Golub Capital BDC (GBDC) Competitors

Golub Capital BDC (NASDAQ:GBDC) and SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Which has better earnings & valuation, GBDC or SEIC?

SEI Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Golub Capital BDC. Golub Capital BDC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEI Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Golub Capital BDC	$364.87M	7.79	$258.63M	$2.03	8.16
SEI Investments	$1.96B	4.53	$462.26M	$3.66	18.50

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GBDC or SEIC?

42.4% of Golub Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Golub Capital BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of SEI Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GBDC or SEIC?

SEI Investments received 79 more outperform votes than Golub Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.40% of users gave SEI Investments an outperform vote while only 56.50% of users gave Golub Capital BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Golub Capital BDC	Outperform Votes 300 56.50%	Underperform Votes 231 43.50%
SEI Investments	Outperform Votes 379 59.40%	Underperform Votes 259 40.60%

Which has more volatility and risk, GBDC or SEIC?

Golub Capital BDC has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GBDC or SEIC a better dividend stock?

Golub Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Golub Capital BDC pays out 76.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SEI Investments pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer GBDC or SEIC?

In the previous week, SEI Investments had 2 more articles in the media than Golub Capital BDC. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for SEI Investments and 4 mentions for Golub Capital BDC. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Golub Capital BDC's score of 0.03 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Golub Capital BDC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SEI Investments	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer GBDC or SEIC?

Golub Capital BDC currently has a consensus target price of $16.40, suggesting a potential downside of 1.03%. SEI Investments has a consensus target price of $71.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.86%. Given SEI Investments' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Golub Capital BDC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Golub Capital BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
SEI Investments	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is GBDC or SEIC more profitable?

Golub Capital BDC has a net margin of 53.05% compared to SEI Investments' net margin of 24.80%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 22.91% beat Golub Capital BDC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Golub Capital BDC	53.05%	13.03%	5.76%
SEI Investments	24.80%	22.91%	19.84%

Summary

SEI Investments beats Golub Capital BDC on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.