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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 55.90% of users gave Golub Capital BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Golub Capital BDC	Outperform Votes 303 55.90%	Underperform Votes 239 44.10%
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	Outperform Votes 385 66.61%	Underperform Votes 193 33.39%

Do analysts recommend GBDC or TSLX?

Golub Capital BDC currently has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.41%. Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.42%. Given Golub Capital BDC's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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 institutionals & insiders 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer GBDC or TSLX?

In the previous week, Golub Capital BDC had 5 more articles in the media than Sixth Street Specialty Lending. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Golub Capital BDC and 7 mentions for Sixth Street Specialty Lending. Sixth Street Specialty Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Golub Capital BDC's score of 0.30 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
Golub Capital BDC	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 10.2%. Sixth Street Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. 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.

Is GBDC or TSLX more profitable?

Golub Capital BDC has a net margin of 42.14% compared to Sixth Street Specialty Lending's net margin of 39.05%. 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	42.14%	11.99%	5.46%
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	39.05%	13.55%	6.20%

Which has more risk and volatility, GBDC or TSLX?

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GBDC or TSLX?

Golub Capital BDC has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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	$287.38M	9.08	$258.63M	$1.41	10.79
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	$438.09M	4.36	$196.40M	$2.06	9.94

Summary

Sixth Street Specialty Lending beats Golub Capital BDC on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.