Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX) Competitors

Golub Capital BDC (NASDAQ:GBDC) and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (NYSE:TSLX) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is GBDC or TSLX more profitable?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a net margin of 39.05% compared to Golub Capital BDC's net margin of 37.78%. Sixth Street Specialty Lending's return on equity of 13.55% beat Golub Capital BDC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Golub Capital BDC	37.78%	11.86%	5.44%
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	39.05%	13.55%	6.20%

Do analysts prefer GBDC or TSLX?

Golub Capital BDC currently has a consensus target price of $16.40, indicating a potential upside of 8.75%. Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.76%. Given Golub Capital BDC's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Golub Capital BDC is more favorable than Sixth Street Specialty Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Golub Capital BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GBDC or TSLX?

42.4% of Golub Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Sixth Street Specialty Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Golub Capital BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Sixth Street Specialty Lending shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GBDC or TSLX?

Golub Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Sixth Street Specialty Lending. Sixth Street Specialty Lending is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golub Capital BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Golub Capital BDC	$272.57M	14.62	$273.79M	$1.41	10.70
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	$253.42M	7.73	$196.40M	$2.06	10.19

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GBDC or TSLX?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending received 82 more outperform votes than Golub Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.61% of users gave Sixth Street Specialty Lending an outperform vote while only 55.60% of users gave Golub Capital BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Golub Capital BDC	Outperform Votes 303 55.60%	Underperform Votes 242 44.40%
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	Outperform Votes 385 66.61%	Underperform Votes 193 33.39%

Does the media favor GBDC or TSLX?

In the previous week, Golub Capital BDC had 1 more articles in the media than Sixth Street Specialty Lending. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Golub Capital BDC and 3 mentions for Sixth Street Specialty Lending. Golub Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Sixth Street Specialty Lending's score of 0.82 indicating that Golub Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Golub Capital BDC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, GBDC or TSLX?

Golub Capital BDC has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GBDC or TSLX a better dividend stock?

Golub Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Sixth Street Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Golub Capital BDC pays out 110.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sixth Street Specialty Lending pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Sixth Street Specialty Lending beats Golub Capital BDC on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.