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Golub Capital BDC (GBDC) Competitors

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$14.20 +0.04 (+0.28%)
Closing price 10/24/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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GBDC vs. ARCC, MFIC, NMFC, OCSL, PFLT, SLRC, BCSF, MAIN, OBDC, and TSLX

Should you be buying Golub Capital BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Golub Capital BDC include Ares Capital (ARCC), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), SLR Investment (SLRC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Blue Owl Capital (OBDC), and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Golub Capital BDC vs. Its Competitors

Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) and Golub Capital BDC (NASDAQ:GBDC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and dividends.

Ares Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Golub Capital BDC. Ares Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golub Capital BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ares Capital$1.50B9.43$1.52B$2.059.80
Golub Capital BDC$724.68M5.22$273.79M$1.4210.00

Ares Capital has a net margin of 44.94% compared to Golub Capital BDC's net margin of 42.81%. Golub Capital BDC's return on equity of 10.87% beat Ares Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ares Capital44.94% 10.48% 5.00%
Golub Capital BDC 42.81%10.87%4.87%

Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Golub Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Ares Capital pays out 93.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Golub Capital BDC pays out 109.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 10 more articles in the media than Golub Capital BDC. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ares Capital and 5 mentions for Golub Capital BDC. Golub Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Ares Capital's score of 1.05 indicating that Golub Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ares Capital
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Golub Capital BDC
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Ares Capital presently has a consensus target price of $22.63, indicating a potential upside of 12.67%. Golub Capital BDC has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.63%. Given Ares Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ares Capital is more favorable than Golub Capital BDC.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ares Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Golub Capital BDC
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Ares Capital has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golub Capital BDC has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

27.4% of Ares Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Golub Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Golub Capital BDC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ares Capital beats Golub Capital BDC on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GBDC vs. The Competition

MetricGolub Capital BDCFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.77B$1.38B$12.73B$10.65B
Dividend Yield11.02%12.57%5.57%4.82%
P/E Ratio10.0010.5522.1030.44
Price / Sales5.2237.8630.61191.77
Price / Cash9.479.6622.3661.44
Price / Book0.930.852.206.60
Net Income$273.79M$152.42M$1.02B$276.82M
7 Day Performance2.01%2.56%1.54%2.55%
1 Month Performance3.27%-3.34%0.20%3.76%
1 Year Performance-7.07%-13.58%538.04%33.04%

Golub Capital BDC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
1.9934 of 5 stars
$14.20
+0.3%
$15.00
+5.6%
-8.7%$3.77B$724.68M10.00N/APositive News
ARCC
Ares Capital
3.3923 of 5 stars
$19.49
+3.1%
$22.81
+17.0%
-7.3%$13.33B$2.99B9.512,550Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.672 of 5 stars
$11.70
+2.1%
$13.42
+14.7%
-9.4%$1.07B$301.78M10.83N/APositive News
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
3.2189 of 5 stars
$9.29
+4.0%
$10.50
+13.0%
-17.4%$949.80M$371.67M12.22N/APositive News
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
2.1493 of 5 stars
$12.92
+2.5%
$15.00
+16.1%
-14.0%$1.11B$381.67M23.07N/A
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.2013 of 5 stars
$8.79
+3.2%
$10.88
+23.8%
-21.6%$871.63M$89.89M6.28658
SLRC
SLR Investment
2.8003 of 5 stars
$14.32
+1.8%
$16.11
+12.5%
-2.8%$0.00$232.43M8.84N/A
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
2.0121 of 5 stars
$13.70
+3.2%
$16.50
+20.4%
-16.4%$861.45M$292.65M8.261,000
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.8161 of 5 stars
$56.53
+2.6%
$61.20
+8.3%
+11.1%$4.93B$541.03M9.3190
OBDC
Blue Owl Capital
3.3936 of 5 stars
$12.51
+3.1%
$15.21
+21.7%
-14.2%$6.20B$1.60B8.28N/ATrending News
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
3.1284 of 5 stars
$21.71
+4.1%
$23.56
+8.5%
+8.3%$1.97B$482.53M10.80N/APositive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume

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