One of the leading proponents of these markets is OFS Capital. The business provides flexible capital solutions to these businesses to help them further expand and grow their ventures. The company offers debt capital and even minority equity investments to these ventures. OFS Capital upholds their commitment to their shareholders by continuously giving back current income and capital appreciation from the investments they made. The investments made by the company include unitranche, senior secured, mezzanine loans, second-lien and equity securities.
The company is registered as a business development company that publicly trades its common shares on the NASDAQ. Stocks of the company are marketed using the ticker symbol OFS. It provides capital and investment opportunities to a wide range of industries, including insurance, real estate, chemicals, aerospace and defense, banking; consumer goods, construction and building; plastics and rubber, capital equipment, oil and gas, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, media, metals and mining and several other industries. The biggest investments of the company go to three major industries, namely healthcare and pharmaceuticals; business and capital equipment. In total, these three industries make up to 50.7% of the company’s investment portfolio.
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, OFS Capital Corporation follows a rigorous selection process before it makes any investments. Among the guidelines they follow is that the business should generate revenues between $15 million and $300 million. These businesses should also have an enterprise value of between $10 million to $500 million and several other requirements for consideration.