NASDAQ:OCSL - Oaktree Specialty Lending Stock Price, Forecast & News

Oaktree Specialty Lending trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "OCSL."

Oaktree Specialty Lending announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 7th. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.095 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.38 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.06%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 12th. View Oaktree Specialty Lending's Dividend History.

Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp (NASDAQ:OCSL) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 6th. The credit services provider reported $0.10 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.02. The credit services provider had revenue of $30.96 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $34.68 million. Oaktree Specialty Lending had a net margin of 79.98% and a return on equity of 6.96%. View Oaktree Specialty Lending's Earnings History.

Oaktree Specialty Lending is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Oaktree Specialty Lending.

4 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Oaktree Specialty Lending's shares. Their forecasts range from $6.00 to $7.00. On average, they anticipate Oaktree Specialty Lending's stock price to reach $6.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Oaktree Specialty Lending.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Oaktree Specialty Lending in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Oaktree Specialty Lending.

News headlines about OCSL stock have trended very negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Oaktree Specialty Lending earned a media sentiment score of -3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Oaktree Specialty Lending.

Oaktree Specialty Lending saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,350,000 shares, an increase of 14.4% from the January 15th total of 1,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 513,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Oaktree Specialty Lending's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Oaktree Specialty Lending include BlackRock (BLK), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), State Street (STT), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Northern Trust (NTRS), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Ares Capital (ARCC), Invesco (IVZ), Eaton Vance (EV), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Federated Investors (FII), Legg Mason (LM) and Cohen & Steers (CNS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Oaktree Specialty Lending investors own include Prospect Capital (PSEC), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Ready Capital (RC), Ares Capital (ARCC), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), THL Credit (TCRD), Medley Capital (MCC), PennantPark Investment (PNNT) and NGL Energy Partners (NGL).

Oaktree Specialty Lending's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include River Road Asset Management LLC (3.94%), Bruni J V & Co. Co. (2.84%), Credit Suisse AG (1.26%), Shoals Capital Management LP (1.07%), Investment Management of Virginia LLC (1.03%) and Greenwich Investment Management Inc. (0.88%). Company insiders that own Oaktree Specialty Lending stock include Bruce Zimmerman, Craig A Jacobson, Deborah Ann Gero, Leonard M Tannenbaum, Mathew Pendo and Melvin Carlisle. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Oaktree Specialty Lending.

OCSL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bayview Asset Management LLC, Muzinich & Co. Inc., Arnhold LLC, Independent Advisor Alliance, Confluence Investment Management LLC, UBS Group AG, Standard Life Aberdeen plc and Stifel Financial Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Oaktree Specialty Lending.

OCSL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Shoals Capital Management LP, River Road Asset Management LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Orinda Asset Management LLC, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC, Van ECK Associates Corp, Investment Management of Virginia LLC and Capital Asset Advisory Services LLC. Company insiders that have bought Oaktree Specialty Lending stock in the last two years include Bruce Zimmerman, Craig A Jacobson, Deborah Ann Gero, Mathew Pendo and Melvin Carlisle. View Insider Buying and Selling for Oaktree Specialty Lending.

Shares of OCSL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of OCSL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.38.

Oaktree Specialty Lending has a market capitalization of $758.36 million and generates $147.70 million in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $126.16 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.48 on an earnings per share basis. View Additional Information About Oaktree Specialty Lending.

The official website for Oaktree Specialty Lending is http://www.oaktreespecialtylending.com/.

Oaktree Specialty Lending's mailing address is 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA, 90071. The credit services provider can be reached via phone at 213-830-6300 or via email at [email protected]