Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE:TSLX) Plans Dividend of $0.05

Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE:TSLX - Get Free Report) declared a dividend on Friday, November 29th,investing.com reports. Investors of record on Monday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of 0.05 per share by the financial services provider on Friday, December 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 7.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a payout ratio of 82.1% meaning its dividend is currently covered by earnings, but may not be in the future if the company's earnings fall. Equities analysts expect Sixth Street Specialty Lending to earn $2.23 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.84 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 82.5%.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending Price Performance

Shares of Sixth Street Specialty Lending stock traded up $0.29 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $21.48. The company's stock had a trading volume of 382,249 shares, compared to its average volume of 347,999. The company has a market cap of $2.00 billion, a PE ratio of 10.50 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 2.50 and a current ratio of 2.50. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $20.52 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $20.99. Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a 12-month low of $19.50 and a 12-month high of $22.35.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending (NYSE:TSLX - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 5th. The financial services provider reported $0.57 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57. The company had revenue of $119.22 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $119.85 million. Sixth Street Specialty Lending had a return on equity of 13.55% and a net margin of 39.05%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.60 EPS. Analysts expect that Sixth Street Specialty Lending will post 2.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the company. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on Sixth Street Specialty Lending from $22.00 to $21.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $23.00 target price on shares of Sixth Street Specialty Lending in a report on Tuesday, November 12th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their price target on shares of Sixth Street Specialty Lending from $23.00 to $21.50 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, LADENBURG THALM/SH SH raised shares of Sixth Street Specialty Lending from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $21.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $22.00.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending Company Profile

Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc NYSE: TSLX is a business development company. The fund provides senior secured loans (first-lien, second-lien, and unitranche), unsecured loans, mezzanine debt, and investments in corporate bonds and equity securities and structured products, non-control structured equity, and common equity with a focus on co-investments for organic growth, acquisitions, market or product expansion, restructuring initiatives, recapitalizations, and refinancing.

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