Golub Capital BDC (GBDC) Competitors

Golub Capital BDC (NASDAQ:GBDC) and SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation and dividends.

Which has better earnings & valuation, GBDC or SEIC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Golub Capital BDC	$603.09M	4.39	$258.63M	$2.03	7.61
SEI Investments	$1.92B	4.58	$462.26M	$3.66	18.27

Is GBDC or SEIC a better dividend stock?

Golub Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Golub Capital BDC pays out 76.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SEI Investments pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, GBDC or SEIC?

Golub Capital BDC has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GBDC or SEIC?

42.4% of Golub Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Golub Capital BDC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of SEI Investments shares are held by company 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.

Does the media prefer GBDC or SEIC?

In the previous week, SEI Investments had 23 more articles in the media than Golub Capital BDC. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for SEI Investments and 5 mentions for Golub Capital BDC. Golub Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat SEI Investments' score of 0.75 indicating that Golub Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Golub Capital BDC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEI Investments	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GBDC or SEIC more profitable?

Golub Capital BDC has a net margin of 53.05% compared to SEI Investments' net margin of 25.44%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 23.25% beat Golub Capital BDC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Golub Capital BDC	53.05%	13.03%	5.76%
SEI Investments	25.44%	23.25%	20.25%

Do analysts rate GBDC or SEIC?

Golub Capital BDC presently has a consensus target price of $16.40, suggesting a potential upside of 6.15%. SEI Investments has a consensus target price of $71.25, suggesting a potential upside of 6.53%. Given SEI Investments' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Golub Capital BDC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Golub Capital BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
SEI Investments	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GBDC or SEIC?

SEI Investments received 78 more outperform votes than Golub Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.13% of users gave SEI Investments an outperform vote while only 56.37% of users gave Golub Capital BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Golub Capital BDC	Outperform Votes 301 56.37%	Underperform Votes 233 43.63%
SEI Investments	Outperform Votes 379 59.13%	Underperform Votes 262 40.87%

Summary

SEI Investments beats Golub Capital BDC on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.