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OFS Capital Corporation 4.95% Notes due 2028 (OFSSH)

Q3 2025 Earnings Call· Fri, Oct 31, 2025

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Operator

Operator

Good day, and welcome to the OFS Capital Corporation Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Steve Altebrando. Please go ahead.

Stephen Altebrando

Analyst

Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Also on the call today are Bilal Rashid, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and Kyle Spina, the company's Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Before we begin, please note that the statements made on this call and webcast may constitute forward-looking statements as defined under applicable securities laws. Such statements reflect various assumptions, expectations and opinions by OFS Capital management concerning anticipated results are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. The uncertainties and other factors are in some way beyond management's control, including the risk factors described from time to time in our filings with the SEC. Although we believe these assumptions are reasonable, any of those assumptions could prove incorrect, and as a result, the forward-looking statements based on those assumptions also could be incorrect. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. OFS Capital undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements made herein, and all forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this call. With that, I'll turn the call over to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bilal Rashid.

Bilal Rashid

Analyst

Thank you, Steve. Yesterday, we announced our third quarter earnings. Net investment income was $0.22 per share compared to $0.25 per share in the prior quarter. This decline was primarily due to higher interest costs, which were expected as part of our ongoing initiative to refinance our existing bonds and extend the maturities of our debt. Net asset value at September 30 was $10.17 per share compared to $10.91 per share in the prior quarter. The decrease was largely driven by a markdown on our equity investments, most notably our position in Pfanstiehl Holdings and unrealized depreciation on our CLO equity investments attributable to underlying loan spread tightening. Overall, we believe our credit portfolio is stable. During the quarter, we had one loan placed on nonaccrual status and one loan was taken off of nonaccrual and moved to performing status. While we remain steadfast on preserving capital, we are strategically focused on efforts to improve our net investment income over the long term. This includes ongoing efforts to monetize our minority equity position in Pfanstiehl, our largest position in the portfolio with a fair value of approximately $78.5 million at quarter end. The fundamental performance of the company continued to improve and the long-term outlook remains strong in our view. The reduced valuation mark reflects the challenging market conditions to monetize this asset despite the improved performance. While we remain confident in the portfolio company's long-term potential, a near-term exit could improve our net investment income and reduce concentration risk. However, we recognize this may come at the cost of realizing the investment's full fundamental value. As a reminder, our initial $200,000 investment in Pfanstiehl in 2014 has generated approximately $4.2 million in distributions to date, an approximately 20x return on our cost. Looking forward, the broader economic outlook remains…

Kyle Spina

Analyst

Thanks, Bilal, and good morning, everyone. As Bilal mentioned, we posted net investment income of $2.9 million or $0.22 per share for the third quarter, which was down $0.03 per share from the second quarter. Top line income increased $75,000 quarter-over-quarter. However, expenses increased by $418,000, leading to the decline in net investment income. As we alluded to on our last call, we announced yesterday that we are reducing the quarterly distribution to $0.17 per share for the fourth quarter of 2025. This adjusted distribution rate represented an implied 8.8% annualized yield based on the market price of our common stock as of September 30. In light of ongoing interest rate cuts, coupled with our increased cost of financing, we determined it an appropriate time to better align our distribution rate with our net investment income. We believe this step will allow us to preserve capital as we focus on deleveraging and strengthening our balance sheet in this uncertain economic environment. Despite this reduction, we remain focused on improving our long-term returns as we continue exploring avenues to monetize our equity investment in Pfanstiehl. Our net asset value per share decreased by approximately 7% or $0.74 this quarter. As Bilal described, the decline in our investment portfolio at fair value was most pronounced in our equity holdings, including $4.5 million of unrealized depreciation on our equity investment in Pfanstiehl. We also observed more meaningful net unrealized depreciation in our CLO equity holdings totaling $4.0 million attributable to spread tightening in the underlying loan collateral. We placed one loan on nonaccrual status during the quarter, representing 1.8% of the total portfolio at fair value. We also placed one loan back on accrual status during the quarter following the completion of a restructuring transaction. Overall, our loan portfolio was relatively stable quarter-over-quarter…

Bilal Rashid

Analyst

Thank you, Kyle. In today's continued uncertain economic environment, we remain focused on preserving capital and strengthening our balance sheet. In that regard, we have taken meaningful steps to extend the maturities of our debt and secure financing that gives us operational flexibility over the coming years. As we look ahead, we are focused on defensively positioning our balance sheet, which includes our decision to reduce the distribution rate as well as our ongoing plans to reduce our debt. We believe our loan portfolio remains generally stable and well positioned to withstand this market. Its diversification across multiple industries continues to serve us well, and we maintain our focus on investing higher in the capital structure. As with prior quarters, we remain focused on increasing our net investment income over the long term, specifically through our efforts to monetize certain noninterest-earning equity positions, including our investment in Pfanstiehl. Our team's long-standing experience and investment discipline has driven consistent results. Since 2011, the BDC has invested more than $2 billion with an annualized net realized loss of just 0.25%, while continuing to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns on our portfolio. As always, we will continue to rely on the size, experience and reputation of our adviser. With a $4.1 billion corporate credit platform and affiliation with a $30 billion asset management group, our adviser brings deep credit experience and long-standing banking and capital markets relationships. Our corporate credit platform has gone through multiple credit cycles over the last 25-plus years. Our adviser and affiliates are also strongly aligned with shareholders as they maintain an approximately 23% ownership in the company. With that, operator, please open the call for questions.

Operator

Operator

[Operator Instructions] This concludes our question-and-answer session and concludes the conference call today. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.