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Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) Competitors

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$13.86 +0.62 (+4.68%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$13.90 +0.04 (+0.28%)
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OCSL vs. ARCC, CSWC, GBDC, MFIC, NMFC, PFLT, SLRC, FSK, MAIN, and TSLX

Should you be buying Oaktree Specialty Lending stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oaktree Specialty Lending include Ares Capital (ARCC), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), SLR Investment (SLRC), FS KKR Capital (FSK), Main Street Capital (MAIN), and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Oaktree Specialty Lending vs. Its Competitors

Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) and Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

27.4% of Ares Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 12 more articles in the media than Oaktree Specialty Lending. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ares Capital and 2 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending. Oaktree Specialty Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Ares Capital's score of 1.21 indicating that Oaktree Specialty Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ares Capital
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Oaktree Specialty Lending
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ares Capital has a net margin of 44.94% compared to Oaktree Specialty Lending's net margin of 13.84%. Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity of 10.94% beat Ares Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ares Capital44.94% 10.48% 5.00%
Oaktree Specialty Lending 13.84%10.94%5.23%

Ares Capital has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ares Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Oaktree Specialty Lending. Ares Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oaktree Specialty Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ares Capital$2.99B4.70$1.52B$2.059.71
Oaktree Specialty Lending$381.67M3.20$57.90M$0.5624.75

Ares Capital currently has a consensus target price of $22.63, suggesting a potential upside of 13.64%. Oaktree Specialty Lending has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.23%. Given Ares Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ares Capital is more favorable than Oaktree Specialty Lending.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ares Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Oaktree Specialty Lending
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Ares Capital pays out 93.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Ares Capital beats Oaktree Specialty Lending on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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OCSL vs. The Competition

MetricOaktree Specialty LendingFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.17B$8.01B$12.66B$10.69B
Dividend Yield12.09%4.92%5.58%4.87%
P/E Ratio24.7515.2321.1627.22
Price / Sales3.206.2529.77128.70
Price / Cash5.9129.6422.4061.65
Price / Book0.772.702.256.59
Net Income$57.90M$310.95M$1.02B$276.14M
7 Day Performance6.21%-2.57%-0.70%0.02%
1 Month Performance3.51%-1.48%-1.49%3.60%
1 Year Performance-16.56%18.17%572.14%32.76%

Oaktree Specialty Lending Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
2.4975 of 5 stars
$13.86
+4.7%
$15.00
+8.2%
-20.3%$1.17B$381.67M24.75N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
ARCC
Ares Capital
3.5439 of 5 stars
$19.49
+3.1%
$22.81
+17.0%
-9.5%$13.33B$2.99B9.512,550Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
CSWC
Capital Southwest
3.1996 of 5 stars
$20.14
+3.4%
$24.30
+20.7%
-20.5%$1.08B$204.44M12.2120
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
2.2577 of 5 stars
$13.80
+3.5%
$15.00
+8.7%
-9.8%$3.55B$724.68M9.72N/APositive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.3305 of 5 stars
$11.70
+2.1%
$13.42
+14.7%
-12.1%$1.07B$301.78M10.83N/A
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.9082 of 5 stars
$9.29
+4.0%
$10.50
+13.0%
-20.1%$949.80M$371.67M12.22N/A
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.4957 of 5 stars
$8.79
+3.2%
$10.88
+23.8%
-26.2%$871.63M$89.89M6.28658
SLRC
SLR Investment
2.2483 of 5 stars
$14.32
+1.8%
$16.11
+12.5%
-6.3%$0.00$232.43M8.84N/A
FSK
FS KKR Capital
3.4801 of 5 stars
$14.77
+4.3%
$17.75
+20.2%
-27.8%$0.00$1.72B18.94N/A
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.9753 of 5 stars
$56.53
+2.6%
$61.20
+8.3%
+10.7%$4.93B$541.03M9.3190
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
3.3201 of 5 stars
$21.71
+4.1%
$23.56
+8.5%
+4.1%$1.97B$482.53M10.80N/APositive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:OCSL) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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