Gladstone Capital (GLAD) Free Cash Flow (2021 - 2026)

Gladstone Capital (GLAD) posted Free Cash Flow of $16.6 million for Q1 2026, up 148.99% on a QoQ basis from -$33.8 million in Q4 2025, and down 64.57% year-over-year from $46.8 million in Q1 2025.

Gladstone Capital (GLAD) Free Cash Flow (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Gladstone Capital's Free Cash Flow history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $16.6 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 64.57% year-over-year to $16.6 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$93.5 million (down 178.38% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$5.5 million, down 269.41% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $16.6 million for Q1 2026 at Gladstone Capital, up from -$33.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $54.2 million in Q2 2024 and bottomed at -$96.6 million in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of -$5.9 million and a median of -$5.7 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Free Cash Flow soared 696.25% — and 2025, when it slumped 1597.12%.
  • Gladstone Capital's Free Cash Flow stood at $34.5 million in 2022, then tumbled by 175.81% to -$26.2 million in 2023, then jumped by 191.66% to $24.0 million in 2024, then plunged by 240.92% to -$33.8 million in 2025, then surged by 148.99% to $16.6 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows GLAD's Free Cash Flow at $16.6 million in Q1 2026, -$33.8 million in Q4 2025, and -$96.6 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Brookfield 1,261.80 Bn 1,217.21 Bn 18.56 Bn -
2 BlackRock 165.12 Bn 151.98 Bn - -1.09 Bn
3 Blackstone 103.58 Bn 101.13 Bn - 957.64 Mn
4 Brookfield Asset Management 76.31 Bn 75.26 Bn - 332.00 Mn
5 Apollo Global Management 73.95 Bn 73.95 Bn -409.00 Mn 1.62 Bn
6 State Street 51.18 Bn 51.18 Bn - -12.41 Bn
7 Ameriprise Financial 50.08 Bn 40.82 Bn 4.57 Bn 430.00 Mn
8 Raymond James Financial 34.03 Bn 19.06 Bn - 1.05 Bn
9 Northern Trust 33.84 Bn 33.84 Bn - -329.40 Mn
10 Gladstone Capital 429.95 Mn 429.95 Mn - 16.56 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 16.56 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 16.56 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -33.81 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -33.81 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -96.63 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -96.63 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 20.41 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 20.41 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 46.75 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 46.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 23.99 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 23.99 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -5.69 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -5.69 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 54.21 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 54.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -19.11 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -19.11 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -26.17 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -26.17 Mn