Sixth Street Specialty
TSLX
Market cap $2.22B

23.66 USD

-0.21

0.88%

At close Jul 30, 4:00 PM EDT

After hours

23.56

-0.10

0.42%

1 day

-0.88%

5 days

-3.70%

1 month

-0.63%

3 months

13.97%

6 months

6.19%

Year to date

11.34%

1 year

12.61%

5 years

38.20%

10 years

32.92%

About: Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc is a specialty finance company focused on providing flexible, fully committed financing solutions to middle market companies located in the United States of America. It partners with companies across a variety of industries and excel at providing creative solutions to companies with complex business models that may have limited access to capital. The company seeks to generate current income in U.S.-domiciled middle-market companies through direct originations of senior secured loans and, to a lesser extent, originations of mezzanine and unsecured loans and investments in corporate bonds and equity securities.

Financials Asset Management

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Funds holding %

of 7,323 funds

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Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

65% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 33 | Existing positions closed: 20

59% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 89 | Existing positions reduced: 56

11% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $963M [Q4 2024] → $1.07B (+$103M) [Q1 2025]

5% more funds holding

Funds holding: 221 [Q4 2024] → 231 (+10) [Q1 2025]

2.43% more ownership

Funds ownership: 48.41% [Q4 2024] → 50.83% (+2.43%) [Q1 2025]

14% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 7 [Q4 2024] → 6 (-1) [Q1 2025]

50% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.97M | Put options by funds: $3.91M

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Research analyst outlook

2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$21

11%

downside

Avg. target

$22

7%

downside

High target

$23

3%

downside

2 analyst ratings

2 positive

100%

0 neutral

0%

0 negative

0%

Wells Fargo Finian O'Shea	11%downside $21	Overweight Maintained	2 May 2025
Raymond James Robert Dodd	3%downside $23	Outperform Maintained	2 May 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 5 articles about TSLX published over the past 30 days

Zacks Investment Research

Sixth St (TSLX) Reports Q2 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

Although the revenue and EPS for Sixth St (TSLX) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended June 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

Sixth St (TSLX) Reports Q2 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

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Sixth Street (TSLX) Beats Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

Sixth Street (TSLX) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.56 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.53 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.58 per share a year ago.

Sixth Street (TSLX) Beats Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Results; Declares a Third Quarter Base Dividend Per Share of $0.46, and a Second Quarter Supplemental Dividend Per Share of $0.05

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE: TSLX, or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025. Please view a printable version of the 2025 Second Quarter Results. Conference Call Information: A conference call to discuss the Company's financial results will be held at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on July 31, 2025. The conference call will be broadcast live in listen-only mode on the Investor Resources section of TSLX's websi.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Results; Declares a Third Quarter Base Dividend Per Share of $0.46, and a Second Quarter Supplemental Dividend Per Share of $0.05

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Sixth Street Specialty Lending: Worthy NAV Premium

Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX) stands out for growing net investment income and maintaining a well-covered, safe 8% dividend yield. TSLX's focus on first-lien originations and improving credit quality supports its premium valuation, despite slightly above-average non-accruals. The company trades at a 34% premium to NAV, justified by robust dividend coverage and consistent income growth versus peers.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending: Worthy NAV Premium

Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. Schedules Earnings Release and Conference Call to Discuss its Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2025 Financial Results

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE: TSLX) (“TSLX” or “the Company") announced today that it will release its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025 on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, after the market closes. TSLX invites all interested persons to its webcast / conference call on Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss its second quarter ended June 30, 2025 financial results. Conference Call Information: The conference call.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. Schedules Earnings Release and Conference Call to Discuss its Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2025 Financial Results

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Sixth Street Specialty: Hold, Sell, Or Double Down? My BDC Battle

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