Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in GBDC or TSLX?

42.4% of Golub Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Sixth Street Specialty Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Golub Capital BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Sixth Street Specialty Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend GBDC or TSLX?

Golub Capital BDC presently has a consensus price target of $16.40, suggesting a potential upside of 0.61%. Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a consensus price target of $22.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.87%. Given Golub Capital BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sixth Street Specialty Lending is more favorable than Golub Capital BDC.

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)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is GBDC or TSLX more profitable?

Golub Capital BDC has a net margin of 53.05% compared to Golub Capital BDC's net margin of 47.16%. Golub Capital BDC's return on equity of 13.74% beat Sixth Street Specialty Lending's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Golub Capital BDC	53.05%	13.03%	5.76%
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	47.16%	13.74%	6.32%

Which has more volatility & risk, GBDC or TSLX?

Golub Capital BDC has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% 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 9.6%. Sixth Street Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Golub Capital BDC pays out 76.8% 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 74.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golub Capital BDC has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Sixth Street Specialty Lending has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Golub Capital BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GBDC or TSLX?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending received 80 more outperform votes than Golub Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.32% of users gave Sixth Street Specialty Lending an outperform vote while only 56.50% of users gave Golub Capital BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Golub Capital BDC	Outperform Votes 300 56.50%	Underperform Votes 231 43.50%
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	Outperform Votes 380 66.32%	Underperform Votes 193 33.68%

Does the media favor GBDC or TSLX?

In the previous week, Sixth Street Specialty Lending had 1 more articles in the media than Golub Capital BDC. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Sixth Street Specialty Lending and 8 mentions for Golub Capital BDC. Sixth Street Specialty Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Golub Capital BDC's score of -0.91 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Which has better valuation & earnings, GBDC or TSLX?

Golub Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Sixth Street Specialty Lending. Golub Capital BDC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sixth Street Specialty Lending, 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	$603.09M	4.64	$258.63M	$2.03	8.03
Sixth Street Specialty Lending	$438.09M	4.57	$196.40M	$2.48	8.72

Summary

Sixth Street Specialty Lending beats Golub Capital BDC on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.