# DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interests (DSL) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $10.51, market value $1.2 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 32.8×** (5-yr avg 8.0×, 3-yr avg 8.0×). DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interests trades at 32.8× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 8.0×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 10.9×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 10.9×, a level that requires very high margins or very fast growth to justify.
- **Price / book: 0.8×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 9.1%** (5-yr avg 25.9%). Free cash flow equals 9.1% of the market value, below its five-year average of 25.9%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 3.0%**. The inverse of the P/E: 3.0% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 98.4%**. 98.4% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 7.6%**. 7.6% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 5.8%**. Each dollar of assets produces 5.8% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -58.5%**. Revenue fell 58.5% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -61.9%**. Earnings per share fell 61.9%, roughly in step with revenue.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -37.0%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -37.0% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 3/9**. 3 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $24,709**. 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: 12.56%** ($1.32 per share, trailing). DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interests yields 12.56%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 132%** (132% of free cash flow). The dividend exceeds earnings (132% payout), which is rarely sustainable outside REITs and one-off years.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): -5.7%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has not grown over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: 8.2%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 8.2% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -6.5%** (YTD -0.1%, 3-mo -1.4%). The shares are down 6.5% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -17.0%** (0.2% above the low). Trading 17% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 38**. An RSI of 38 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.39** (volatility 10%). Beta of 0.39 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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