B. Riley Issues Negative Estimate for OCSL Earnings

Oaktree Specialty Lending Co. (NASDAQ:OCSL - Free Report) - Analysts at B. Riley decreased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Oaktree Specialty Lending in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 20th. B. Riley analyst B. Rowe now forecasts that the credit services provider will earn $0.55 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.58. B. Riley has a "Neutral" rating and a $15.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Oaktree Specialty Lending's current full-year earnings is $2.25 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Oaktree Specialty Lending's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.55 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $2.20 EPS.

Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and issued a $15.00 target price (down previously from $17.00) on shares of Oaktree Specialty Lending in a research report on Wednesday. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods decreased their target price on shares of Oaktree Specialty Lending from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a "market perform" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Oppenheimer downgraded shares of Oaktree Specialty Lending from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating and decreased their target price for the company from $20.00 to $18.00 in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. StockNews.com raised shares of Oaktree Specialty Lending from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, JMP Securities cut shares of Oaktree Specialty Lending from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating in a research note on Tuesday. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, According to MarketBeat, Oaktree Specialty Lending has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $16.75.

Oaktree Specialty Lending Stock Up 0.4 %

Oaktree Specialty Lending stock opened at $15.68 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $1.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.78 and a beta of 1.09. Oaktree Specialty Lending has a 1-year low of $15.40 and a 1-year high of $21.64. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $16.18 and a 200 day simple moving average of $17.49. The company has a current ratio of 0.17, a quick ratio of 0.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61.

Oaktree Specialty Lending Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th will be issued a $0.55 dividend. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 14.03%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 16th. Oaktree Specialty Lending's dividend payout ratio is 305.56%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Private Management Group Inc. lifted its stake in Oaktree Specialty Lending by 91.5% in the third quarter. Private Management Group Inc. now owns 1,407,573 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $22,958,000 after acquiring an additional 672,561 shares during the period. Van ECK Associates Corp lifted its stake in Oaktree Specialty Lending by 21.0% in the second quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 1,885,293 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $35,463,000 after acquiring an additional 327,416 shares during the period. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Oaktree Specialty Lending by 148.2% in the third quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 408,612 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $6,664,000 after acquiring an additional 243,963 shares during the period. TrueMark Investments LLC purchased a new stake in Oaktree Specialty Lending in the second quarter worth $4,243,000. Finally, Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Oaktree Specialty Lending in the third quarter worth $2,849,000. Institutional investors own 36.79% of the company's stock.

About Oaktree Specialty Lending

Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation is a business development company. The fund specializing in investments in middle market, bridge financing, first and second lien debt financing, unsecured and mezzanine loan, mezzanine debt, senior and junior secured debt, expansions, sponsor-led acquisitions, preferred equity, and management buyouts in small and mid-sized companies.

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