Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (TSLX) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.07 on March 31st

Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE:TSLX) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 13th, investing.com reports. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a dividend of 0.07 per share by the financial services provider on Monday, March 31st. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.27%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This is a 40.0% increase from Sixth Street Specialty Lending’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.05.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a payout ratio of 82.1% meaning 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 $2.16 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 85.2%.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending Price Performance

NYSE:TSLX opened at $22.09 on Wednesday. Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a 52-week low of $19.50 and a 52-week high of $23.67. The company has a market cap of $2.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.88 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a current ratio of 1.90. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $22.21 and its 200 day simple moving average is $21.30.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending (NYSE:TSLX) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The financial services provider reported $0.61 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.04. Sixth Street Specialty Lending had a return on equity of 13.47% and a net margin of 38.67%. The firm had revenue of $123.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $120.07 million. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Sixth Street Specialty Lending will post 2.19 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

TSLX has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of Sixth Street Specialty Lending from $23.00 to $24.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. LADENBURG THALM/SH SH lowered Sixth Street Specialty Lending from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their target price on Sixth Street Specialty Lending from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Sixth Street Specialty Lending from $22.50 to $23.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price target on Sixth Street Specialty Lending from $21.50 to $23.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $23.07.

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.