Blackstone Secured Lending
BXSL
Market cap $7.06B

32.59 USD

-0.07

0.21%

At close Jan 17, 4:00 PM EST

After hours

32.65

+0.06

0.18%

1 day

-0.21%

5 days

3.10%

1 month

2.48%

3 months

6.99%

6 months

7.56%

Year to date

0.28%

1 year

15.44%

5 years

17.95%

10 years

17.95%

About: Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The investment objectives of the company are to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. The company seeks to achieve its investment objectives through originated loans and other securities, including syndicated loans, of private U.S. companies, typically in the form of first lien senior secured and unitranche loans, and unsecured and subordinated loans and other debt and equity securities.

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Funds holding %

of 6,823 funds

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Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

244% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 55 | Existing positions closed: 16

76% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 139 | Existing positions reduced: 79

13% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $12M | Put options by funds: $10.6M

11% more funds holding

Funds holding: 300 [Q2] → 334 (+34) [Q3]

2.85% less ownership

Funds ownership: 36.18% [Q2] → 33.33% (-2.85%) [Q3]

8% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.13B [Q2] → $1.97B (-$164M) [Q3]

9% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 11 [Q2] → 10 (-1) [Q3]

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Research analyst outlook

2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$29

11%

downside

Avg. target

$31

6%

downside

High target

$32

1%

downside

2 analyst ratings

1 positive

50%

1 neutral

50%

0 negative

0%

Wells Fargo Finian O'Shea 63% 1-year accuracy 22 / 35 met price target	11%downside $29	Equal-Weight Downgraded	2 Dec 2024
Compass Point Casey Alexander 75% 1-year accuracy 12 / 16 met price target	1%downside $32	Buy Maintained	15 Nov 2024

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Financial journalist opinion

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