Sixth Street Specialty Lending, (TSLX) Stock Analysis
Financial Services · Asset Management
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $16.90 — A.R:R 0.4:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.2): -0.5.
Sixth Street Specialty Lending is a BDC originating primarily senior secured loans to US middle-market companies with EBITDA of $10M–$250M. As of December 31, 2025, the portfolio had $3.35 billion fair value across 143 companies; first-lien debt represented 89% of investments... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $16.90 — A.R:R 0.4:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.2): -0.5. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/9 gates (clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 45d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-14Recent Developments — Sixth Street Specialty Lending,
Latest news
- NEWS Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX) Projected to Post Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS Earnings Preview: TSLX to Report Financial Results Post-market on May 05 - Moomoo — Moomoo neutral
- NEWS Earnings Preview: TSLX to Report Financial Results Post-market on May 05 - 富途牛牛 — 富途牛牛 neutral
- NEWS Sixth St (TSLX) Reports Q4 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say - MSN — MSN neutral
- NEWS Earnings To Watch: Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX) Reports Q1 Results Tomorrow - StockStory — StockStory neutral
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:47Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMloan_portfolioInternet Services18%10-K Item 1: 'The largest industry in our portfolio as of December 31, 2025 was Internet Services, which represented, as a percentage of our portfolio, 18.3% of the total portfolio based on fair value.'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-02-23Item 5.02MEDIUMJoshua Easterly, Chairman of the Board and Co-CIO of Adviser, announced he will not seek re-election at 2026 Annual Meeting (May 21, 2026) and will retire from Sixth Street Partners June 30, 2026. Board intends to appoint a successor Chairman on or about the Annual Meeting. No disagreement cited.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $16.90 — A.R:R 0.4:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.2): -0.5. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $16.23. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $17.22 (+1.9% upside). Prior stop was $16.23. Stop-loss: $16.23.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Leverage penalty (D/E 1.2): -0.5; Negative momentum.
Sixth Street Specialty Lending, trades at a P/E of 14.7 (forward 9.3). TrendMatrix value score: 8.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
18 analysts cover TSLX with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $20.
What does Sixth Street Specialty Lending, do?Sixth Street Specialty Lending is a BDC originating primarily senior secured loans to US middle-market companies with...
Sixth Street Specialty Lending is a BDC originating primarily senior secured loans to US middle-market companies with EBITDA of $10M–$250M. As of December 31, 2025, the portfolio had $3.35 billion fair value across 143 companies; first-lien debt represented 89% of investments and the largest single investment was 2.4% of the portfolio. Revenue is primarily interest income; Internet Services was the largest sector at 18.3% of fair value.