B. Riley Issues Positive Forecast for TSLX Earnings

Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE:TSLX) – Equities researchers at B. Riley raised their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Sixth Street Specialty Lending in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 6th. B. Riley analyst B. Rowe now anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $0.56 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.54. The consensus estimate for Sixth Street Specialty Lending’s current full-year earnings is $2.31 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Sixth Street Specialty Lending’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.58 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.60 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $2.27 EPS.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending (NYSE:TSLX) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, November 5th. The financial services provider reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.57. Sixth Street Specialty Lending had a return on equity of 13.55% and a net margin of 39.05%. The firm had revenue of $119.22 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $119.85 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.60 earnings per share.

A number of other analysts have also recently issued reports on TSLX. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on Sixth Street Specialty Lending from $22.00 to $21.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $23.00 price objective on shares of Sixth Street Specialty Lending in a research report on Thursday, August 15th. LADENBURG THALM/SH SH upgraded shares of Sixth Street Specialty Lending from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $21.00 target price on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods decreased their price target on shares of Sixth Street Specialty Lending from $23.00 to $21.50 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $22.00.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending Stock Up 2.7 %

Shares of TSLX opened at $20.32 on Friday. Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a fifty-two week low of $19.50 and a fifty-two week high of $22.35. The company’s fifty day moving average is $20.64 and its two-hundred day moving average is $21.06. The firm has a market cap of $1.90 billion, a PE ratio of 9.86 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a quick ratio of 1.90, a current ratio of 2.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a — dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share. This represents a yield of 9.1%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 29th. Sixth Street Specialty Lending’s payout ratio is currently 89.32%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Sixth Street Specialty Lending

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Van ECK Associates Corp raised its position in shares of Sixth Street Specialty Lending by 18.6% during the 2nd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 2,147,972 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $45,859,000 after purchasing an additional 336,596 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC grew its stake in Sixth Street Specialty Lending by 482.6% during the 2nd quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 287,311 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $6,134,000 after buying an additional 237,995 shares during the last quarter. TrueMark Investments LLC acquired a new stake in Sixth Street Specialty Lending in the second quarter worth $4,378,000. Baillie Gifford & Co. lifted its stake in Sixth Street Specialty Lending by 81.9% in the second quarter. Baillie Gifford & Co. now owns 410,054 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $8,755,000 after buying an additional 184,634 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Significant Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Sixth Street Specialty Lending by 949.8% during the first quarter. Significant Wealth Partners LLC now owns 202,899 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $4,348,000 after acquiring an additional 183,571 shares during the period. 70.25% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Sixth Street Specialty Lending

Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc (NYSE: TSLX) is a business development company. The fund provides senior secured loans (first-lien, second-lien, and unitranche), unsecured loans, mezzanine debt, and investments in corporate bonds and equity securities and structured products, non-control structured equity, and common equity with a focus on co-investments for organic growth, acquisitions, market or product expansion, restructuring initiatives, recapitalizations, and refinancing.