CGBD — Carlyle Secured Lending Inc

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates CGBD Bearish with a Setup Score of 61, net conviction 42, actionability 90. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score61
Directional BiasBearish
Net Conviction42
Actionability90 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Carlyle Secured Lending Inc

Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. is business development company specializing in first lien debt, senior secured loans, second lien senior secured loan unsecured debt, mezzanine debt and investments in equities. It specializes in directly investing. It specializes in middle market. It targets healthcare and pharmaceutical, aerospace and defense, high tech industries, business services, software, beverage food and tobacco, hotel gamming and leisure, … Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$11.45
Market Cap$780M
Shares Outstanding68.8M
P/E (Forward)17.99
P/E (TTM)22.22
Price/Sales (TTM)3.00
vs. Analyst Target+7.3% to analyst PT
Profit Margin14.26%
Operating Margin (TTM)74.03%
Revenue (TTM)$260M
Earnings Growth (YoY)-40.50%
Dividend Rate1.5%
Analyst Target Price$12.29 (4 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $17.1M $6.8M $17.1M $9.5M
2021 $170M $160M $170M $360M
2022 $139M $85.6M $94.7M $87.5M
2023 $173M $92.3M $101M $94.7M
2024 $168M $89.0M $99.3M $95.2M
2025 $198M $70.0M $140M $165M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $48.8M $23.9M
Dec 2025 $74.6M $17.4M
Mar 2026 $54.6M -$4.2M
Jun 2026 $60.3M -$60,000

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership0.4%
Institutional Ownership40.0%
% of All Funds Holding1.61%
Number of Funds Holding142

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$10.79Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$11.48Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$12.80Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$14.58Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$11.41Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$13.10Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$14.59Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$12.10 resistance 1.39x 5 months ago
$13.80 resistance 1.40x 10 months ago
$14.70 resistance 1.61x 14 months ago
$16.10 resistance 1.96x 15 months ago
$17.70 resistance 1.19x 16 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (37 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.97% 0.37% 67.57% 7.83% -2.91%
1 Day 1.09% 0.17% 56.76% 10.78% -4.95%
1 Week 0.84% -0.71% 40.54% 16.65% -8.68%
2 Weeks 0.91% 0.20% 51.35% 25.97% -11.85%
1 Month 1.48% 1.29% 61.11% 36.12% -52.38%

Next earnings: October 25, 2026 (61 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan3.4%77.8%9
Feb-0.9%55.6%9
Mar-7.6%44.4%9
Apr7.2%66.7%9
May-0.0%44.4%9
Jun-2.1%22.2%9
Jul1.2%60.0%10
Aug0.3%55.6%9
Sep-4.0%22.2%9
Oct-0.5%44.4%9
Nov5.3%66.7%9
Dec-1.9%33.3%9

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.19% 48.3% 433
Tuesday 0.01% 48.0% 475
Wednesday 0.02% 47.0% 472
Thursday -0.00% 48.8% 465
Friday 0.16% 55.8% 464

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 40.0%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 0.4%

Full insider transaction history and smart buy/sell sentiment summary available on Trend Edge.

AI Consult Analysis

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