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Golub Capital BDC Inc (GBDC) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Golub Capital BDC is a business development company that lends to middle-market businesses, most of them owned by private equity sponsors. It is structured as an externally managed, closed-end investment fund rather than a bank, and puts raised capital to work as loans and occasional minority equity stakes.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for GBDC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 46/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-30
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 81th percentile of the window, -13.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-29
  • Sector × region Financials in US: +1.1% week · +5.7% month · −1.2% quarter · +9.1% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLF.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-01
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.66 · down 2.24 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-30
How it trades on rate days beta 0.47 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How GBDC has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.47 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Golub Capital BDC Inc moved 0.47% on average · correlation 0.23 · higher than 41% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.56 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.73% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.32% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Asset Management · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Asset Management · US

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Company snapshot — Golub Capital BDC Inc

GBDC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Golub Capital BDC is a business development company that lends to middle-market businesses, most of them owned by private equity sponsors. It is structured as an externally managed, closed-end investment fund rather than a bank, and puts raised capital to work as loans and occasional minority equity stakes. Its lending spans first-lien senior loans, unitranche facilities that blend senior and junior debt in one loan, second-lien and mezzanine debt, and warrants attached to some loans. Borrowers sit across industries such as healthcare, insurance, IT services, hospitality and specialty retail. It is based in New York and lends mainly within the United States.
Where it sits in the stack
GBDC holds no seat in our index; it sits in the diary's Financial Services sleeve, within the US asset-management and private-debt group, rather than any layer of the AI build-out stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group groups it with scored Financial Services names based in the US, including Futu Holdings, PJT Partners, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Mizuho Financial Group, Brookfield Asset Management, Credicorp and TPG. The market also sets it beside Ares Capital Corporation, another business development company.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
GBDC carries a Closelooknet score across our modules, with quality reading strongest and momentum reading weakest. It holds no seat in our index and has not yet appeared in a diary edition or quote.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the credit quality of its middle-market loan book holds up if sponsor-backed borrowers face refinancing pressure, since strain would likely show first in its weaker score modules.

Golub Capital BDC Inc (GBDC) trades on US exchanges, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelooknet company score reads 48/100 composite (momentum 53, quality 70, valuation 60) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 10.85%, quarterly · buybacks 78 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What GBDC pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.38 USD per share · a 10.85% yield on the 2026-10-30 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-30
  • Change on the year +17.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.17 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.33 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-14
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.56 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.99 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-03
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 368 m USD 97% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 78 m USD 2.5% of today's market value
  • Share count +32.2% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 446 m USD in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-01

Quick answers

What is Golub Capital BDC Inc (GBDC)?

Golub Capital BDC Inc trades as GBDC on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-01.

Is GBDC in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Golub Capital BDC Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-01.

What is Golub Capital BDC Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

48 out of 100, with momentum 53, quality 70 and valuation 60 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-01. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does GBDC trade against its moving averages?

Golub Capital BDC Inc trades 1.7% above its 50-day and 1.2% above its 200-day moving average (4.1% above its 20-day). As of 2026-10-30 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Golub Capital BDC Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Asset Management · US), Golub Capital BDC Inc (GBDC) sits 6.2% below its 52-week high, 1.7% above its 50-day average; TPG Inc (TPG) is 31.2% below, Victory Capital Holdings Inc (VCTR) is 10.5% below, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (BME) is 1.1% below, as of 2026-10-30. Put any of them next to GBDC in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Golub Capital BDC Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Golub Capital BDC Inc had a beta of 0.47 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 41% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.73% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-10-30; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Golub Capital BDC Inc do?

Golub Capital BDC is a business development company that lends to middle-market businesses, most of them owned by private equity sponsors. It is structured as an externally managed, closed-end investment fund rather than a bank, and puts raised capital to work as loans and occasional minority equity stakes. Its lending spans first-lien senior loans, unitranche facilities that blend senior and junior debt in one loan, second-lien and mezzanine debt, and warrants attached to some loans. Closelooknet's peer group groups it with scored Financial Services names based in the US, including Futu Holdings, PJT Partners, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Mizuho Financial Group, Brookfield Asset Management, Credicorp and TPG. The market also sets it beside Ares Capital Corporation, another business development company. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Golub Capital BDC Inc sit in the AI build-out?

GBDC holds no seat in our index; it sits in the diary's Financial Services sleeve, within the US asset-management and private-debt group, rather than any layer of the AI build-out stack. GBDC carries a Closelooknet score across our modules, with quality reading strongest and momentum reading weakest. It holds no seat in our index and has not yet appeared in a diary edition or quote. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Golub Capital BDC Inc pay a dividend?

Golub Capital BDC Inc has paid 1.38 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 10.85% on the 2026-10-30 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.33 USD on 2026-09-14. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 368 m USD in dividends and bought back 78 m USD of its own shares. The share count rose 32.2% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-10-30; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

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