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GBDC vs SYF

Side-by-side comparison of Golub Capital BDC Inc. (GBDC) and Synchrony Financial (SYF): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both GBDC and SYF operate in Finance: Consumer Services (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • SYF is the larger of the two at $24.33B, about 7.1x GBDC ($3.41B).
  • Over the past year, GBDC is down 14.1% and SYF is up 19.0% - SYF leads by 33.1 points.
  • SYF has been more active in the news (28 items in the past 4 weeks vs 7 for GBDC).
  • SYF has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 8 for GBDC).
PerformanceGBDC-14.11%SYF+19.02%
2025-06-10+0.00%2026-06-09
MetricGBDCSYF
Company
Golub Capital BDC Inc.
Synchrony Financial
Price
$13.12+0.57%
$72.34+2.54%
Market cap
$3.41B
$24.33B
1M return
-0.38%
-1.09%
1Y return
-14.11%
+19.02%
Industry
Finance: Consumer Services
Finance: Consumer Services
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
2010
2014
News (4w)
7
28
Recent ratings
8
25
GBDC

Golub Capital BDC Inc.

Golub Capital BDC, Inc. is a business development company and operates as an externally managed closed-end non-diversified management investment company. It invests in debt and minority equity investments in middle-market companies that are, in most cases, sponsored by private equity investors. The company seeks to invest in the United States. It primarily invests in senior secured, one stop, unitranche, second lien, subordinated and mezzanine loans of middle-market companies, and warrants.

SYF

Synchrony Financial

Synchrony Financial operates as a consumer financial services company in the United States. It provides a range of specialized financing programs and consumer banking products to digital, retail, home, auto, travel, health, and pet industries. The company also offers private label credit cards, dual cards, general purpose co-branded credit cards, and small and medium-sized business credit products; and promotional financing for consumer purchases, such as private label credit cards, dual cards, and installment loans. In addition, it provides promotional financing to consumers for health, veterinary and personal care procedures, and services and products, such as dental, vision, audiology, and cosmetic; debt cancellation products; and deposit products, including certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, money market accounts, and savings accounts to retail and commercial customers, as well as accepts deposits through third-party securities brokerage firms. The company offers its credit products through programs established with a group of national and regional retailers, local merchants, manufacturers, buying groups, industry associations, and healthcare service providers; and deposit products through various channels, such as digital and print. Synchrony Financial was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

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