Goldman Sachs BDC is a finance company focused on lending to middle-market companies. Co. is a closed-end management investment company. Co.'s investment objective is to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation primarily through direct originations of secured debt, including first lien, unitranche, including last-out portions of such loans, and second lien debt, and unsecured debt, including mezzanine debt, as well as through select equity investments. Co. invests in United States middle-market companies. However, Co. may from time to time invest in larger or smaller companies. In various cases, Co. is the sole investor in the loan or security in its portfolio. The GSBD average annual return since 2015 is shown above.
The Average Annual Return on the GSBD average annual return since 2015 page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the annualized return over the past ten years (or specified start date) for a given investment
(up to the end of prior trading session recorded). Arguably, choosing ten years for a measurement
period is on the one hand completely arbitrary, but on the other hand provides a sufficiently long window
to capture long-term trends.
Thus, researching Average Annual Returns is good practice for investors — whether GSBD average annual return since 2015 or other benchmarks/peers
— and when doing so it is also important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's annualized return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon. Our website aims to empower investors
by performing the GSBD average annual return calculation with any dividends reinvested as applicable (on ex-dates).
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