With over 0.49 million Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (GBDC) shares trading Friday and a closing price of $15.24 on the day, the dollar volume was approximately $7.54 million. The shares have shown a positive half year performance of 14.41% and its price on 01/12/24 lost nearly -0.33%. Currently, there are 169.59M common shares owned by the public and among those 164.29M shares have been available to trade.
An analysis of what Wall Street brokers have to say about the expected price targets for this stock gives us this picture: 5 analysts who have offered their price forecasts for GBDC have a consensus price objective of $15.90. The analysts have set the share’s price value over the next 12 months at a high of $17.00 and a low of $15.00. The average price target is 4.15% above its recent price level and a downside to the estimated low will see the stock lose -1.6% over that period. But an upside of 10.35% will see the stock hit the forecast high price target while median target price for the stock is $16.00.
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Insiders at the company have transacted a total of 1 times over the past 12 months, according to data filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 1 of these insider trades were purchases, accounting for 8,000 shares. Insider sales of the common stock occurred on 0 occasions, with total insider shares sold totaling 0 shares.
The top 3 mutual fund holders in Golub Capital BDC, Inc. are VanEck BDC Income ETF, Border to Coast Listed Alternativ, and iShares II Plc – Listed Private E. VanEck BDC Income ETF owns 2.48 million shares of the company’s stock, all valued at over $37.42 million. The company bought an additional 4748.0 shares recently to bring their total holdings to about 1.46% of the shares outstanding. Border to Coast Listed Alternativ bought 0.77 million shares to see its total holdings expand to 1.44 million shares valued at over $21.77 million and representing 0.85% of the shares outstanding. iShares II Plc – Listed Private E now owns shares totaling to 0.36% of the shares outstanding.
Shares of Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (NASDAQ: GBDC) opened at $15.33, up $0.04 from a prior closing price of $15.29. However, the script later moved the day high at 15.38, down -0.33%. The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -0.33% and 7.45% over the past three months. GBDC shares are trading 0.93% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 10.78% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $12.17 and touched a high of $15.49 over the same period. GBDC has an average intraday trading volume of 625.09K shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by 0.61%, 2.03%, and 8.71% respectively.
Institutional ownership of Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (NASDAQ: GBDC) shares accounts for 45.20% of the company’s 169.59M shares outstanding. Mutual fund holders own –, while other institutional holders and individual stakeholders account for — and — respectively.
It has a market capitalization of $2.58B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.60. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 10.03, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $1.52. The company has a PEG of 1.00 and the debt-to-equity ratio at 1.22. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 1.15% over the week and 1.10% over the month.
Analysts forecast that Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (GBDC) will achieve an EPS of $0.48 for the current quarter, $0.47 for the next quarter and $1.73 for 2025. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is $0.47 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of $0.49. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was $0.15 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 68.90%, and -6.89% over the next financial year. EPS should grow at an annualized rate of 10.00% over the next five years, compared to 2.50% over the past 5-year period.
If you are looking to buy this stock, then you may note that the average analyst recommendation by 5 brokerage firm advisors rate Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (GBDC) as a “Moderate Buy” at a consensus score of 2.20. Specifically, 2 Wall Street analysts polled rate the stock as a buy, while 2 of the 5 advise that investors “hold,” and 0 rated it as a “Sell.”
Looking at the support for the GBDC, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. Raymond James stated their Outperform rating for the stock in a research note on August 09, 2023, with the firm’s price target at $15.50.
