Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX) Competitors

Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI) and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (NYSE:TSLX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is CIGI or TSLX more profitable?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a net margin of 38.67% compared to Colliers International Group's net margin of 3.35%. Colliers International Group's return on equity of 20.38% beat Sixth Street Specialty Lending's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Colliers International Group	3.35%	20.38%	4.32%
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	38.67%	13.47%	6.17%

Do analysts prefer CIGI or TSLX?

Colliers International Group currently has a consensus price target of $161.80, indicating a potential upside of 42.68%. Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a consensus price target of $23.17, indicating a potential upside of 14.97%. Given Colliers International Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Colliers International Group is more favorable than Sixth Street Specialty Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Colliers International Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CIGI or TSLX?

80.1% of Colliers International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Sixth Street Specialty Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Colliers International Group 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, CIGI or TSLX?

Colliers International Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CIGI or TSLX?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Colliers International Group. Sixth Street Specialty Lending is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colliers International Group, 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
Colliers International Group	$4.82B	1.16	$161.73M	$3.19	35.55
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	$252.97M	7.46	$220.02M	$2.03	9.93

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CIGI or TSLX?

Colliers International Group received 141 more outperform votes than Sixth Street Specialty Lending when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.87% of users gave Colliers International Group an outperform vote while only 66.78% of users gave Sixth Street Specialty Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Colliers International Group	Outperform Votes 531 69.87%	Underperform Votes 229 30.13%
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	Outperform Votes 390 66.78%	Underperform Votes 194 33.22%

Does the media prefer CIGI or TSLX?

In the previous week, Colliers International Group had 4 more articles in the media than Sixth Street Specialty Lending. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Colliers International Group and 8 mentions for Sixth Street Specialty Lending. Sixth Street Specialty Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Colliers International Group's score of 0.63 indicating that Sixth Street Specialty Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Colliers International Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CIGI or TSLX a better dividend stock?

Colliers International Group pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Sixth Street Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Colliers International Group pays out 9.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sixth Street Specialty Lending pays out 90.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Colliers International Group beats Sixth Street Specialty Lending on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.