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Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York City, Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (GBDC) is a business development company operating as an externally managed closed-end non-diversified management investment firm.

 It typically invests in diversified consumer services, automobiles, healthcare technology, insurance, health care equipment and supplies, hotels, restaurants and leisure, healthcare providers and services, IT services, and specialty retailers. 

Three key data points gauge GBDC or any dividend-paying entity, namely:

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those keys also indicate if any company has made, is making, and will make money.

GBDC Price

Golub Capital’s single share price decreased 10.2% from $15.67 to $14.07 last year, per Monday’s market price.

Five analysts cover the stock and set a one-year target price up $0.91 to $15.00.

Historically, however, the GBDC share price varied between an all-time high of $20.50 and a low of $9.50. Generally staying at about the $14.00 level.

GBDC Dividends

Golub Capital, BDC, has paid variable quarterly dividends since June 2010.

It paid a $0.39 Quarterly dividend totaling $1.56 for 2025. So, $1.56 is Golub’s forward-looking dividend amount for 2026.

GBDC Returns

Putting it all together, a hypothetical $2.47 estimated gross gain per share shows up when adding GBDC’s annual $1.56 dividend to the analyst estimate of a $0.91 annual price gain.

A little under $1000 invested at Monday’s $14.09 share price would buy 71 shares which, multiply the $2.47 estimated gross gain to $175.30 for the coming year.

About 63.25% of that $175 gain comes from an annual dividend payout of $110.70.

And that $110.70 dividend from $1k invested is almost 8x greater than First Golub’s $14.09 single share price.

(The dividend dogcatcher rule is to only buy initial shares of a stock that pay an annual dividend from $1000 invested that is greater than the cost of a single share.)

8 is far more than 1.

Therefore, you may choose to pounce on GBDC and its annual dividend payout of about 8 times its single share price.

The exact track of Golub Capital BDC’s future share price and dividends will entirely be determined by market action and company finances.

Remember, the best way to track stock performance and dividend payments is through direct ownership of company shares.

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