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How Golub Capital BDC, Inc. stacks up
GBDC · against 83 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
44/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #48 of 84 · scores higher than 43% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score8 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including GBDC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 44?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Financial Services norm.
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.1% vs peer median 2.6%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.0% vs peer median 6.3%
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
Metric by metric
Position: dot = GBDC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | GBDC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 88 reported | 6.0% | 5.3% | 53% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 51 reported | Not reported | 21.7% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 87 reported | 2.1% | 2.5% | 43% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 85 reported | 4.5% | 13.4% | 24% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 98 reported | 100.0% | 77.8% | 74% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around GBDC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.7B USD | 98 | 63 | |
| 2 | 4.2B USD | 97 | 55 | |
| 2 | 2.7B USD | 97 | 58 | |
| 4 | 4.1B USD | 95 | 64 | |
| 5 | 5.5B EUR (≈$6.0B) | 94 | 55 | |
| 44 | 1.7B USD | 49 | 49 | |
| 45 | 588.9B JPY (≈$4.0B) | 47 | 58 | |
| 46 | 5.2B USD | 46 | 45 | |
| 47 | 4.4B USD | 45 | 53 | |
| 48 | 3.3B USD | 44 | 57 | |
| 49 | 484.1B JPY (≈$3.3B) | 42 | 35 | |
| 50 | 34.4B CNY (≈$4.8B) | 41 | 40 | |
| 51 | 22.8B SEK (≈$2.3B) | 40 | 51 | |
| 52 | 21.2B BRL (≈$3.8B) | 36 | 66 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score