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Golub Capital BDC (GBDC) Competitors

$13.22
+0.11 (+0.84%)
(As of 05/26/2023 04:00 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$13.09
$13.28
50-Day Range
$12.70
$13.56
52-Week Range
$11.94
$14.42
Volume
787,000 shs
Average Volume
712,779 shs
Market Capitalization
$2.25 billion
P/E Ratio
20.98
Dividend Yield
9.98%
Price Target
$12.25

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Golub Capital BDC
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Prospect Capital
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Golub Capital BDCOutperform Votes
291
56.84%
Underperform Votes
221
43.16%
Prospect CapitalOutperform Votes
319
52.90%
Underperform Votes
284
47.10%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Golub Capital BDC 21.55% 9.76% 4.35%
Prospect Capital -21.66% 11.02% 5.65%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Golub Capital BDC$387.80 million5.79$153.44 million$0.6320.98
Prospect Capital$710.90 million3.54$582.58 million-$0.50-12.52

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Golub Capital BDC
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Prospect Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

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.
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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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GBDC vs. The Competition

MetricGolub Capital BDCInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.25B$947.88M$5.93B$6.15B
Dividend Yield9.98%10.25%9.71%6.17%
P/E Ratio20.986.31148.9811.85
Price / Sales5.794.203,784.98108.36
Price / Cash10.679.2431.9422.80
Price / Book0.890.771.805.32
Net Income$153.44M$71.10M$642.23M$192.99M
7 Day Performance0.46%-0.55%0.06%0.40%
1 Month Performance-1.93%-3.79%-1.20%2.52%
1 Year Performance-7.42%-20.19%7.92%-0.19%

Golub Capital BDC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSEC
Prospect Capital
1.2872 of 5 stars
$6.46
+0.5%
$6.50
+0.6%
-19.5%$2.60B$710.90M-12.922,019Short Interest ↑
CSWC
Capital Southwest
2.1948 of 5 stars
$18.35
+0.2%
$21.30
+16.1%
-18.9%$634.18M$82.21M13.3921Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
2.4935 of 5 stars
$18.00
-0.7%
$20.83
+15.7%
-13.5%$1.47B$309.30M12.00N/AShort Interest ↓
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
1.8529 of 5 stars
$12.22
-0.2%
$12.67
+3.7%
-7.6%$1.23B$294.63M15.67N/APositive News
MGRC
McGrath RentCorp
3.0297 of 5 stars
$91.36
+0.2%
$120.50
+31.9%
+10.2%$2.24B$733.82M13.321,218Short Interest ↑
Positive News
FCPT
Four Corners Property Trust
2.2232 of 5 stars
$25.86
+0.2%
$28.33
+9.6%
-7.2%$2.25B$223.19M21.73461Positive News
GRBK
Green Brick Partners
2.636 of 5 stars
$48.88
-5.3%
$27.50
-43.7%
+95.4%$2.22B$1.82B7.88540
NHI
National Health Investors
2.2349 of 5 stars
$52.29
+0.7%
$57.80
+10.5%
-12.4%$2.27B$278.19M25.1419Positive News
FHB
First Hawaiian
2.54 of 5 stars
$17.35
-0.1%
$23.67
+36.4%
-34.8%$2.21B$842.74M8.112,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
ABR
Arbor Realty Trust
2.0099 of 5 stars
$12.55
+0.3%
$14.60
+16.3%
-23.9%$2.27B$948.40M7.30579Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:GBDC) was last updated on 5/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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