Carlyle Secured Lending Inc (CGBD) — Cash Flow Quality Index

Latest as of December 2025: 1.84x

Carlyle Secured Lending Inc (CGBD) has a Cash Flow Quality Index of 1.84x as of December 2025. Operating cash flow of $30.97 Million exceeds net income of $16.84 Million, indicating high earnings quality where cash backs reported profits. Explore Carlyle Secured Lending Inc debt service capacity to assess how comfortably operating cash covers total debt obligations.

Cash Flow Quality Index

1.84x
Operating CF / Net Income

Operating Cash Flow

$30.97 Million
USD

Net Income

$16.84 Million
USD

Data as of

Dec 2025
Most recent filing

Carlyle Secured Lending Inc Cash Flow Quality Index (2014–2025)

Historical Cash Flow Quality Index for Carlyle Secured Lending Inc across 12 annual periods. Values consistently above 1.0x indicate high-quality earnings. For the full cash flow conversion analysis, see Carlyle Secured Lending Inc cash flow conversion.

Annual Cash Flow Quality Index for Carlyle Secured Lending Inc (2014–2025)

Year-by-year earnings quality comparison for Carlyle Secured Lending Inc.

Year Quality Index Operating CF (USD) Net Income YoY Change
2025 76.60x $130.00 Million $1.70 Million ▲ +6437.2%
2024 1.17x $104.27 Million $88.98 Million ▼ -53.1%
2023 2.50x $230.61 Million $92.28 Million ▲ +1374.7%
2022 0.17x $14.51 Million $85.64 Million ▼ -64.0%
2021 0.47x $75.43 Million $160.35 Million ▼ -98.9%
2020 44.69x $305.16 Million $6.83 Million ▲ +3082.4%
2019 -1.50x $-91.89 Million $61.33 Million ▼ -303.5%
2018 0.74x $28.80 Million $39.12 Million ▲ +116.1%
2017 -4.58x $-385.65 Million $84.20 Million ▼ -1.6%
2016 -4.51x $-314.61 Million $69.81 Million ▲ +78.4%
2015 -20.88x $-389.94 Million $18.67 Million ▲ +72.5%
2014 -75.84x $-425.76 Million $5.61 Million
Cash Flow Quality Index = Operating Cash Flow / Net Income. Ratios above 1.0x indicate cash-backed earnings.