(GBDC) Golub Capital BDC - Overview
Sector: Financial Services | Industry: Asset Management | Exchange: NASDAQ (USA) | Market Cap: 3.358m USD | Total Return: -4% in 12m
Avg Turnover: 16.5M
EPS Trend: -6.1%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 86.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (GBDC) is an externally managed business development company (BDC) that focuses on providing financing solutions to middle-market companies in the United States. The firm primarily targets investments in businesses backed by private equity sponsors, concentrating on first-lien senior secured debt and unitranche loans.
The BDC model allows retail investors to access private credit markets, which traditionally require high minimum capital commitments. GBDC maintains a diversified portfolio across sectors including healthcare technology, insurance, and IT services to mitigate industry-specific concentration risk. As a regulated investment company, it is required to distribute at least 90% of its taxable income to shareholders annually.
Investors can further analyze these portfolio distributions and risk metrics by visiting ValueRay. This capital structure typically prioritizes senior secured positions to provide a higher degree of principal protection within the middle-market lending space.
- Floating rate senior secured loan portfolio benefits from elevated interest rates
- Merger with GBDC III increases scale and lowers management fee structure
- Middle-market credit performance determines net asset value and dividend coverage
- Private equity deal flow volume drives new investment and origination income
- Credit spread compression impacts net interest margins across core debt holdings
| Net Income: 204.9m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.04 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 5.33 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -98.07% < 20% (prev 18.13%; Δ -116.2% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.04 > 3% & CFO 313.3m > Net Income 204.9m |
| Net Debt (4.57b) to EBITDA (436.0m): 10.49 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.21 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (262.7m) vs 12m ago -1.43% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 75.36% > 18% (prev 0.75%; Δ 7.46k% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 8.71% > 50% (prev 7.67%; Δ 1.05% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 1.64 > 6 (EBITDA TTM 436.0m / Interest Expense TTM 266.0m) |
| A: -0.09 (Total Current Assets 202.4m - Total Current Liabilities 949.1m) / Total Assets 8.53b |
| B: -0.03 (Retained Earnings -219.6m / Total Assets 8.53b) |
| C: 0.05 (EBIT TTM 434.9m / Avg Total Assets 8.74b) |
| D: -0.05 (Book Value of Equity -219.3m / Total Liabilities 4.78b) |
| Altman-Z'' = -0.37 = B |
As of May 30, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 13.16 with a total of 815,001 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by +1.46%,
over one month by -1.35%,
over three months by +12.83% and
over the past year by -4.04%.
Golub Capital BDC has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.00. Therefore, it is recommended to buy GBDC.
- StrongBuy: 2
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 2
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 13.8 | 4.5% |
P/E Trailing = 16.7403
P/E Forward = 12.2699
P/S = 4.0391
P/B = 0.8959
P/EG = 1.395
Revenue TTM = 761.4m USD
EBIT TTM = 434.9m USD
EBITDA TTM = 436.0m USD
Long Term Debt = 3.75b USD (estimated: total debt 4.70b - short term 949.1m)
Short Term Debt = 949.1m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 4.70b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 4.57b USD (calculated: Debt 4.70b - CCE 128.4m)
Enterprise Value = 7.93b USD (3.36b + Debt 4.70b - CCE 128.4m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 1.64 (Ebit TTM 434.9m / Interest Expense TTM 266.0m)
EV/FCF = 25.31x (Enterprise Value 7.93b / FCF TTM 313.3m)
FCF Yield = 3.95% (FCF TTM 313.3m / Enterprise Value 7.93b)
FCF Margin = 41.15% (FCF TTM 313.3m / Revenue TTM 761.4m)
Net Margin = 26.91% (Net Income TTM 204.9m / Revenue TTM 761.4m)
Gross Margin = 75.36% ((Revenue TTM 761.4m - Cost of Revenue TTM 187.6m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 77.60% (prev 80.88%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.93 (Enterprise Value 7.93b / Total Assets 8.53b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 5.66% (Interest Expense 266.0m / Debt 4.70b)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US default 21%)
NOPAT = 343.6m (EBIT 434.9m * (1 - 21.00%))
Current Ratio = 0.21 (Total Current Assets 202.4m / Total Current Liabilities 949.1m)
Debt / Equity = 1.25 (Debt 4.70b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 3.75b)
Debt / EBITDA = 10.49 (Net Debt 4.57b / EBITDA 436.0m)
Debt / FCF = 14.60 (Net Debt 4.57b / FCF TTM 313.3m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 3.91b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 2.34% (Net Income 204.9m / Total Assets 8.53b)
RoE = 4.96% (Net Income TTM 204.9m / Total Stockholder Equity 4.13b)
RoCE = 5.52% (EBIT 434.9m / Capital Employed (Equity 4.13b + L.T.Debt 3.75b))
RoIC = 4.06% (NOPAT 343.6m / Invested Capital 8.45b)
WACC = 5.94% (E(3.36b)/V(8.06b) * Re(8.01%) + D(4.70b)/V(8.06b) * Rd(5.66%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 8.01% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 46.67 | Cagr: 21.45%
[DCF] Terminal Value 75.44% ; FCFF base≈313.3m ; Y1≈314.6m ; Y5≈333.3m
[DCF] Fair Price = 2.34 (EV 5.18b - Net Debt 4.57b = Equity 609.9m / Shares 260.5m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 0.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -6.07 | EPS CAGR: -1.25% | SUE: -0.26 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 86.51 | Revenue CAGR: 17.72% | SUE: -0.43 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.33 | Chg30d=-6.25% | Revisions=-43% | Analysts=5
EPS current Year (2026-09-30): EPS=1.36 | Chg30d=-3.89% | Revisions=-56% | GrowthEPS=-9.3% | GrowthRev=-11.3%
EPS next Year (2027-09-30): EPS=1.26 | Chg30d=-2.65% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=-7.2% | GrowthRev=-4.7%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -56%