Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (NASDAQ:CGBD): Key Insights from Latest Quarterly Earnings Report

Font: Financial Modeling Prep  • May 11, 2026

• Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (NASDAQ:CGBD) surpassed its earnings per share (EPS) forecast but reported a decline compared to the previous year.
• A second-quarter dividend of $0.35 per common share was declared, with management emphasizing alignment with current earnings and Net Asset Value (NAV) stability.

Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (NASDAQ:CGBD) is a business development company (BDC). It primarily focuses on making loans to middle-market companies in the United States. The company operates in the financial sector, providing capital to businesses that may not have easy access to public markets, competing with other direct lenders and financial institutions.

On May 11, 2026, Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. released its quarterly earnings report. For the quarter, Wall Street analysts had forecasted an earnings per share (EPS) of $0.35. EPS is a key indicator of a company's profitability, showing the portion of profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock.

The company announced quarterly earnings of $0.36 per share, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.35 per share. Despite beating the estimate, this figure represents a decrease from the $0.41 per share earned in the same quarter a year ago, as highlighted by Zacks.

Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc.'s revenue for the quarter was $25.20 million, missing the consensus estimate of approximately $65.78 million by 41.48%. This also shows a decline from the year-ago revenue of $36.26 million. The company has surpassed consensus estimates for both earnings and revenue only once in the last four quarters.

As reported by GlobeNewswire, the company declared a second-quarter dividend of $0.35 per common share. CEO Alex Chi stated that despite market volatility, the company delivered stable earnings. He noted that the dividend was reset to align with current earnings and support a stable Net Asset Value (NAV), which represents the company's per-share book value.