Growth Metrics

Palmer Square Capital BDC (PSBD) Retained Earnings (2021 - 2026)

Palmer Square Capital BDC posted quarterly Retained Earnings of -$178.3 million for Q1 2026, down 88.9% year-on-year from -$1.6 billion in Q1 2025, and down 37.63% on a QoQ basis from -$129.6 million in Q4 2025.

Palmer Square Capital BDC (PSBD) has 6 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at -$178.3 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Retained Earnings fell 88.9% year-over-year to -$178.3 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$178.3 million (down 88.9% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$129.6 million, down 76.72% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 stood at -$178.3 million, down from -$129.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at -$51.8 million in Q1 2024 and bottomed at -$178.3 million in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$86.1 million (2022), against an average of -$91.7 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Retained Earnings slumped 1475.21%; it then jumped 46.85% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at -$110.5 million in 2022, then surged by 46.85% to -$58.7 million in 2023, then retreated by 24.81% to -$73.3 million in 2024, then slumped by 76.72% to -$129.6 million in 2025, then sank by 37.63% to -$178.3 million in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at -$178.3 million (Q1 2026), -$129.6 million (Q4 2025), and -$110.8 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - 39.18 Bn
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - -15.77 Mn
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - 14.08 Bn
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 180.00 Mn
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn 5.16 Bn
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - -
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 28.43 Bn
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - 17.07 Bn
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - -1.66 Bn
10 Palmer Square Capital BDC 338.08 Mn 336.59 Mn - -178.30 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -178.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -129.55 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -110.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -100.75 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -94.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -73.31 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -69.58 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -61.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -51.81 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -58.73 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -66.41 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -110.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -86.07 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 8.04 Mn