# Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc. (TSLX) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $18.38, market value $1.8 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 19.6×** (5-yr avg 8.3×, 3-yr avg 9.0×). Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc. trades at 19.6× 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 10.0×, 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: 5.1%**. The inverse of the P/E: 5.1% 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: 9.14%** ($1.89 per share, trailing). Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc. yields 9.14%, 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.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -18.6%** (YTD -10.9%, 3-mo 8.4%). The shares are down 18.6% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -25.8%** (14.6% above the low). Trading 26% 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): 50**. An RSI of 50 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.50** (volatility 26%). Beta of 0.50 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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