Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD) Free Cash Flow (2021 - 2026)

Carlyle Secured Lending's (CGBD) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at $212.4 million in Q1 2026, up 45.67% year-on-year from $145.8 million in Q1 2025, and up 238.59% quarter-over-quarter from -$153.2 million in Q4 2025.

Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD) Free Cash Flow (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Carlyle Secured Lending has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 6 years of filings, most recently posting $212.4 million for Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $212.4 million, up 45.67% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$138.0 million (down 181.61% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$204.6 million, down 296.19% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow came in at $212.4 million for Q1 2026 at Carlyle Secured Lending, up from -$153.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $212.4 million in Q1 2026 to a low of -$230.9 million in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $55.8 million (2023), against an average of $21.0 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow jumped 379.13% in 2023 and slumped 422.99% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Carlyle Secured Lending's Free Cash Flow stood at -$20.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 379.13% to $55.8 million in 2023, then tumbled by 299.12% to -$111.1 million in 2024, then tumbled by 37.9% to -$153.2 million in 2025, then surged by 238.59% to $212.4 million in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $212.4 million (Q1 2026), -$153.2 million (Q4 2025), and $33.8 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 163.18 Bn 153.56 Bn - -1.09 Bn
2 Blackstone 96.85 Bn 95.80 Bn - 957.64 Mn
3 Kkr 86.45 Bn 133.96 Bn - 1.72 Bn
4 Apollo Global Management 82.30 Bn 101.04 Bn 5.04 Bn 1.62 Bn
5 State Street 46.95 Bn 21.27 Bn - -12.41 Bn
6 Ameriprise Financial 43.65 Bn 43.52 Bn 4.57 Bn 430.00 Mn
7 Northern Trust 31.92 Bn 31.92 Bn - -329.40 Mn
8 Raymond James Financial 30.62 Bn 19.37 Bn - 1.05 Bn
9 Ares Management 29.04 Bn 32.41 Bn - 390.87 Mn
10 Carlyle Secured Lending 775.73 Mn 678.49 Mn - 212.39 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 212.39 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 212.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -153.25 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -153.25 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 33.81 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 33.81 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -230.92 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -230.92 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 145.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 145.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -111.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -111.13 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 62.89 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 62.89 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 71.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 71.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 81.01 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 81.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 55.81 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 55.81 Mn