# Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc. (TSLX) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-11-04. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $17.90, market value $1.7 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 19.2×** (5-yr avg 8.3×, 3-yr avg 9.0×). Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc. trades at 19.2× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 8.3×: 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 9.7×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / book: 1.1×**. The shares trade at 1.1× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **Earnings yield: 5.2%**. The inverse of the P/E: 5.2% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Return on equity: 10.6%**. 10.6% on shareholders' equity is solid.

## Growth
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -10.8%** (3-yr 9.5%/yr, 5-yr -7.3%/yr). Earnings per share fell 10.8%.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $20 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: 9.39%** ($1.89 per share, trailing). Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc. yields 9.39%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 100%**. 100% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving a thin cushion.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): -2.3%/yr** (1-yr -1.9%). The dividend has not grown over five years.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: buy** (11 analysts). 11 analysts cover Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc.; the consensus is buy, with an average price target of $19.77 (+10% 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): -13.5%** (YTD -11.9%, 3-mo 2.5%). The shares are down 13.5% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -21.6%** (11.6% above the low). Trading 22% 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): 61**. An RSI of 61 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.49** (volatility 26%). Beta of 0.49 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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