Chicago Atlantic BDC (LIEN) Free Cash Flow (2022 - 2025)

Chicago Atlantic BDC (LIEN) reported Free Cash Flow of -$13.8 million for Q4 2025, down 87.73% year-over-year from -$112.2 million in Q4 2024, and down 887.35% on a QoQ basis from -$1.4 million in Q3 2025.

Chicago Atlantic BDC (LIEN) has 4 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at -$13.8 million in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 87.73% year-over-year to -$13.8 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$20.5 million (down 306.74% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$20.5 million, down 306.74% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow eased to -$13.8 million in Q4 2025 per LIEN's latest filing, from -$1.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $7.1 million in Q4 2023 and bottomed at -$24.7 million in Q2 2022.
  • The 4-year median for Free Cash Flow is -$1.4 million (2025), against an average of -$5.1 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Free Cash Flow surged 103.47%; it then tumbled 445.41% in 2025.
  • Tracing LIEN's Free Cash Flow over 4 years: stood at -$24.2 million in 2022, then jumped by 129.48% to $7.1 million in 2023, then tumbled by 202.73% to -$7.3 million in 2024, then sank by 87.73% to -$13.8 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest LIEN Free Cash Flow figures stand at -$13.8 million (Q4 2025), -$1.4 million (Q3 2025), and $1.9 million (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - -1.09 Bn
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - 957.64 Mn
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - 1.72 Bn
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 332.00 Mn
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn 1.62 Bn
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - -12.41 Bn
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 430.00 Mn
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - -329.40 Mn
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - 390.87 Mn
10 Chicago Atlantic BDC 226.72 Mn 223.82 Mn 14.07 Mn -13.77 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -13.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -13.77 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -1.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -1.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.95 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.95 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -7.26 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -7.26 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -7.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -7.33 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -2.29 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -2.29 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 2.48 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 2.48 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 2.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 2.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 7.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 7.14 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 840,198.00
Sep 30, 2023 840,198.00
Sep 30, 2022 -24.22 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -24.22 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -24.66 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -24.66 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -509,110.00
Mar 31, 2022 -509,110.00