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Is Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD) Stock Outpacing Its Finance Peers This Year?

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The Finance group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Has Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD - Free Report) been one of those stocks this year? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Finance sector should help us answer this question.

Goldman Sachs BDC is a member of the Finance sector. This group includes 851 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #13. The Zacks Sector Rank gauges the strength of our 16 individual sector groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups.

The Zacks Rank is a successful stock-picking model that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions. The system highlights a number of different stocks that could be poised to outperform the broader market over the next one to three months. Goldman Sachs BDC is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

Over the past three months, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for GSBD's full-year earnings has moved 4.8% higher. This shows that analyst sentiment has improved and the company's earnings outlook is stronger.

Based on the most recent data, GSBD has returned 9.2% so far this year. At the same time, Finance stocks have gained an average of 8.4%. As we can see, Goldman Sachs BDC is performing better than its sector in the calendar year.

Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD - Free Report) is another Finance stock that has outperformed the sector so far this year. Since the beginning of the year, the stock has returned 31.1%.

Over the past three months, Robinhood Markets, Inc.'s consensus EPS estimate for the current year has increased 20.5%. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

To break things down more, Goldman Sachs BDC belongs to the Financial - SBIC & Commercial Industry industry, a group that includes 34 individual companies and currently sits at #27 in the Zacks Industry Rank. This group has gained an average of 18% so far this year, so GSBD is slightly underperforming its industry in this area.

Robinhood Markets, Inc. however, belongs to the Financial - Investment Bank industry. Currently, this 15-stock industry is ranked #112. The industry has moved -2.9% so far this year.

Goldman Sachs BDC and Robinhood Markets, Inc. could continue their solid performance, so investors interested in Finance stocks should continue to pay close attention to these stocks.


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