# Carlyle Secured Lending Inc. (CGBD) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $11.69, market value $804 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 22.9×** (5-yr avg 7.4×, 3-yr avg 9.2×). Carlyle Secured Lending Inc. trades at 22.9× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 7.4×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×. Forward P/E is 8.2×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / book: 0.7×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 4.4%**. The inverse of the P/E: 4.4% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Return on equity: 6.0%**. 6.0% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.

## Growth
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -36.1%** (3-yr -12.2%/yr, 5-yr 66.1%/yr). Earnings per share fell 36.1%.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 1/9**. 1 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 12.83%** ($1.55 per share, trailing). Carlyle Secured Lending Inc. yields 12.83%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 149%**. The dividend exceeds earnings (149% payout), which is rarely sustainable outside REITs and one-off years.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 2.3%/yr** (1-yr -11.8%). The dividend has grown 2.3% a year over five years.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: buy** (7 analysts). 7 analysts cover Carlyle Secured Lending Inc.; the consensus is buy, with an average price target of $12.29 (+5% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -3.4%** (YTD 0.3%, 3-mo 13.5%). The shares are down 3.4% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -15.9%** (17.5% above the low). Trading 16% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 62**. An RSI of 62 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.57** (volatility 24%). Beta of 0.57 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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