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Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD) Competitors

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GSBD vs. ARCC, CGBD, MFIC, OCSL, PFLT, SLRC, BCSF, MAIN, STWD, and TSLX

Should you be buying Goldman Sachs BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Goldman Sachs BDC include Ares Capital (ARCC), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), SLR Investment (SLRC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Main Street Capital (MAIN), STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST (STWD), and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Goldman Sachs BDC vs. Its Competitors

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

Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Ares Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Goldman Sachs BDC presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.47%. Ares Capital has a consensus target price of $22.86, indicating a potential upside of 8.51%. Given Ares Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ares Capital is more favorable than Goldman Sachs BDC.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Goldman Sachs BDC
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Ares Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Ares Capital has a net margin of 44.94% compared to Goldman Sachs BDC's net margin of 36.17%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 13.95% beat Ares Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Goldman Sachs BDC36.17% 13.95% 6.17%
Ares Capital 44.94%10.48%5.00%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Goldman Sachs BDC$161.13M8.00$62.87M$1.268.96
Ares Capital$1.50B9.89$1.52B$2.0510.28

Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 101.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 14 more articles in the media than Goldman Sachs BDC. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Ares Capital and 7 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC. Goldman Sachs BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Ares Capital's score of 1.03 indicating that Goldman Sachs BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Goldman Sachs BDC
6 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
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GSBD vs. The Competition

MetricGoldman Sachs BDCFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.29B$1.52B$12.68B$21.42B
Dividend Yield11.20%11.35%5.41%3.49%
P/E Ratio8.9611.50246.5329.77
Price / Sales8.0042.9230.9168.90
Price / Cash5.2010.7719.2518.13
Price / Book0.840.912.314.61
Net Income$62.87M$152.42M$1.01B$998.80M
7 Day Performance-0.88%-2.92%0.41%0.99%
1 Month Performance1.48%-2.61%2.98%4.36%
1 Year Performance-21.56%-7.21%541.12%14.33%

Goldman Sachs BDC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.6767 of 5 stars
$11.30
+1.1%
$10.00
-11.5%
-21.8%$1.29B$161.13M8.96N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.9787 of 5 stars
$22.49
+0.2%
$22.86
+1.6%
+4.6%$15.83B$2.99B10.532,550Positive News
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
3.7954 of 5 stars
$13.84
+0.4%
$15.10
+9.1%
-23.0%$702.70M$232.59M11.53N/APositive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.5428 of 5 stars
$12.96
-0.5%
$13.30
+2.6%
-11.0%$1.22B$301.78M8.14N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
1.9465 of 5 stars
$14.02
+0.4%
$15.00
+7.0%
-20.0%$1.23B$381.67M7.31N/A
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.8366 of 5 stars
$10.28
+0.1%
$10.88
+5.8%
-15.5%$1.02B$89.89M7.34658Positive News
Short Interest ↓
SLRC
SLR Investment
2.3015 of 5 stars
$16.80
+0.6%
$16.25
-3.3%
+3.4%$0.00$232.43M10.37N/AShort Interest ↑
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
3.2131 of 5 stars
$15.69
+0.1%
$16.50
+5.2%
-10.8%$1.02B$292.65M7.761,000Positive News
MAIN
Main Street Capital
2.0536 of 5 stars
$66.01
-0.8%
$61.20
-7.3%
+30.5%$5.95B$541.03M16.5590Dividend Announcement
STWD
STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST
3.6323 of 5 stars
$20.50
-0.5%
$21.70
+5.9%
+0.7%$7.56B$1.95B11.91290Positive News
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
1.7029 of 5 stars
$24.76
+0.7%
$23.28
-6.0%
+9.3%$2.32B$482.53M10.60N/APositive News

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