Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (TSLX) To Go Ex-Dividend on December 16th

Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE:TSLX) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 5th,investing.com reports. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th will be given a dividend of 0.05 per share by the financial services provider on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 16th.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a payout ratio of 82.1% indicating that its dividend is currently covered by earnings, but may not be in the future if the company’s earnings fall. Equities analysts expect Sixth Street Specialty Lending to earn $2.22 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.84 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 82.9%.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending Stock Performance

NYSE:TSLX opened at $21.37 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.50, a current ratio of 2.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17. Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a fifty-two week low of $19.50 and a fifty-two week high of $22.35. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $20.72 and its 200-day simple moving average is $20.99. The stock has a market cap of $1.99 billion, a PE ratio of 10.37 and a beta of 1.06.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending (NYSE:TSLX) last issued 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 net margin of 39.05% and a return on equity of 13.55%. The company had revenue of $119.22 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $119.85 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.60 earnings per share. Analysts expect that Sixth Street Specialty Lending will post 2.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have commented on the company. LADENBURG THALM/SH SH upgraded Sixth Street Specialty Lending from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $21.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods decreased their price objective on shares of Sixth Street Specialty Lending from $23.00 to $21.50 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on shares of 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. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $23.00 price objective on shares of Sixth Street Specialty Lending in a research note on Tuesday, November 12th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $22.00.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending Company Profile

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.