Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (NYSE:BXSL) is a business development company that provides financing to private, primarily U.S.-based companies. The fund is externally managed by an affiliate of Blackstone, a global investment firm, and operates as part of Blackstone’s private credit platform.

BXSL’s investment strategy focuses mainly on senior secured, floating-rate loans, with an emphasis on first-lien debt. Its portfolio companies are generally middle-market businesses across a range of industries. The fund may also invest in unitranche loans, second-lien debt, unsecured debt, equity interests and other credit-related instruments when consistent with its investment objectives.

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund began operations as a private business development company and later became publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Through Blackstone’s credit investment team, the fund seeks to originate loans directly and provide customized financing solutions to companies throughout the United States, while emphasizing downside protection and seniority in the capital structure.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $24.23 to $24.56
• 50-Day Range: $23.03 to $25.01
• 52-Week Range: $22.47 to $28.82
• Volume: 1.21 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.25 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $5.69 billion
• P/E Ratio: 19.24
• Dividend Yield: 12.60%
• Price Target: $24.89
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund scored higher than 61% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 504th out of 851 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.30, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -9.82%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Blackstone Secured Lending Fund are expected to decrease by -9.82% in the coming year, from $2.85 to $2.57 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is 19.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.90.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is 19.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.67.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund has a P/B Ratio of 0.90. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.75% of the float of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.39.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Blackstone Secured Lending Fund has recently decreased by 6.65%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 12.62%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is 242.52%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Blackstone Secured Lending Fund will have a dividend payout ratio of 119.84% in the coming year. This indicates that Blackstone Secured Lending Fund may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.87

News Sentiment

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund has a news sentiment score of 0.87. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Blackstone Secured Lending Fund this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

9 people have searched for BXSL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 29% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Blackstone Secured Lending Fund to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Blackstone Secured Lending Fund insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.11% of the stock of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

36.49% of the stock of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/24 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/24 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/24/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 9/13/2026
• AGM 2026: 9/24/2026
• Record date for 10/23 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/23 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/23/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/09/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BXSL
• CIK: 1736035
• Web: www.bxsl.com
• Phone: 212-503-2100
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,020
• Year Founded: 2018

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Blackstone Secured Lending Fund: $24.89
• High Price Target: $29.00
• Low Price Target: $22.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +1.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.30
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.27
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.24
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.57
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $563.46 million
• Net Margins: 21.51%
• Pretax Margin: 21.54%
• Return on Equity: 11.86%
• Return on Assets: 5.10%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.74
• Quick Ratio: 1.74

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.42 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.01
• Cash Flow: $3.72 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.57
• Book Value: $27.01 per share
• Price / Book: 0.90

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 232,970,000
• Free Float: 232,714,000
• Market Cap: $5.69 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.39