Carlyle Secured Lending

CGBD

Market cap $786M

Carlyle Secured Lending Inc. (CGBD) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Carlyle Secured Lending Inc. trades at a steep 30% P/NAV discount, which is even below the heavily discounted sector average. In Q4, we could observe stable (low) non-accruals at 1.2% FV, and how balanced the exposure to SaaS is. Another positive element was that the base dividend remained unchanged, which now translates to almost 15% yield.

Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (CGBD) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.33 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.38 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.47 per share a year ago.

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NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (“Carlyle Secured Lending”) (NASDAQ: CGBD) will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 to announce its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025. The Company will report its quarterly financial results on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.

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Carlyle Secured Lending Inc. ( CGBD ) Q3 2025 Earnings Call November 5, 2025 11:00 AM EST Company Participants Nishil Mehta - MD & Portfolio Manager Justin Plouffe - CEO, President & Interested Director Thomas Hennigan - CFO, Chief Risk Officer & Director Conference Call Participants Finian O'Shea - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division Erik Zwick - Lucid Capital Markets, LLC, Research Division Sean-Paul Adams - B. Riley Securities, Inc., Research Division Robert Dodd - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division Melissa Wedel - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Presentation Operator Good day, and thank you for standing by.

Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (CGBD) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.38 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.39 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.49 per share a year ago.

NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: CGBD) today announced that it intends to redeem all $85,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 8.20% Notes due 2028 (the "2028 Notes") on December 1, 2025 (the "Redemption Date"). A notice of redemption will be mailed to all registered holders of the 2028 Notes by U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor trustee to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A (the "Trustee"), in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, dated as of November 20, 2023 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee, and the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 20, 2023 (together with the Base Indenture, the "Indenture"). The redemption price for the 2028 Notes will equal 100% of the principal amount of the 2028 Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest otherwise payable for the then-current quarterly interest period accrued to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. In connection with the redemption, the 2028 Notes will be delisted from the Nasdaq Global Select Market (Nasdaq: CGBDL).