GBDC vs. PSEC, CSWC, TSLX, NMFC, MGRC, FCPT, GRBK, NHI, FHB, and ABR
Should you be buying Golub Capital BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Golub Capital BDC include Prospect Capital (PSEC), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), McGrath RentCorp (MGRC), Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), Green Brick Partners (GRBK), National Health Investors (NHI), First Hawaiian (FHB), and Arbor Realty Trust (ABR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Golub Capital BDC vs.
Golub Capital BDC (NASDAQ:GBDC) and Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Golub Capital BDC and Golub Capital BDC both had 3 articles in the media. Golub Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Prospect Capital's score of 0.30 indicating that Golub Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Prospect Capital received 28 more outperform votes than Golub Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.84% of users gave Golub Capital BDC an outperform vote while only 52.90% of users gave Prospect Capital an outperform vote.
Golub Capital BDC has a net margin of 21.55% compared to Prospect Capital's net margin of -21.66%. Prospect Capital's return on equity of 11.02% beat Golub Capital BDC's return on equity.
Prospect Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Golub Capital BDC. Prospect 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.
Golub Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Golub Capital BDC pays out 209.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prospect Capital pays out -144.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prospect Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Golub Capital BDC has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prospect Capital has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Golub Capital BDC currently has a consensus target price of $12.25, suggesting a potential downside of 7.34%. Prospect Capital has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.83%. Given Prospect Capital's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Prospect Capital is more favorable than Golub Capital BDC.
42.8% of Golub Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.0% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Golub Capital BDC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.4% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Prospect Capital beats Golub Capital BDC on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GBDC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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