Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer TSLX or FSV?

In the previous week, Sixth Street Specialty Lending had 19 more articles in the media than FirstService. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Sixth Street Specialty Lending and 6 mentions for FirstService. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Sixth Street Specialty Lending's score of 0.64 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	7 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FirstService	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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

70.3% of Sixth Street Specialty Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Sixth Street Specialty Lending shares are owned 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.

Is TSLX or FSV more profitable?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a net margin of 38.67% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.58%. FirstService's return on equity of 17.15% beat Sixth Street Specialty Lending's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	38.67%	13.47%	6.17%
FirstService	2.58%	17.15%	4.79%

Which has more risk and volatility, TSLX or FSV?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend TSLX or FSV?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending currently has a consensus target price of $22.79, suggesting a potential downside of 3.02%. FirstService has a consensus target price of $201.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.49%. Given FirstService's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FirstService is more favorable than Sixth Street Specialty Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is TSLX or FSV a better dividend stock?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. 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. FirstService pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TSLX or FSV?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending received 62 more outperform votes than FirstService when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.72% of users gave Sixth Street Specialty Lending an outperform vote while only 60.22% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	Outperform Votes 389 66.72%	Underperform Votes 194 33.28%
FirstService	Outperform Votes 327 60.22%	Underperform Votes 216 39.78%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TSLX or FSV?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FirstService. Sixth Street Specialty Lending is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstService, 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
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	$482.53M	4.56	$220.02M	$2.03	11.57
FirstService	$5.22B	1.52	$134.38M	$2.97	58.79

Summary

Sixth Street Specialty Lending beats FirstService on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.