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Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) Competitors

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$32.49 +0.05 (+0.16%)
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BXSL vs. ARCC, MAIN, GBDC, HTGC, TSLX, MSDL, GSBD, NMFC, KBDC, and BBDC

Should you be buying Blackstone Secured Lending Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund include Ares Capital (ARCC), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Kayne Anderson BDC (KBDC), and BARINGS BDC (BBDC). These companies are all part of the "fin - sbic&commrl" industry.

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund vs. Its Competitors

Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) and Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (NYSE:BXSL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

27.4% of Ares Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.5% of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Blackstone Secured Lending Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. 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. Blackstone Secured Lending Fund pays out 97.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ares Capital$2.99B5.36$1.52B$2.0511.27
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund$1.33B5.62$694.10M$3.1710.25

Ares Capital presently has a consensus price target of $22.21, indicating a potential downside of 3.81%. Blackstone Secured Lending Fund has a consensus price target of $31.38, indicating a potential downside of 3.43%. Given Blackstone Secured Lending Fund's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is more favorable than Ares Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ares Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 19 more articles in the media than Blackstone Secured Lending Fund. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Ares Capital and 1 mentions for Blackstone Secured Lending Fund. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Blackstone Secured Lending Fund's score of 0.91 indicating that Ares Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ares Capital
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund has a net margin of 47.80% compared to Ares Capital's net margin of 43.50%. Blackstone Secured Lending Fund's return on equity of 12.49% beat Ares Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ares Capital43.50% 11.05% 5.25%
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund 47.80%12.49%5.67%

Ares Capital has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone Secured Lending Fund has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ares Capital beats Blackstone Secured Lending Fund on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BXSL vs. The Competition

MetricBlackstone Secured Lending FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.47B$1.52B$12.39B$21.10B
Dividend Yield9.46%10.76%5.53%3.58%
P/E Ratio10.2617.5119.0627.85
Price / Sales5.6264.1326.3659.34
Price / Cash10.4811.7221.8423.00
Price / Book1.200.962.274.68
Net Income$694.10M$144.88M$998.01M$994.49M
7 Day Performance0.47%-0.41%0.78%1.53%
1 Month Performance3.47%5.03%4.25%5.79%
1 Year Performance7.12%-4.43%540.68%11.35%

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BXSL
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
1.7249 of 5 stars
$32.49
+0.2%
$31.38
-3.4%
+8.2%$7.47B$1.33B10.262,020
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.0443 of 5 stars
$22.82
-1.7%
$22.21
-2.7%
+10.9%$16.11B$2.99B11.132,550Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.5158 of 5 stars
$64.16
-0.4%
$53.60
-16.5%
+30.4%$5.73B$541.03M10.8990
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
2.7767 of 5 stars
$15.14
-1.9%
$15.50
+2.4%
-0.6%$4.11B$724.68M13.40N/APositive News
HTGC
Hercules Capital
2.3987 of 5 stars
$19.11
-1.2%
$20.08
+5.1%
-7.5%$3.39B$493.59M9.86100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
2.3049 of 5 stars
$24.28
-2.1%
$22.81
-6.0%
+16.0%$2.33B$236.90M12.84N/AUpcoming Earnings
MSDL
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
1.3372 of 5 stars
$19.62
-0.4%
$20.10
+2.4%
-1.9%$1.73B$416.08M9.00N/A
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.2176 of 5 stars
$11.63
-2.1%
$12.00
+3.2%
-21.2%$1.39B$434.37M25.83N/APositive News
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
1.8643 of 5 stars
$10.58
-1.1%
$10.67
+0.8%
-13.5%$1.15B$371.67M10.58N/A
KBDC
Kayne Anderson BDC
2.0646 of 5 stars
$15.92
-0.2%
$16.50
+3.6%
-2.1%$1.13B$213.11M8.85N/APositive News
BBDC
BARINGS BDC
2.2569 of 5 stars
$9.50
-0.9%
$9.67
+1.8%
-3.6%$1.01B$286.17M10.1026

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This page (NYSE:BXSL) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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