Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The fund invests in business services, software & technology, healthcare, energy, consumer & retail, manufacturing, industrials, royalty related businesses, education, and specialty finance. It seeks to finance and lending to middle market companies principally located in the United States. The fund invests in companies with enterprise value between $50 million and $1 billion or more and EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million. The transaction size is between $15 million and $350 million. The fund invests across the spectrum of the capital structure and can arrange syndicated transactions of up to $500 million and hold sizeable positions within its credits.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $22.18 to $22.45
• 50-Day Range: $21.79 to $23.53
• 52-Week Range: $19.50 to $23.67
• Volume: 310,654 shs
• Average Volume: 341,293 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.09 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.98
• Dividend Yield: 8.25%
• Price Target: $23.17
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Sixth Street Specialty Lending Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Sixth Street Specialty Lending scored higher than 46% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 697th out of 955 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.83, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -1.37%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Sixth Street Specialty Lending are expected to decrease by -1.37% in the coming year, from $2.19 to $2.16 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Sixth Street Specialty Lending is 10.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.60.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Sixth Street Specialty Lending is 10.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.76.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a P/B Ratio of 1.30. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.89% of the float of Sixth Street Specialty Lending has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.4.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Sixth Street Specialty Lending has recently increased by 27.61%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Sixth Street Specialty Lending is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 8.24%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Sixth Street Specialty Lending does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Sixth Street Specialty Lending is 90.64%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Sixth Street Specialty Lending will have a dividend payout ratio of 85.19% in the coming year. This indicates that Sixth Street Specialty Lending may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.89% of the float of Sixth Street Specialty Lending has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.4.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Sixth Street Specialty Lending has recently increased by 27.61%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.97

News Sentiment

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a news sentiment score of 0.97. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Sixth Street Specialty Lending this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for TSLX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -71% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

14 people have added Sixth Street Specialty Lending to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Sixth Street Specialty Lending insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 3.30% of the stock of Sixth Street Specialty Lending is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

70.25% of the stock of Sixth Street Specialty Lending is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

TSLX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have TSLX shares performed this year?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending's stock was trading at $21.30 at the beginning of the year. Since then, TSLX shares have increased by 4.6% and is now trading at $22.29.
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How were Sixth Street Specialty Lending's earnings last quarter?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE:TSLX) issued its earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The financial services provider reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.04. The financial services provider earned $123.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $120.07 million. Sixth Street Specialty Lending had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.47% and a net margin of 38.67%.

How do I buy shares of Sixth Street Specialty Lending?

Shares of TSLX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Sixth Street Specialty Lending own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Sixth Street Specialty Lending investors own include Ares Capital (ARCC), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Annaly Capital Management (NLY) and AT&T (T).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/13/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 3/20 Dividend: 2/28/2025
• Record date for 3/20 Dividend: 3/03/2025
• Record date for 3/31 Dividend: 3/14/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 3/31 Dividend: 3/14/2025
• Dividend Payable: 3/20/2025
• Dividend Payable: 3/31/2025
• Today: 4/02/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 4/30/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Investors, not elsewhere classified
• Sub-Industry: Real Estate
• Current Symbol: NYSE:TSLX
• CIK: 1508655
• Web: www.tpgspecialtylending.com
• Phone: (212) 601-4700
• Fax: 469-621-3002
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $23.17
• High Stock Price Target: $25.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $21.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +3.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.83
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $2.03
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.01
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.20
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $220.02 million
• Net Margins: 38.67%
• Pretax Margin: 46.41%
• Return on Equity: 13.47%
• Return on Assets: 6.17%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.18
• Current Ratio: 1.90
• Quick Ratio: 1.90

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $252.97 million
• Price / Sales: 8.27
• Cash Flow: $2.10 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.66
• Book Value: $17.16 per share
• Price / Book: 1.30

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 93,661,000
• Free Float: 90,570,000
• Market Cap: $2.09 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.88