Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) Competitors $31.66 +0.10 (+0.32%) Closing price 07/11/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$31.52 -0.14 (-0.43%) As of 07/11/2025 06:18 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BXSL vs. ARCC, MAIN, GBDC, HTGC, TSLX, MSDL, GSBD, NMFC, KBDC, and AMALShould 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 Amalgamated Financial (AMAL). These companies are all part of the "fin - sbic&commrl" industry. Blackstone Secured Lending Fund vs. Its Competitors Ares Capital Main Street Capital Golub Capital BDC Hercules Capital Sixth Street Specialty Lending Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Goldman Sachs BDC New Mountain Finance Kayne Anderson BDC Amalgamated Financial Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (NYSE:BXSL) and Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations. Does the media refer more to BXSL or ARCC? In the previous week, Ares Capital had 15 more articles in the media than Blackstone Secured Lending Fund. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ares Capital and 2 mentions for Blackstone Secured Lending Fund. Blackstone Secured Lending Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Ares Capital's score of 1.13 indicating that Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Blackstone Secured Lending Fund 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Ares Capital 10 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is BXSL or ARCC more profitable? 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 Blackstone Secured Lending Fund47.80% 12.49% 5.67% Ares Capital 43.50%11.05%5.25% Which has higher earnings and valuation, BXSL or ARCC? 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 RatioBlackstone Secured Lending Fund$1.33B5.48$694.10M$3.179.99Ares Capital$2.99B5.30$1.52B$2.0511.14 Is BXSL or ARCC a better dividend stock? Blackstone Secured Lending Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. 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 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. Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BXSL or ARCC? 36.5% of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Ares Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts recommend BXSL or ARCC? Blackstone Secured Lending Fund presently has a consensus price target of $31.38, indicating a potential downside of 0.90%. Ares Capital has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.68%. Given Blackstone Secured Lending Fund's higher probable upside, equities 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 Blackstone Secured Lending Fund 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67Ares Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.78 Which has more risk and volatility, BXSL or ARCC? Blackstone Secured Lending Fund has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryAres Capital beats Blackstone Secured Lending Fund on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Blackstone Secured Lending Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BXSL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BXSL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BXSL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBlackstone Secured Lending FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$7.25B$1.50B$12.07B$20.79BDividend Yield9.76%10.89%5.53%3.71%P/E Ratio9.9917.4420.0427.89Price / Sales5.4854.4525.5142.50Price / Cash10.1611.5421.6422.63Price / Book1.170.962.284.57Net Income$694.10M$144.88M$992.82M$988.81M7 Day Performance1.47%1.74%-0.23%0.20%1 Month Performance-0.44%2.60%2.76%3.93%1 Year Performance3.68%-6.36%536.06%10.27% Blackstone Secured Lending Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BXSLBlackstone Secured Lending Fund1.9336 of 5 stars$31.66+0.3%$31.38-0.9%+2.9%$7.25B$1.33B9.992,020News CoveragePositive NewsARCCAres Capital2.9808 of 5 stars$22.33-0.4%$22.00-1.5%+7.6%$15.56B$2.99B10.892,550Positive NewsMAINMain Street Capital1.3942 of 5 stars$60.97-0.3%$52.80-13.4%+21.2%$5.44B$541.03M10.3590News CoverageEx-DividendGBDCGolub Capital BDC2.5993 of 5 stars$14.74-0.2%$15.50+5.2%-5.0%$3.93B$724.68M13.04N/APositive NewsHTGCHercules Capital2.1247 of 5 stars$18.44-0.9%$19.92+8.0%-10.3%$3.26B$493.59M13.86100TSLXSixth Street Specialty Lending2.6498 of 5 stars$23.94-1.8%$22.81-4.7%+12.0%$2.29B$482.53M12.67N/APositive NewsMSDLMorgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund1.7536 of 5 stars$18.93-1.3%$20.00+5.7%-17.7%$1.69B$191.55M8.68N/ANews CoverageGSBDGoldman Sachs BDC1.0106 of 5 stars$11.53-0.1%$12.00+4.1%-24.0%$1.35B$434.37M25.62N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance2.0932 of 5 stars$10.57-1.2%$10.67+0.9%-12.7%$1.15B$371.67M10.57N/APositive NewsKBDCKayne Anderson BDC1.8255 of 5 stars$15.64-0.1%$16.38+4.7%+1.4%$1.11B$213.11M8.69N/ANews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeAMALAmalgamated Financial2.6079 of 5 stars$33.07-0.8%$38.50+16.4%+15.4%$1.02B$434.51M9.81380News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Ares Capital Competitors Main Street Capital Competitors Golub Capital BDC Competitors Hercules Capital Competitors Sixth Street Specialty Lending Competitors Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Competitors Goldman Sachs BDC Competitors New Mountain Finance Competitors Kayne Anderson BDC Competitors Amalgamated Financial Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:BXSL) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners3..2..1.. 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