Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Carlyle Secured Lending in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" CGBD shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CGBD, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Carlyle Secured Lending's stock. Their CGBD share price forecasts range from $14.50 to $16.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $15.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% from the stock's current price.
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Carlyle Secured Lending's stock was trading at $14.31 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CGBD shares have decreased by 0.6% and is now trading at $14.23.
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Carlyle Secured Lending saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 453,300 shares, a drop of 11.5% from the April 30th total of 512,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 220,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 8th 2023.
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Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (NASDAQ:CGBD) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 9th. The company reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.49 by $0.01. The company earned $41.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $42.02 million. Carlyle Secured Lending had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.05% and a net margin of 43.60%.

Carlyle Secured Lending announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Tuesday, July 18th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 12.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 29th.
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Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 10.40%. CGBD has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 98.01%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, CGBD will have a dividend payout ratio of 73.63% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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(CGBD) raised $171 million in an initial public offering on Wednesday, June 14th 2017. The company issued 9,000,000 shares at $18.50-$19.50 per share. BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (A Stifel Company) and Wells Fargo Securities acted as the underwriters for the IPO and HSBC and Mizuho Securities were co-managers.

Carlyle Secured Lending trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CGBD."

Carlyle Secured Lending's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include LSV Asset Management (2.87%), Two Sigma Advisers LP (0.81%), Two Sigma Investments LP (0.79%), Muzinich & Co. Inc. (0.71%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.70%) and Bank of America Corp DE (0.58%). Insiders that own company stock include Aren C Leekong, John G Nestor, Jonathan Pearl, Leslie E Bradford, Mark David Jenkins and Thomas M Hennigan.
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Shares of CGBD stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CGBD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.23.

Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) has a market capitalization of $722.74 million and generates $207.26 million in revenue each year. The company earns $85.64 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.51 on an earnings per share basis.

Carlyle Secured Lending's mailing address is 520 Madison Avenue 40th Floor, New York NY, 10022. The official website for the company is www.tcgbdc.com. The company can be reached via phone at (212) 813-4900 or via email at publicinvestor@tcgbdc.com.