Golub Capital Bdc (GBDC) FCF Payout Ratio (2021 - 2026)

Golub Capital Bdc (GBDC) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.29 for Q1 2026, down 36.39% on a YoY basis from 0.46 in Q1 2025, and down 27.03% sequentially from 0.4 in Q4 2025.

Golub Capital Bdc (GBDC) FCF Payout Ratio (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Golub Capital Bdc (GBDC) has 6 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.29 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 36.39% year-over-year to 0.29; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.62 (up 122.38% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 3.24, down 429.63% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio slipped to 0.29 in Q1 2026, from 0.4 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.46 in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.69 in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.31 and a median of 0.33 in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio soared 911.27% in 2023 and tumbled 227.01% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Tracing GBDC's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.89 in 2022, then plunged by 59.11% to 0.37 in 2023, then tumbled by 179.16% to 0.29 in 2024, then soared by 237.88% to 0.4 in 2025, then dropped by 27.03% to 0.29 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows GBDC's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.29 in Q1 2026, 0.4 in Q4 2025, and 0.33 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Brookfield 1,236.60 Bn 1,311.20 Bn 18.56 Bn -
2 BlackRock 161.01 Bn 148.08 Bn - -0.90
3 Blackstone 97.77 Bn 96.72 Bn - 2.00
4 Apollo Global Management 70.80 Bn 90.38 Bn -409.00 Mn 0.19
5 State Street 51.30 Bn 51.30 Bn - -0.02
6 Ameriprise Financial 48.54 Bn 39.27 Bn 4.57 Bn 0.34
7 Northern Trust 32.93 Bn 32.93 Bn - -0.45
8 Raymond James Financial 32.59 Bn 17.67 Bn - 0.10
9 Price T Rowe 24.70 Bn 21.13 Bn - 0.38
10 Golub Capital Bdc 3.36 Bn 3.32 Bn - 0.29

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.29
Dec 31, 2025 0.40
Sep 30, 2025 0.33
Jun 30, 2025 -0.42
Mar 31, 2025 0.46
Dec 31, 2024 -0.29
Sep 30, 2024 -0.69
Jun 30, 2024 0.33
Mar 31, 2024 0.43
Dec 31, 2023 0.37
Sep 30, 2023 0.88
Jun 30, 2023 0.92
Mar 31, 2023 1.46
Dec 31, 2022 0.89
Sep 30, 2022 0.25
Jun 30, 2022 -0.21
Mar 31, 2022 -0.18
Dec 31, 2021 -0.21