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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	$13.73 -0.1%	$13.88	$13.12 ▼ $18.64	$699.68M	0.88	357,723 shs	275,180 shs
DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund	$10.49 -0.1%	$10.53	$8.72 ▼ $11.19	$571.12M	0.53	250,921 shs	199,583 shs
PDT John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	$13.30 -0.2%	$13.23	$11.41 ▼ $13.55	$654.36M	0.8	116,554 shs	212,457 shs
SPE Special Opportunities Fund	$15.36 -0.2%	$15.40	$12.72 ▼ $15.87	$171.67M	0.86	41,380 shs	22,481 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	-0.07%	0.00%	-0.36%	-0.51%	-17.68%
DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund	+0.10%	-0.62%	-0.29%	+1.01%	-2.47%
PDT John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	+0.38%	-0.11%	+1.29%	+5.58%	+6.04%
SPE Special Opportunities Fund	-0.13%	-1.06%	-1.47%	+2.57%	+11.93%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	1.5298 of 5 stars	0.9	3.0	1.7	0.0	3.2	0.0	1.9
DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PDT John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SPE Special Opportunities Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	1.83	Reduce	$15.10	9.98% Upside
DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
PDT John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
SPE Special Opportunities Fund	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest SPE, CGBD, PDT, and DSU Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/11/2025	CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	B. Riley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$14.00 ➝ $14.50
7/25/2025	CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$13.00 ➝ $15.00
7/17/2025	CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform
6/16/2025	CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	B. Riley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold

(Data available from 8/21/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	$232.59M	3.01	$1.89 per share	7.25	$23.51 per share	0.58
DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PDT John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	$108.25M	6.04	N/A	N/A	N/A	∞
SPE Special Opportunities Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	$88.98M	$1.20	11.44	7.89	N/A	29.71%	9.85%	4.59%	11/4/2025 (Estimated)
DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund	N/A	N/A	0.00	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	9/3/2025 (Estimated)
PDT John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	0.00	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SPE Special Opportunities Fund	N/A	N/A	0.00	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest SPE, CGBD, PDT, and DSU Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
8/5/2025	Q2 2025	CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	$0.39	$0.39	N/A	$0.20	$67.53 million	$67.28 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	$1.60	11.65%	N/A	133.33%	N/A
DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund	$1.18	11.25%	N/A	N/A	N/A
PDT John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	$0.99	7.44%	N/A	N/A	N/A
SPE Special Opportunities Fund	$1.36	8.86%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest SPE, CGBD, PDT, and DSU Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/6/2025	CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	quarterly	$0.40	11.8%	9/30/2025	9/30/2025	10/17/2025
7/10/2025	SPE Special Opportunities Fund	monthly	$0.1098	8.5%	9/16/2025	9/16/2025	9/30/2025
7/9/2025	SPE Special Opportunities Fund	monthly	$0.1098	8.5%	9/16/2025	9/16/2025	9/30/2025
8/5/2025	DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund	monthly	$0.0987	11.2%	8/15/2025	8/15/2025	8/29/2025
8/4/2025	PDT John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	monthly	$0.0825	7.4%	8/11/2025	8/11/2025	8/29/2025
8/16/2025	SPE Special Opportunities Fund		$0.1098	8.48%	8/19/2025	8/20/2025	8/29/2025
7/3/2025	DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund	monthly	$0.0987	11.1%	7/15/2025	7/15/2025	7/31/2025
7/3/2025	PDT John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	monthly	$0.0825	7.4%	7/11/2025	7/11/2025	7/31/2025
7/8/2025	SPE Special Opportunities Fund	jul 25	$0.1098	8.5%	7/22/2025	7/22/2025	7/31/2025
6/4/2025	DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund	monthly	$0.0987	11.3%	6/13/2025	6/13/2025	6/30/2025
6/3/2025	PDT John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	monthly	$0.0825	7.5%	6/12/2025	6/12/2025	6/30/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	1.09	0.73	0.73
DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
PDT John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
SPE Special Opportunities Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	24.51%
DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund	24.29%
PDT John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	12.98%
SPE Special Opportunities Fund	35.60%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	0.61%
DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund	1.00%
PDT John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	N/A
SPE Special Opportunities Fund	49.30%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending	N/A	50.96 million	50.65 million	Optionable
DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund	N/A	54.47 million	53.93 million	Not Optionable
PDT John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	147,000	49.19 million	N/A	Not Optionable
SPE Special Opportunities Fund	N/A	11.18 million	5.67 million	Not Optionable

SPE, CGBD, PDT, and DSU Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Anchorage Raises $1.5 Billion for Credit Opportunities Fund

August 20 at 2:59 AM | bloomberg.com

What Are Special Opportunities Funds?

August 20 at 2:59 AM | rediff.comR

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE:SPE) to Issue $0.11 Dividend

August 18 at 9:21 AM | marketbeat.com

Envestnet Asset Management Inc. Takes Position in Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE:SPE)

August 8, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Special Opportunities Funds: For seasoned investors open to higher risks

August 6, 2025 | business-standard.comB

Shaker Financial Services LLC Has $1.16 Million Stock Position in Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE:SPE)

August 6, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Motilal Oswal MF launches 'Special Opportunities Fund'

August 6, 2025 | msn.com

Mutual Funds: 10 new fund offers (NFOs) open for subscription in August—should you invest?

August 2, 2025 | msn.com

NFO Alert: Motilal Oswal's Special Opportunities Fund Now Open for Investment - All You Need to Know

July 27, 2025 | goodreturns.inG

SPE Acts As An All-In-One Portfolio Strategy But May Not Be Optimal

July 26, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

Special Opportunities Fund (NYSE:SPE) Stock Price Crosses Above 50 Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

July 26, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund Launches Special Opportunities Fund

July 25, 2025 | msn.com

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. Declares Next Three Monthly Distributions Under Managed Distribution Plan

July 8, 2025 | quiverquant.comQ

Special Opportunities Fund Declares Distributions For Third Quarter of 2025

July 8, 2025 | globenewswire.com

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (SPE) - Yahoo Finance

July 2, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

Sterling Capital Special Opportunities Fund;A

June 21, 2025 | wsj.com

Special Opportunities Fund Inc Share Price (SPE.C.US)

June 13, 2025 | lse.co.uk

Healthcare Special Opportunities Fund Announces June 2025 Quarterly Distribution

June 13, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. Dividend Declaration

June 5, 2025 | businesswire.com

Arena Investors Finalizes Third Flagship Special Opportunities Fund

May 25, 2025 | crowdfundinsider.comC

ASK Investment Managers launches special opportunities fund

May 23, 2025 | cafemutual.comC

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SPE, CGBD, PDT, and DSU Company Descriptions

Carlyle Secured Lending NASDAQ:CGBD

$13.73 -0.01 (-0.07%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$14.02 +0.30 (+2.15%)

As of 05:18 PM Eastern

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, banking finance insurance and in real estate sector. The fund seeks to invest across United States of America, Luxembourg, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, and United Kingdom. It invests in companies with EBITDA between $25 million and $100 million.

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund NYSE:DSU

$10.48 -0.02 (-0.14%)

Closing price 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$10.49 +0.01 (+0.05%)

As of 05:12 PM Eastern

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. The fund is managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. It invests in fixed income markets of the United States. The fund primarily invests in a diversified portfolio of companies' debt instruments, including corporate loans, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services (BBB or lower by S&P's or Baa or lower by Moody's) or unrated debt instruments, which are in the judgment of the investment adviser of equivalent quality. It was formerly known as Debt Strategies Fund Inc. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. was formed on March 27, 1998 and is domiciled in the United States.

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund NYSE:PDT

$13.30 -0.03 (-0.20%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$13.32 +0.01 (+0.08%)

As of 04:12 PM Eastern

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by John Hancock Investment Management LLC. It is co-managed by John Hancock Asset Management. The fund invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors, with an emphasis on the utilities sector. The fund primarily invests in dividend paying preferred stocks and common stocks of companies. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against a composite benchmark comprised of 70% Bank of America Merrill Lynch Preferred Stock DRD Eligible Index and 30% S&P 500 Utilities Index. The fund was formerly known as John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II. John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund was formed on December 21, 1989 and is domiciled in the United States.

Special Opportunities Fund NYSE:SPE

$15.36 -0.04 (-0.23%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$15.36 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 04:04 PM Eastern

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. is a close-ended balanced fund of funds launched and managed by Bulldog Investors, LLC. It invests in close-ended funds investing in public equity and fixed income markets. The fund employs a combination of value, opportunistic and special situations strategies to make its investments. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P 500 Index. The fund was previously known as Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc. Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. was formed on February 18, 1993 and is domiciled in the United States.

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