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Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX) Competitors

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$24.07 +0.01 (+0.04%)
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TSLX vs. ARCC, GBDC, MFIC, NMFC, OCSL, SLRC, FSK, GSBD, HTGC, and MAIN

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

Sixth Street Specialty Lending vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 13 more articles in the media than Sixth Street Specialty Lending. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ares Capital and 4 mentions for Sixth Street Specialty Lending. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Sixth Street Specialty Lending's score of 0.77 indicating that Ares Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ares Capital
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ares Capital has a net margin of 44.94% compared to Sixth Street Specialty Lending's net margin of 39.56%. Sixth Street Specialty Lending's return on equity of 13.47% beat Ares Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sixth Street Specialty Lending39.56% 13.47% 6.17%
Ares Capital 44.94%10.48%5.00%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sixth Street Specialty Lending$482.53M4.70$220.02M$2.0111.98
Ares Capital$1.50B10.41$1.52B$2.0510.81

70.3% of Sixth Street Specialty Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Ares Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Sixth Street Specialty Lending 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Sixth Street Specialty Lending pays out 91.5% 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.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending presently has a consensus price target of $23.28, indicating a potential downside of 3.29%. Ares Capital has a consensus price target of $22.86, indicating a potential upside of 3.12%. Given Ares Capital's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ares Capital is more favorable than Sixth Street Specialty Lending.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Ares Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Summary

Sixth Street Specialty Lending and Ares Capital tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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TSLX vs. The Competition

MetricSixth Street Specialty LendingFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.27B$1.58B$12.42B$21.10B
Dividend Yield7.64%11.30%5.45%3.54%
P/E Ratio11.9611.7019.3529.02
Price / Sales4.7051.7026.2551.71
Price / Cash11.1311.1719.1818.23
Price / Book1.400.942.284.71
Net Income$220.02M$152.42M$1.01B$995.89M
7 Day Performance-0.60%0.03%1.61%2.43%
1 Month Performance-1.57%-3.39%1.33%2.64%
1 Year Performance14.56%-4.86%539.63%10.78%

Sixth Street Specialty Lending Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
2.1787 of 5 stars
$24.07
+0.0%
$23.28
-3.3%
+14.0%$2.27B$482.53M11.96N/ADividend Cut
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.1305 of 5 stars
$22.41
flat
$22.86
+2.0%
+5.5%$15.81B$2.99B10.932,550Positive News
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
2.6349 of 5 stars
$14.74
flat
$15.00
+1.8%
-2.3%$3.93B$724.68M10.38N/APositive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
1.9082 of 5 stars
$12.99
+0.9%
$13.50
+3.9%
-5.6%$1.20B$301.78M8.04N/APositive News
Analyst Forecast
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.2032 of 5 stars
$10.39
+0.9%
$10.75
+3.5%
-16.3%$1.10B$371.67M13.67N/APositive News
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
1.2278 of 5 stars
$13.66
+1.3%
$15.00
+9.8%
-19.8%$1.19B$381.67M24.39N/APositive News
SLRC
SLR Investment
1.1258 of 5 stars
$16.47
+1.0%
$16.25
-1.3%
+5.1%$0.00$232.43M10.17N/A
FSK
FS KKR Capital
1.4209 of 5 stars
$17.42
-0.4%
$18.92
+8.6%
-10.1%$0.00$1.72B22.33N/APositive News
Analyst Forecast
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.3768 of 5 stars
$11.15
+0.2%
$10.00
-10.3%
-20.4%$1.27B$434.37M8.85N/ADividend Cut
HTGC
Hercules Capital
2.1384 of 5 stars
$19.10
+0.2%
$20.58
+7.8%
+3.4%$3.46B$493.59M12.65100
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.194 of 5 stars
$65.64
-0.7%
$59.75
-9.0%
+28.8%$5.91B$541.03M10.8190

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