# Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation (OCSL) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Consumer Finance. Price $13.06, market value $1.2 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 27.2×** (5-yr avg 16.7×, 3-yr avg 19.1×). Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation trades at 27.2× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 16.7×: 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: 0.8×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 3.7%**. The inverse of the P/E: 3.7% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Return on equity: 2.3%**. 2.3% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.

## Growth
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -45.8%** (3-yr -6.7%/yr). Earnings per share fell 45.8%.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $80 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: 10.11%** ($1.50 per share, trailing). Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation yields 10.11%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 437%**. The dividend exceeds earnings (437% payout), which is rarely sustainable outside REITs and one-off years.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 6.8%/yr** (1-yr -23.2%). The dividend has grown 6.8% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 6.9%** (YTD 9.4%, 3-mo 12.7%). The shares are up 6.9% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -8.7%** (22.9% above the low). Trading 9% 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): 57**. An RSI of 57 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.59** (volatility 23%). Beta of 0.59 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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