at $13.38, ATM IV 276.7%, IV rank 62.8%, max pain $12.35, net GEX $4.9K, expected move 79.33%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are BCSF's key statistics?
- Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (BCSF) carries a market capitalization of $870.5M, trailing P/E ratio of 8.92, beta of 0.64 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 11.82-16. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does BCSF belong to?
- Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare BCSF's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the BCSF data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).