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How Golub Capital BDC, Inc. stacks up
GBDC · against 354 other Financial Services companies
Profitability
44/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #198 of 355 · scores higher than 44% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score36 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 · 353 reported | 6.0% | 6.3% | 48% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 209 reported | Not reported | 23.5% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 382 reported | 2.1% | 2.6% | 42% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 374 reported | 4.5% | 9.5% | 30% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 433 reported | 100.0% | 80.0% | 66% | 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 | 342M EUR (≈$376M) | 100 | 77 | |
| 1 | 1.05T INR (≈$12.6B) | 100 | 65 | |
| 3 | 1.49T INR (≈$17.9B) | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 566M AUD (≈$374M) | 99 | 84 | |
| 3 | 566.9B USD | 99 | 48 | |
| 194 | 16.2B USD | 45 | 37 | |
| 194 | 674M USD | 45 | 53 | |
| 198 | 308M EUR (≈$338M) | 44 | 40 | |
| 198 | 400M USD | 44 | ||
| 198 | 3.3B USD | 44 | 57 | |
| 198 | 269M USD | 44 | 36 | |
| 202 | 14.6B USD | 43 | 20 | |
| 202 | 240M AUD (≈$158M) | 43 | 21 | |
| 202 | 275M USD | 43 |
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