SG Americas Securities LLC Buys Shares of 18,574 Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (NYSE:GSBD)

SG Americas Securities LLC purchased a new position in Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (NYSE:GSBD) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 18,574 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $225,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Goldman Sachs BDC by 4,607.0% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 2,024 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 1,981 shares in the last quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Goldman Sachs BDC by 149.1% in the 3rd quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 2,130 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 1,275 shares in the last quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp bought a new position in shares of Goldman Sachs BDC during the 3rd quarter valued at $33,000. Principal Street Partners LLC purchased a new position in Goldman Sachs BDC in the 3rd quarter worth $141,000. Finally, Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC bought a new stake in Goldman Sachs BDC in the fourth quarter worth $135,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 28.72% of the company’s stock.

Goldman Sachs BDC Stock Performance

NYSE GSBD opened at $12.62 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $1.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.02 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $12.59 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $13.38. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19. Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. has a 12-month low of $11.72 and a 12-month high of $15.94.

Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The financial services provider reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.02. Goldman Sachs BDC had a return on equity of 15.72% and a net margin of 17.01%. The business had revenue of $110.41 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $112.43 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.64 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. will post 2.19 EPS for the current year.

Goldman Sachs BDC Company Profile

Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc is a business development company specializing in middle market and mezzanine investment in private companies. It seeks to make capital appreciation through direct originations of secured debt, senior secured debt, junior secured debt, including first lien, first lien/last-out unitranche and second lien debt, unsecured debt, including mezzanine debt and, to a lesser extent, investments in equities.