Blackstone Secured LendingBXSL
BXSL
About: Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The investment objectives of the company are to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. The company seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in originated loans and other securities, including syndicated loans of private U.S. companies, typically in the form of first lien senior secured and unitranche loans, unsecured and subordinated loans, and other securities.
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
75% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 161 | Existing positions reduced: 92
14% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 14 [Q4 2024] → 16 (+2) [Q1 2025]
11% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 42 | Existing positions closed: 38
3% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.48B [Q4 2024] → $2.55B (+$63.9M) [Q1 2025]
0.91% less ownership
Funds ownership: 35.43% [Q4 2024] → 34.52% (-0.91%) [Q1 2025]
1% less funds holding
Funds holding: 370 [Q4 2024] → 366 (-4) [Q1 2025]
43% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $9.67M | Put options by funds: $16.9M
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$27
15%
downside
Avg. target
$29
10%
downside
High target
$30
5%
downside
2 analyst ratings
1 positive
50%
1 neutral
50%
0 negative
0%
Wells Fargo Finian O'Shea | 15%downside $27 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 8 May 2025 |
JP Morgan Melissa Wedel | 5%downside $30 | Overweight Maintained | 24 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 16 articles about BXSL published over the past 30 days
Positive
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Negative
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Positive
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Positive
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Positive
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Neutral
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Positive
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Invest $100,000 For A 7%-Yielding Inflation-Resilient Dividend Growth Portfolio
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Positive
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17 Ideal 'Safer' Dividend Dogs To Buy Out Of 72 June Graham Value All-Stars
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Neutral
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Negative
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