Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string Maatwebsite - development

Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string Maatwebsite

I was trying to export a query – the function in the controller was as below

class Export implements FromCollection
{
    public function collection()
    {
        $data = DB::table('Providers')->get();

        return $data;
    }
}

but producing the error:

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“Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string”

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