Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (TSLX) To Go Ex-Dividend on December 15th
by Sarita Garza · The Markets DailySixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE:TSLX – Get Free Report) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 4th, investing.com reports. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 15th will be paid a dividend of 0.03 per share by the financial services provider on Wednesday, December 31st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 15th.
Sixth Street Specialty Lending has increased its dividend payment by an average of 0.0%per year over the last three years. 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. Research 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 Stock Performance
NYSE TSLX traded down $0.01 during trading on Friday, reaching $22.58. 440,658 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 401,152. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.13, a current ratio of 4.73 and a quick ratio of 4.73. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $21.81 and a 200-day moving average price of $23.10. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.07 and a beta of 0.70. Sixth Street Specialty Lending has a fifty-two week low of $18.58 and a fifty-two week high of $25.17.
Sixth Street Specialty Lending (NYSE:TSLX – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 4th. The financial services provider reported $0.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.52 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $109.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $108.35 million. Sixth Street Specialty Lending had a return on equity of 13.20% and a net margin of 41.24%.During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.57 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts forecast that Sixth Street Specialty Lending will post 2.19 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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.
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