Stocks · Financial Services · Asset Management
Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. GSBD
$9.07 -1.09% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.02B
High qualityHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.51, down 59.2% year over year.
- Net debt is 9.4× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $322.6M, up 5.3% from a year earlier, slowing from 32.7% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 46%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 12%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 7%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 28%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 5%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 33%
- Gross marginTop 18%
- Operating marginTop 10%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 29%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 34%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 14%
- Interest coverTop 42%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 45%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 44%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 48%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 12%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 36%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 27%
- 6-month returnBottom 22%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 23%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 42%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 27%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 34%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 43%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 3%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 14%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 19%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 50%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 14%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 32.7% | 5.3% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 45.5% | -59.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 63.5% | 78.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 46.0% | 46.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 138.9% | 27.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.3% | 32.7% | ↓ | Bottom 46% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -59.2% | 45.5% | ↓ | Bottom 12% |
| Gross margin | 78.6% | 63.5% | ↑ | Top 18% |
| Operating margin | 46.1% | 46.0% | ↑ | Top 10% |
| Net margin | 18.1% | 47.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 27.6% | 138.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.4% | — | Top 33% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 21.2% | — | Top 28% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.52×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +8.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 9.38×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 22.86%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.06%
- Shareholder yield
- 26.92%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -4.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +1.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $9.25
- Target vs current price
- +2.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 9
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 0%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +19.4% | +2.9% | +8.5% | +12.5% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | -24.1% | -2.1% | -12.1% | -10.2% | -13.1% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | +2.8% | -1.0% | +0.8% | -0.4% | -3.7% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +8.1% | -0.5% | +0.3% | +3.4% | -6.0% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -5.0% | -1.8% | +1.5% | +2.3% | -11.8% |
| May 8, 2025 | -4.7% | +1.7% | +7.3% | +8.5% | +6.3% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -6.0% | -0.9% | -3.9% | -4.9% | -15.2% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | +5.5% | -1.0% | -2.7% | -0.7% | -1.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.37 | $0.31 | +19.4% | $83.7M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.29 | -24.1% | $78.8M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.37 | $0.36 | +2.8% | $86.1M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.40 | $0.37 | +8.1% | $55.8M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.38 | $0.40 | -5.0% | $9.8M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.41 | $0.43 | -4.7% | $96.9M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $0.47 | $0.50 | -6.0% | $69.8M |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $0.58 | $0.55 | +5.5% | $110.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 17.8× | 13.2× | 71th | Bottom 45% |
| P/E (forward) | 7.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.6× | — | — | Top 48% |
| EV / Sales | 8.86× | — | — | Bottom 12% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 8.71% | — | — | Top 44% |
| Earnings yield | 5.62% | — | — | Bottom 45% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 3.8× – 32.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -9.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -59.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +102.0%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -2.8%
- RSI (14)
- 33.8
- Relative volume
- 1.05×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 28.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 81th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.70
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.43
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -11.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -46.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2022 | Jul 9, 2026 | -58.5% | 1110 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | -10.6% | 121 days | 86 days (Feb 2, 2022) |
| Dec 4, 2020 | Jan 29, 2021 | -10.4% | 37 days | 30 days (Mar 15, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.02B
- P/E (TTM)
- 17.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.51
- Revenue (TTM)
- $322.6M
- Dividend yield
- 15.21%
- 52-week range
- $8.36 – $10.38
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $229.1M | $136.1M | $454.9M | $192.4M | $242.5M |
| Gross profit | $170.1M | $56.6M | $454.9M | $78.7M | $182.8M |
| Operating income | $194.1M | $59.7M | $363.4M | $68.3M | $238.5M |
| Net income | $192.4M | $55.0M | $195.9M | $62.9M | $119.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.89 | $0.54 | $1.81 | $0.55 | $1.03 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $70.7M | $69.8M | $96.9M | $68.9M | $55.8M | $83.2M | $78.5M | $105.1M |
| Net income | $37.1M | $37.5M | $31.6M | $39.3M | $24.7M | $23.7M | -$13.6M | $23.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.32 | $0.32 | $0.27 | $0.34 | $0.22 | $0.20 | -$0.12 | $0.21 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$29.9M | $27.4M | $300.7M | $2.5M | $325.7M |
| Capital expenditure | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Free cash flow | -$29.9M | $27.4M | $300.7M | $2.5M | $325.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$193.0M | -$180.0M | -$191.0M | -$197.7M | -$233.5M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $14.0M | $98.1M | $109.9M | -$52.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $50.7M
- Total assets
- $3.29B
- Total liabilities
- $1.93B
- Total debt
- $1.85B
- Net debt
- $1.84B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.36B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.32 | Oct 28, 2026 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $0.03 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.32 | Jul 28, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.32 | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Mar 9, 2026 | $0.03 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.32 | Jan 27, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.04 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $0.48 | Oct 28, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,438,581
- Days to cover
- 8.26
- Change vs previous report
- +0.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.