The stock price of Goldman Sachs BDC Inc (NYSE: GSBD) has surged by 0.39 when compared to previous closing price of 11.67, but the company has seen a 1.60% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-06-22 that Currently, an average BDC trades at an 8% discount to NAV. However, those with high dividend cut probabilities have 20%+ discounts. Many of these heavily punished BDCs are busts.
Is It Worth Investing in Goldman Sachs BDC Inc (NYSE: GSBD) Right Now?
Goldman Sachs BDC Inc (NYSE: GSBD) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 27.24x compared to its average ratio. GSBD has 36-month beta value of 0.78. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for GSBD is 116.68M, and currently, short sellers hold a 1.91% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of GSBD on June 27, 2025 was 771.29K shares.
GSBD’s Market Performance
GSBD’s stock has seen a 1.60% increase for the week, with a 4.13% rise in the past month and a -3.29% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.52%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.40% for Goldman Sachs BDC Inc The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 1.98% for GSBD stock, with a simple moving average of -4.09% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of GSBD
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for GSBD stocks, with Wells Fargo repeating the rating for GSBD by listing it as a “Equal Weight.” The predicted price for GSBD in the upcoming period, according to Wells Fargo is $12 based on the research report published on August 12, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Wells Fargo, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see GSBD reach a price target of $14, previously predicting the price at $15. The rating they have provided for GSBD stocks is “Underweight” according to the report published on May 29th, 2024.
BofA Securities gave a rating of “Neutral” to GSBD, setting the target price at $16.50 in the report published on September 19th of the previous year.
GSBD Trading at 5.68% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought GSBD to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -24.53% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at GSBD starting from Lanza John, who sale 1,250 shares at the price of $12.85 back on Nov 22 ’24. After this action, Lanza John now owns 0 shares of Goldman Sachs BDC Inc, valued at $16,062 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for GSBD
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.35 for the present operating margin
- 0.62 for the gross margin
The net margin for Goldman Sachs BDC Inc stands at 0.2. The total capital return value is set at 0.03.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 68.35 million with net debt to EBITDA at 9.49. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.65. The receivables turnover for the company is 14.97for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.1.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Goldman Sachs BDC Inc (GSBD) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
