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Golub Capital BDC, Inc. Sees Preliminary Fiscal Year 2024 Q1 Adj. EPS $0.43-$0.47

Author: Benzinga Newsdesk | January 17, 2024 09:57am

PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL RESULTS         (In thousands, expect per share data)      Estimated Ranges for the three monthsended

PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL RESULTS        
         
(In thousands, expect per share data)        
    Estimated Ranges for the three months

ended December 31, 2023
Net Investment Income Per Share        
Net investment income per share   $ 0.48     $ 0.50  
Amortization of purchase premium per share1     0.01       0.01  
Adjusted net investment income per share1     0.49       0.51  
Accrual (reversal) for capital gain incentive fee per share            
Adjusted net investment income before accrual for capital gain incentive fee per share1     0.49       0.51  
         
Net realized/unrealized gain/(loss) per share        
Net realized/unrealized gain/(loss) per share     (0.05 )     (0.03 )
Reversal of unrealized loss resulting from the purchase premium per share1     (0.01 )     (0.01 )
Adjusted net realized/unrealized gain/(loss) per share1     (0.06 )     (0.04 )
         
Earnings/(loss) per share        
Earnings per share     0.43       0.47  
Adjusted earnings/(loss) per share1     0.43       0.47  
         
Return on Equity        
Adjusted net investment income return on equity2     13.1 %     13.6 %
Adjusted return on equity3     11.5 %     12.5 %

Based on the estimated range of earnings per share in the table above, the Company is estimating a net asset value per share between $15.01 and $15.05 as of December 31, 2023, as shown below:

Net Asset Value Per Share        
Actual net asset value per share, September 30, 2023   $ 15.02     $ 15.02  
Estimated Earnings per share for the three months ended December 31, 2023     0.43       0.47  
Supplemental Distribution paid on December 15, 2023     (0.07 )     (0.07 )
Quarterly Distribution paid on December 29, 2023     (0.37 )     (0.37 )
Estimated net asset value per share, December 31, 2023   $ 15.01     $ 15.05  

Other First Fiscal Quarter 2024 Preliminary Estimates

  • During the three months ended December 31, 2023, the Company originated $58.6 million in new middle-market investment commitments. Approximately 84% of the new middle-market investment commitments were one stop loans, 13% were senior secured loans, 3% were equity securities and less than 1% were second lien loans. Of the new middle-market investment commitments, $36.4 million funded at close. Total investments at fair value are estimated to have decreased by approximately $72.9 million during the three months ended December 31, 2023 after factoring in debt repayments, sales of securities, net fundings on revolvers, and net change in unrealized gains (losses).
  • The Company estimates that our GAAP debt-to-equity ratio decreased to 1.21x as of December 31, 2023 and our effective GAAP debt-to-equity ratio, which reduces total debt by cash, cash equivalents and foreign currencies, decreased to 1.18x as of December 31, 2023.
  • The Company estimates that the number of non-accrual investments remained at nine investments as of December 31, 2023. Additionally, as of December 31, 2023, the Company estimates that non-accrual investments as a percentage of total investments at fair value approximated 1.1% and that non-accrual investments as a percentage of total investments at cost approximated 1.7%.
  • Based on the earnings power of the Company and the waiver by GC Advisors that resulted in new incentive fee rates, on January 16, 2024, GBDC's board of directors increased GBDC's quarterly base distribution by over 5% and declared a quarterly distribution of $0.39 per share, which is payable on March 29, 2024, to stockholders of record as of March 1, 2024. GBDC's Board expects to continue to evaluate the potential for supplemental distributions under its quarterly variable supplemental distribution framework, which was introduced in fiscal year 2023.
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1 On September 16, 2019, the Company completed its acquisition of Golub Capital Investment Corporation ("GCIC"). The merger was accounted for under the asset acquisition method of accounting in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 805-50, Business Combinations — Related Issues. Under asset acquisition accounting, where the consideration paid to GCIC's stockholders exceeded the relative fair values of the assets acquired, the premium paid by the Company was allocated to the cost of the GCIC assets acquired by the Company pro-rata based on their relative fair value. Immediately following the acquisition of GCIC, the Company recorded its assets at their respective fair values and, as a result, the purchase premium allocated to the cost basis of the GCIC assets acquired was immediately recognized as unrealized depreciation on the Company's Consolidated Statement of Operations. The purchase premium allocated to investments in loan securities acquired from GCIC will amortize over the life of the loans through interest income with a corresponding reversal of the unrealized depreciation on such loans acquired through their ultimate disposition. The purchase premium allocated to investments in equity securities will not amortize over the life of the equity securities through interest income and, assuming no subsequent change to the fair value of the GCIC equity securities acquired and disposition of such equity securities at fair value, the Company will recognize a realized loss with a corresponding reversal of the unrealized depreciation upon disposition of the GCIC equity securities acquired.



As a supplement to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") financial measures, the Company is providing the following non-GAAP financial measures that it believes are useful for the reasons described below:

  • "Adjusted Net Investment Income" and "Adjusted Net Investment Income Per Share" – excludes the amortization of the purchase premiumfrom net investment income calculated in accordance with GAAP.
  • "Adjusted Net Investment Income Before Accrual for Capital Gain Incentive Fee" - Adjusted Net Investment Income excluding the accrual or reversal for the capital gain incentive fee required under GAAP;
  • "Adjusted Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss)" and "Adjusted Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) Per Share" – excludes the unrealized loss resulting from the purchase premium write-down and the corresponding reversal of the unrealized loss from the amortization of the premium from the determination of realized and unrealized gain/(loss) in accordance with GAAP.
  • "Adjusted Net Income/(Loss)" and "Adjusted Earnings/(Loss) Per Share" – calculates net income and earnings per share based on Adjusted Net Investment Income and Adjusted Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss).

     

The Company believes that excluding the financial impact of the purchase premium write down in the above non-GAAP financial measures is useful for investors as it is a non-cash expense/loss resulting from the acquisition of GCIC and is one method the Company uses to measure its financial condition and results of operations. In addition, the Company believes excluding the accrual of the capital gain incentive fee under GAAP is useful as a portion of such accrual is not contractually payable under the terms of the Company's investment advisory agreement with GC Advisors.



 

2 Adjusted net investment income return on equity is calculated as (1) (a) the adjusted net investment income per share (b) annualized by multiplying by four and (2) divided by the estimated net asset value per share.



 

3 Adjusted return on equity is calculated as (1) (a) the adjusted earnings/(loss) per share (b) annualized by multiplying by four and (2) divided by the estimated net asset value per share.


 

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