# Blackstone Secured Lending Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (BXSL) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $24.72, market value $5.8 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 19.5×** (5-yr avg 7.3×, 3-yr avg 7.9×). Blackstone Secured Lending Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest trades at 19.5× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 7.3×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×. Forward P/E is 9.6×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / book: 1.0×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 5.1%**. The inverse of the P/E: 5.1% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Return on equity: 9.0%**. 9.0% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.

## Growth
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -28.7%** (3-yr 0.3%/yr, 5-yr 1.4%/yr). Earnings per share fell 28.7%.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 1/9**. 1 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $290 million**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 12.46%** ($3.08 per share, trailing). Blackstone Secured Lending Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest yields 12.46%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 120%**. The dividend exceeds earnings (120% payout), which is rarely sustainable outside REITs and one-off years.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 5**. 5 straight years of increases.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: buy** (11 analysts). 11 analysts cover Blackstone Secured Lending Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest; the consensus is buy, with an average price target of $24.57 (-1% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -5.3%** (YTD 0.2%, 3-mo 8.3%). The shares are down 5.3% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -15.5%** (10.0% above the low). Trading 15% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 56**. An RSI of 56 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.53** (volatility 21%). Beta of 0.53 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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