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AFRM vs GBDC

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

Summary

  • Both AFRM and GBDC operate in Finance: Consumer Services (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • AFRM is the larger of the two at $25.48B, about 7.5x GBDC ($3.40B).
  • Over the past year, AFRM is up 13.9% and GBDC is down 13.8% - AFRM leads by 27.7 points.
  • AFRM has been more active in the news (15 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for GBDC).
  • AFRM has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 8 for GBDC).
PerformanceAFRM+13.92%GBDC-13.76%
2025-07-21+0.00%2026-07-17
MetricAFRMGBDC
Company
Affirm Holdings Inc.
Golub Capital BDC Inc.
Price
$76.05-4.78%
$13.06-1.99%
Market cap
$25.48B
$3.40B
1M return
+1.83%
+2.23%
1Y return
+13.92%
-13.76%
Industry
Finance: Consumer Services
Finance: Consumer Services
Exchange
NASDAQ
NASDAQ
IPO
2021
2010
News (4w)
15
3
Recent ratings
25
8
AFRM

Affirm Holdings Inc.

Affirm Holdings, Inc. operates a platform for digital and mobile-first commerce in the United States and Canada. The company's platform includes point-of-sale payment solution for consumers, merchant commerce solutions, and a consumer-focused app. Its payments network and partnership with an originating bank, enables consumers to pay for a purchase over time with terms ranging from one to forty-eight months. As of September 30, 2020, the company had approximately 6,500 merchants integrated on its platform covering small businesses, large enterprises, direct-to-consumer brands, brick-and-mortar stores, and companies. Its merchants represent a range of industries, including sporting goods and outdoors, furniture and homewares, travel, apparel, accessories, consumer electronics, and jewelry. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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.

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