Runway Growth Finance Corp
Inside Runway Growth Finance Corp’s $1.2B private-credit portfolio — 151 holdings disclosed in SEC filings. The portfolio is 89% first-lien by fair value, concentrated in Application Software (18%).
Aug 6 · SEC EDGAR
Credit Snapshot
How the market and the balance sheet read RWAY as a credit: NAV per share is the Q1 FY2026 book value ($12.13) from its SEC quarterly filing — for a BDC, book value is NAV. Fair values underneath are the manager’s own estimates. Price as of 2026-08-26.
| Metric | Value | What healthy looks like |
|---|---|---|
| Price-to-NAV | 0.54x (discount) | Quality BDCs tend to trade near NAV; a deep discount often signals credit concern — or opportunity to investigate. |
| Dividend Yield (FY2025 paid) | 21.4% | A trailing all-in yield (full-year dividends paid, including any specials) — not a forward run-rate. BDC regular yields typically run 8–12%; treat an outlier as a question about dividend sustainability. |
| Dividend Coverage (GAAP NII) | 1.11x GAAP NII ÷ FY2025 distributions | Above 1.0x, the year’s distributions were earned by investment income; below 1.0x they exceeded it — watch for a cut or return-of-capital funding. GAAP NII, not the manager’s adjusted “core NII”. |
| NII Return on Equity | 11.7% GAAP NII on FY2025 FY-end NAV | What the portfolio EARNED on book value, before mark swings — steadier than mark-driven ROE. BDCs typically land high single digits to low teens; internally managed books keep more of it. |
| NAV Total Return | +10.3% FY2025: ΔNAV/share + distributions 3-yr ≈+10.2%/yr compound | NAV change plus distributions, per share — what the book earned independent of market sentiment. Sustained positive NAV total return means the credit book is creating value, not just distributing it back. |
| Leverage (Gross Debt/Equity) | 0.90x | Most BDCs run 0.8x–1.25x debt-to-equity; the regulatory ceiling is 2.0x. |
| Asset Coverage | 211% | A gross total-debt coverage read; the statutory ratio excludes SBA debentures, so an SBIC’s 10-K figure can differ. Healthy BDCs sit well above the 150% floor. |
| Top-5 Borrower Concentration | 22% of portfolio FV ≈ 60% of Q1 FY2026 NAV largest: 3PL Central LLC (dba Extensiv) (5.9% of FV) | Measured against NAV, not just portfolio value: leverage means one borrower’s writedown hits book value harder than its portfolio share suggests. Diversified BDCs typically keep any single name to a low single-digit share of the portfolio. |
| Debt Marked Below 90 | 4.5% (1.2% below 80) of marked debt FV (100% coverage) | Loans marked below 90 cents on the dollar are the book’s watchlist; a growing tail often precedes non-accrual. |
| PIK Income Share | 17.7% of debt FV carries a PIK component | Interest paid “in kind” adds to the loan instead of paying cash; a rising PIK share is the classic early sign of borrower stress. |
| Floating-Rate Mix | 82% floating, mostly SOFR of rate-classified debt (100% coverage); the rest fixed | Floating-rate loans reprice with their benchmark (mostly SOFR), so a high floating share means portfolio income rises when the Fed hikes and falls when it cuts — the book’s rate sensitivity in one number. |
| Non-Accruals | — not yet parsed | 1–3% of debt fair value is normal; 5%+ is a warning sign. We don’t parse this yet — check the latest 10-Q. |
| Fee Structure — manager economics, from the same annual filing | ||
| Base Management Fee | $15.7M ≈1.64% of FY2025 FY-end total assets, our calculation — contractual fees accrue on average gross assets as filed, gross of any fee waivers | External BDC base fees typically run 1.0–1.75% of assets — charged on ASSETS, not equity, so leverage raises the fee bill on the same NAV. |
| Incentive Fee | $14.5M as filed, gross of any fee waivers | Income incentive fees typically take 17.5–20% of pre-fee investment income over a hurdle. A capital-gains fee in an up-mark year is not recurring income economics — watch the split. |
Portfolio Composition
Portfolio-wide breakdown by fair value across this BDC’s full Schedule of Investments. Source: SEC EDGAR (public). As of the 2026-08-06 filing.
Maturity Wall
Debt fair value by each loan’s stated maturity year (100% of debt FV carries a parsed maturity). The refinancing question: 28% of the maturity-dated book comes due by end-2027 — debt that must be repaid, refinanced, or extended. As of the 2026-08-06 filing.
| Maturing | Debt FV | % of dated debt |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 or earlier | $111M | 10.1% |
| 2027 | $197M | 17.8% |
| 2028 | $250M | 22.7% |
| 2029 | $371M | 33.7% |
| 2030 | $140M | 12.7% |
| 2031+ | $33M | 3.0% |
Manager Track Record
Through-the-cycle indicators computed from filed schedule-of-investments data: the non-accrual level and its four-quarter direction, the fleet standing among BDCs whose latest filing clears the 90% determinate-coverage gate, and the average debt mark against a year earlier. A track record, not a verdict — each row is coverage-gated and omitted when the data doesn’t support it. As of the 2026-08-06 filing.
| Avg debt mark vs 4q ago | 96.6 vs 97.4 (-0.8 pts) |
Quarter-over-quarter changes
Borrowers added to and dropped from the book between the 2026-05-07 and 2026-08-06 filings, and the largest weighted-mark moves on borrowers held across both. Aggregated to the borrower so a company’s exposure is counted once even when its loan tranches are re-cut quarter to quarter; entries and exits under $0.5M are omitted as parse noise.
New this quarter 16
- Under Technologies, Inc. (Dba Rho)$31M
- Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$27M
- Journey Medical Corporation$25M
- 13Scents Inc. (Dba Dossier)$25M
- Medminder Systems, Inc.$25M
- 4Web, Inc.$24M
Exited 5
- Hurricane Cleanco Limited$31M
- Blueshift Labs, Inc.$14M
- Application Software Carnow, Inc.$2M
- Cloudpay, Inc.$1M
- Autobooks, Inc.$707K
Biggest mark moves
- Marley Spoon Se↑ 72→80
- Circadence Corporation↑ 91→97
- Skillshare, Inc.↓ 96→92
- Onward Medical, N.V.↑ 100→103
- 3Pl Central Llc (Dba Extensiv)↑ 94→97
- Mingle Healthcare Solutions, Inc.↓ 48→46
Top Portfolio Holdings
| # | Company | Type | Sector | Coupon | Maturity | Fair Value | % of FV | % of Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3PL Central LLC (dba Extensiv) | 1L Sr Secured | Systems Software | SOFR + 7.00% | Sep 2026 | $70M | 5.9% | 16.0% |
| 2 | Airship Group, Inc. | 1L Sr SecuredPIK 3.00% | Application Software | SOFR + 3.75% | Jun 2028 | $52M | 4.4% | 11.9% |
| 3 | Piano Software, Inc. | 1L Sr Secured | Application Software | SOFR + 7.25% | Dec 2029 | $43M | 3.6% | 9.8% |
| 4 | EBR Systems, Inc. | 1L Sr Secured | Health Care Equipment & Services | Prime + 4.90% | Jun 2027 | $42M | 3.5% | 9.5% |
| 5 | Brivo, Inc. | 1L Sr Secured | Technology Hardware & Equipment | SOFR + 7.00% | Dec 2029 | $41M | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| 6 | Zinnia Corporate Holdings, LLC | 1L Sr Secured | Application Software | SOFR + 6.50% | Sep 2029 | $40M | 3.3% | 9.0% |
| 7 | Madison Reed, Inc. | 1L Sr Secured | Household & Personal Products | Prime + 5.00% | Aug 2029 | $39M | 3.3% | 9.0% |
| 8 | Elevate Services, Inc. | 1L Sr Secured | Commercial & Professional Services | SOFR + 7.50% | Jul 2027 | $39M | 3.3% | 8.9% |
| 9 | Synack, Inc. | 1L Sr Secured | Systems Software | SOFR + 7.50% | Feb 2028 | $37M | 3.1% | 8.5% |
| 10 | VTX Intermediate Holdings, Inc. (dba VertexOne) | 1L Sr SecuredPIK 4.00% | Application Software | SOFR + 7.00% | Sep 2029 | $35M | 3.0% | 8.1% |
| Full schedule — all 151 holdings, sortable and screenable → | ||||||||
% of net assets reads each position against stockholders’ equity as of Q1 FY2026 — on a levered book, a position is a larger share of the equity that absorbs losses than of portfolio fair value.
This page is the public file — the Ledge adds
Borrower cross-reference
Search any borrower, see every BDC exposed to it — Runway Growth Finance Corp shares 9 borrowers with other managers we track.
Quarterly diffs
What entered and exited the book each quarter.
Book-structure risk
Senior-secured, floating-rate and PIK share — how the book is built.
Loan-Pricing Trend
Fair-value-weighted average credit spread and average mark across this BDC’s Schedule-of-Investments debt holdings, by filing quarter. Mark is fair value as a percent of par (100 = par). Spread is in basis points over each loan’s own benchmark, normalized from the filing’s as-reported units. Source: SEC EDGAR (public). Spreads have compressed from 713 to 667 bps over 12 quarters while marks held near 96.
| Quarter | Borrowers | Priced Positions | Wtd-Avg cash spread (bps) | Avg Mark (% of par) | Debt Fair Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 32 | 32 | 648 | 97.7 | $997M |
| Q1 2025 | 30 | 31 | 651 | 97.4 | $946M |
| Q3 2025 | 31 | 36 | 644 | 97.9 | $879M |
| Q4 2025 | 31 | 38 | 644 | 84.1 | $860M |
| Q1 2026 | 31 | 40 | 649 | 91.5 | $830M |
| Q2 2026 | 46 | 53 | 667 | 96.6 | $1.1B |
Marks reflect each BDC’s own fair-value estimates as reported to the SEC, not traded prices. Private-credit loans are predominantly Level 3 under ASC 820 — valued from unobservable inputs and determined in good faith by each BDC’s board, so figures are estimates as of the filing date and are not directly comparable across managers. Informational only; not investment advice or a valuation.
Questions this page answers
What does Runway Growth Finance Corp invest in?
Runway Growth Finance Corp's portfolio breaks down by total portfolio fair value into approximately 89% first-lien senior secured, 4% second-lien or mezzanine, 0% other or unclassified debt, and 7% equity or other, with its largest sector exposure in Application Software (~18% of the holdings that disclose a sector) as of its 2026-08-06 SEC filing.
How large is Runway Growth Finance Corp's portfolio?
Runway Growth Finance Corp reported $1.2B in portfolio fair value across 151 holdings and 132 unique borrowers as of its 2026-08-06 SEC filing.
What do Runway Growth Finance Corp's fixed-rate loans yield?
The fair-value-weighted average all-in coupon across Runway Growth Finance Corp's fixed-rate income-producing holdings is approximately 9.4%, measured over the fixed-rate holdings representing 5% of portfolio fair value (floating-rate loans, quoted as a spread over a benchmark, are excluded) as of its 2026-08-06 SEC filing.
Where does this data come from?
This data is parsed by Oxford Ledge from Runway Growth Finance Corp's Schedule of Investments in its SEC EDGAR filings. Fair values are the manager's own estimates as of the 2026-08-06 filing date.
About Runway Growth Finance Corp
Runway Growth Finance Corp (RWAY) is a publicly traded Business Development Company (BDC) — essentially a publicly listed fund that lends money to mid-sized private companies. In plain English: BDCs raise money from public investors and lend it to businesses that are too small for Wall Street banks. To qualify for pass-through tax treatment, they distribute at least 90% of their taxable investment income to shareholders, which is why BDC yields are often 8–12%. Runway Growth Finance Corp discloses its full loan portfolio through SEC filings.