Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) Competitors

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

Is BXSL or VTR a better dividend stock?

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Ventas pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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. Ventas pays out 581.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ventas has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer BXSL or VTR?

In the previous week, Ventas had 5 more articles in the media than Blackstone Secured Lending Fund. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Ventas and 5 mentions for Blackstone Secured Lending Fund. Blackstone Secured Lending Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Ventas' score of 1.06 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ventas	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BXSL or VTR more profitable?

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund has a net margin of 47.80% compared to Ventas' net margin of 2.80%. Blackstone Secured Lending Fund's return on equity of 12.49% beat Ventas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	47.80%	12.49%	5.67%
Ventas	2.80%	1.36%	0.56%

Which has better valuation & earnings, BXSL or VTR?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	$1.33B	5.40	$694.10M	$3.17	9.92
Ventas	$4.92B	5.74	$81.15M	$0.33	189.90

Which has more risk & volatility, BXSL or VTR?

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ventas has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BXSL or VTR?

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund currently has a consensus target price of $31.38, suggesting a potential downside of 0.24%. Ventas has a consensus target price of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.49%. Given Ventas' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ventas is more favorable than Blackstone Secured Lending Fund.

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)	2.67
Ventas	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BXSL or VTR?

36.5% of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Ventas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ventas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BXSL or VTR?

Ventas received 535 more outperform votes than Blackstone Secured Lending Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.13% of users gave Ventas an outperform vote while only 54.90% of users gave Blackstone Secured Lending Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	Outperform Votes 28 54.90%	Underperform Votes 23 45.10%
Ventas	Outperform Votes 563 56.13%	Underperform Votes 440 43.87%

Summary

Ventas beats Blackstone Secured Lending Fund on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.