Oaktree Specialty LendingOCSL
OCSL
About: Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp is a specialty finance company. The company provides lending services and invests in small and mid-sized companies. The company's investment objective is to maximize its portfolio's total return by generating current income from debt investments, and to a lesser extent, capital appreciation from equity investments. The company provides customized, one-stop credit solutions to companies with limited access to public or syndicated capital markets.
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Funds holding %
of 7,398 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
60% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $955K | Put options by funds: $596K
29% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 71 | Existing positions reduced: 55
16% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 43 | Existing positions closed: 37
7% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $446M [Q3] → $477M (+$30.5M) [Q4]
4.69% more ownership
Funds ownership: 33.22% [Q3] → 37.91% (+4.69%) [Q4]
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 191 [Q3] → 196 (+5) [Q4]
25% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q3] → 3 (-1) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for OCSL.
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 7 articles about OCSL published over the past 30 days
Negative
Seeking Alpha
2 weeks ago
Dividend Cut Alert: 1 BDC And 1 REIT With Likely Lower Dividends In 2025
The current market environment suggests a potential recession, leading investors to favor durable and income-producing assets. BDCs and REITs are likely to be among the key beneficiaries here. However, with REITs and especially BDCs investors have to be careful in order to avoid falling in a value trap.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
2 weeks ago
15% Yields Want To Mug Your Dividends
Agency mortgage REITs are achieving exceptional price-to-book ratios. You want a high dividend yield? Great. But don't pay a huge premium in the share price. It's a great time for investors to capture some gains in this sector.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
2 weeks ago
Buy The Dividend Cut: These 7-11% Yielding Stocks Are Now Strong Buys
Two high-yield stocks just slashed their dividends—but that might be the best thing that ever happened to them. Insiders are loading up, and the market is mispricing these recovery plays with massive upside potential. Lock in yields up to 11% on these overlooked income machines before Mr. Market wakes up!
Positive
Seeking Alpha
2 weeks ago
Oaktree Specialty Lending: Solid Income Value After 27% Dividend Cut
Oaktree Specialty Lending offers an attractive value proposition due to its valuation, portfolio strategy, and yield, despite having a high non-accrual percentage. OSCL cut its dividend by 27.3% last month, improving its dividend coverage profile to 1.15X in Q1 '25. The investment firm, however, has seen a shrinking portfolio due to higher net loan repayments.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
3 weeks ago
Forget Growth: 5 Big Safe Yields Worth Considering
The stock market has been ugly (particularly growth stocks), and it could get much worse. Thankfully, however, there is another way. Income investing focuses on big, steady dividend and interest payments, thereby allowing investors to worry far less about price volatility (as long as those big income payments keep coming in). This report shares 5 big safe yield strategies (including a variety of top income ideas), and then concludes with an important takeaway about succeeding in this market.
Negative
Seeking Alpha
3 weeks ago
The Moment Of Truth For BDC Dividend Investors Is Close
As a structural BDC bull I have to admit that the period of BDCs consistently surprising us on the upside has come to an end. Many lower quality BDCs have already cut their dividends to sync their cash flows with less favorable private credit lending environment. I would say that the moment of truth for high quality BDCs is also very close, where we will see how really durable their base dividends are.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
4 weeks ago
9% Yields From Baby Bonds
Yield to maturity is crucial in baby bond analysis. Yield to call can also be relevant when call risk is more relevant. We're starting with a hypothetical for demonstrating a key point, then we'll look at two baby bonds as they are trading today. Market inefficiencies can arise from liquidity issues, creating trading opportunities between similar preferred shares or baby bonds.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
8% Or Higher Yields Face Off
Six investments enter, six leave. This isn't a death match. All six have huge yields, but the valuations create some material differences. We've added three more baby bonds to our sector charts.
Negative
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Oaktree Specialty Lending: Dividend Cut, What Now?
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation faced a decline in net asset value and net investment income due to investment write-downs and high non-accruals. The company cut its dividend by 27% to address the deteriorating dividend coverage, raising concerns about its ability to re-rate higher in 2025. Despite the dividend cut, Oaktree Specialty Lending's stock is expected to continue selling at a discount to net asset value due to ongoing credit issues.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 month ago
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation Prices Public Offering of $300,000,000 6.340% Notes due 2030
LOS ANGELES, CA, Feb. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation (NASDAQ: OCSL) (“OCSL” or the “Company”), a specialty finance company, today announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.340% notes due 2030. The notes will mature on February 27, 2030 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at the Company's option at any time at par plus a “make-whole” premium, if applicable.
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