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GBDC Income Quality Score

Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (GBDC) has an Income Quality Score of 53/100, classified as a Question Mark with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (GBDC) is a business development company (BDC) and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of June 30, 2026Lookback: 10-year
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Long-term focused10-year income and total-return analysis
Data-drivenObjective scoring across 7 quality, distribution and risk signals
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IQ Score
53/100
Question MarkHigh confidence
Asset Type
BDC
Exchange
NASDAQ
Trailing Yield (TTM)
11.2%
Rank in BDC Universe
17 of 44
Lookback
10-year
Data as of
June 30, 2026
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This is the public July 2026 snapshot. Public snapshots are delayed and frozen: once released, a month's scores do not change, and current data is reserved for members. The July 2026 snapshot is published as the public launch snapshot.
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GBDCGolub Capital BDC, Inc.
53Question MarkHigh confidence
Snapshot
2026-06
Data as of
2026-06-30
Lookback
10-year
Asset type
Business Development Company

IQ Score History

Not enough published history yet to draw a trend.

Signals & Drivers

IQ signal scores

Each signal is normalised to 0–100 and combined by weight into the overall IQ Score.

Economic Payout Coverage
40/100
Distribution Cut Score
10/100
Distribution Trend
32/100
Total Return
62/100
Max Drawdown
75/100
Volatility
88/100
Yield Consistency
93/100

What is working

  • drawdown contained

What to watch

  • 3+ years with a material annual distribution decline

Flags & gates

  • Chronic Dist Cuts

Distribution Safety

7Years raised
3Years cut
17Years of data
CutCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

  1. 20100.86Held
  2. 20111.28Raised
  3. 20121.28Held
  4. 20131.28Held
  5. 20141.28Held
  6. 20151.28Held
  7. 20161.53Raised
  8. 20171.36Cut
  9. 20181.4Raised
  10. 20191.42Raised
  11. 20201.2Cut
  12. 20211.17Lower total
  13. 20221.23Raised
  14. 20231.51Raised
  15. 20241.93Raised
  16. 20251.56Cut
  17. 20260.66Partial year

Distributions per year, from the frozen distribution-stability signal. “Lower total” means the calendar-year sum was smaller than the prior year (often a special-distribution rolloff or timing shift), but did not decline more than the engine's 10% material-decline threshold — see Years Cut above for years that did.

The IQ Score is a research classification of historical income quality. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation and not a prediction of future returns.

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IQ Score is a long-duration quality and distribution-safety classification for income assets. It is research based on historical data, not personal investment advice, and it does not tell you what to buy or sell. Figures reflect a delayed public snapshot and may differ from current data.