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Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (TSLX) earns a Piotroski F-score of 4/9 (mixed financial health). It pays a dividend yielding 10.61% (safety: at-risk).
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Piotroski F breakdown · 4/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
About Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc.
Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE: TSLX) is a business development company. The fund provides senior secured loans (first-lien, second-lien, and unitranche), unsecured loans, mezzanine debt, and investments in corporate bonds and equity securities and structured products, non-control structured equity, and common equity with a focus on co-investments for organic growth, acquisitions, market or product expansion, restructuring initiatives, recapitalizations, growth capital, buyout, and refinancing. The fund invests in business services, software & technology, healthcare, energy, consumer & retail, manufacturing, industrials, royalty related businesses, education, and specialty finance. The fund seeks to finance and lending to middle market companies principally located in the United States. The fund invests in companies with enterprise value between $50 million and $1000 million or more and EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million. The debt transaction size is between $15 million and $350 million. The fund invests across the spectrum of the capital structure and can arrange syndicated transactions of up to $500 million and hold sizeable positions within its credits.
FAQ
Is TSLX financially healthy?
Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 4/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak).
Does TSLX pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. pays a dividend yielding about 10.61% with a 99.9% payout ratio, rated “at-risk” for safety.
How profitable is TSLX?
In FY2025, Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. had a return on equity of 10.6%.
Is TSLX overvalued or undervalued?
Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. trades at about 10.4× trailing earnings — near its 10-year norm (10-year range 8.3×–13.9×, median 11.0×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for TSLX?
The average Wall-Street price target for Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. is $19.80, about 5.3% above the recent price, from 11 analysts.
Is TSLX a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 4/9, a P/E of about 9.4×, a dividend yield of 10.61%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.