Carlyle Secured Lending screens cheap and is rated an industry growth leader, but the stock sits in a confirmed technical downtrend, has missed earnings in two of its last three reported quarters before a recent beat, and now carries both a reached price target and a negative news-driven downgrade, so the setup needs the recovery signals to firm up before the valuation case can play out.
Thesis pillars
- Attractive Valuation Growth Leader→Stable
- Confirmed Downtrend Early Recovery↓Deteriorating
- Recent Earnings Miss Pattern→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (CGBD) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup · Inst Constrain edge
Financial Services · Asset Management
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $11.57 — A.R:R is negative (-1.0) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.2): -0.5.
Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. is a specialty finance business development company that originates secured first- and second-lien loans to U.S. middle-market companies with roughly $25.0 million or greater of EBITDA, externally managed by an adviser affiliated with Carlyle's $211... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $11.57 — A.R:R is negative (-1.0) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.2): -0.5. Chart setup: RSI 57 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 61d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-09-03Recent Developments — Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Rivernorth Capital Management LLC Lowers Stock Position in Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. $CGBD - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS CGBD|Carlyle Secured Lending Inc|Price:10.350|Chg%:+0.010 - TradingKey — TradingKey neutral
- NEWS Carlyle Secured Lending Inc (CGBD) Earnings Forecast: Future EPS & Revenue Growth Estimates - TradingKey — TradingKey neutral
- NEWS Carlyle Secured Lending (Dinari Tokenized Stock) (CGBD) Price Prediction 2026-2031 - Bybit — Bybit neutral
- NEWS Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (CGBD) Expected to Beat Earnings Estimates: Can the Stock Move Higher? - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance positive
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Rating Breakdown
1 floor-breaker
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $11.57 — A.R:R is negative (-1.0) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.2): -0.5. Chart setup: RSI 57 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $11.09. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $11.86 (-7.6% upside). Prior stop was $11.09. Stop-loss: $11.09.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Leverage penalty (D/E 1.2): -0.5; Consecutive earnings misses (2).
Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. trades at a P/E of 22.7 (forward 8.3). TrendMatrix value score: 7.5/10. Verdict: Sell.
14 analysts cover CGBD with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $12.
What does Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. do?Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. is a specialty finance business development company that originates secured first- and...
Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. is a specialty finance business development company that originates secured first- and second-lien loans to U.S. middle-market companies with roughly $25.0 million or greater of EBITDA, externally managed by an adviser affiliated with Carlyle's $211 billion Global Credit platform. The company completed its merger with Carlyle Secured Lending III in March 2025 and, as of December 31, 2025, had $1,543.7 million of outstanding indebtedness, co-investing alongside partners through joint ventures including Credit Fund, Credit Fund II, and the newly formed Structured Cr