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Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp.
OCSL Financial Asset Management
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $316.8 million, down 17.0% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- −7.76%
- EPS
- −20.5%
- Free cash flow
- +173.1%
- Total debt
- +0.03%
Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier
12.59
0.07
+0.56%
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to September
| Ten-year view | Analyst estimates Powerpack | |||||||||||||||||
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| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | TTM Jun ’26 | Trend | 10 yrs | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e | Next 3/yr |
| Income, $m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 248 | 178 | 139 | 148 | 143 | 209 | 263 | 379 | 382 | 317 | 292 | +2.8% | 285 | 286 | 302 | (1.6%) | |
| Gross margin, % | 68.21 | 73.15 | 72.01 | 65.93 | 75.50 | 63.83 | 76.45 | 77.07 | 78.29 | 80.24 | 82.16 | +12.0 pt | ||||||
| EBT | (67) | (197) | 47 | 127 | 37 | 238 | 30 | 119 | 58 | 34 | 43 | n/m | ||||||
| EBT margin, % | (26.85) | (110.68) | 34.16 | 86.10 | 26.17 | 113.69 | 11.26 | 31.37 | 15.14 | 10.83 | 14.65 | +37.7 pt | ||||||
| Net income | (67) | (197) | 47 | 126 | 39 | 237 | 29 | 117 | 58 | 34 | 42 | n/m | ||||||
| Per share, $ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 5.04 | 3.78 | 2.95 | 3.14 | 3.05 | 3.87 | 4.32 | 5.26 | 4.75 | 3.68 | 3.32 | (3.4%) | |||||
| Earnings | (1.35) | (4.17) | 0.99 | 2.67 | 0.84 | 4.38 | 0.48 | 1.63 | 0.72 | 0.39 | 0.48 | n/m | ||||||
| Cash flow | 3.35 | 10.33 | 1.14 | 4.59 | (3.25) | (4.27) | 0.37 | 3.17 | 0.24 | 2.65 | 1.20 | (2.6%) | ||||||
| Capex | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | n/m | ||||||
| Free cash flow | 3.35 | 10.33 | 1.14 | 4.59 | (3.25) | (4.27) | 0.37 | 3.17 | 0.24 | 2.65 | 1.20 | (2.6%) | ||||||
| Book value | 23.25 | 18.41 | 18.26 | 19.81 | 19.47 | 24.29 | 20.51 | 21.02 | 18.50 | 17.03 | 15.70 | (3.4%) | ||||||
| Shares, m | 49 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 54 | 61 | 72 | 80 | 86 | 88 | +6.4% | ||||||
| Valuation, × | ||||||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.06 | 5.76 | 17.28 | 4.64 | 37.50 | 12.30 | 22.54 | 33.46 | 26.10 | 14.9 | |||||
| P/S | 3.46 | 4.43 | 5.05 | 4.94 | 4.77 | 5.47 | 4.16 | 3.72 | 3.44 | 3.55 | 3.78 | 4.3 | ||||||
| P/B | 0.75 | 0.91 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.93 | 0.88 | 0.77 | 0.80 | 0.8 | ||||||
| EV/Sales | 5.48 | 6.45 | 7.81 | 5.91 | 6.55 | 8.37 | 6.35 | 5.68 | 5.66 | 6.27 | — | 6.5 | ||||||
| EV/FCF | 8.25 | 2.36 | 20.24 | 4.05 | (6.13) | (7.60) | 74.47 | 9.42 | 113.32 | 8.69 | — | 22.7 | ||||||
| Cash, $m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 165 | 487 | 54 | 216 | (153) | (231) | 22 | 229 | 19 | 228 | 106 | +3.7% | |||||
| Capex | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Free cash flow | 165 | 487 | 54 | 216 | (153) | (231) | 22 | 229 | 19 | 228 | 106 | +3.7% | ||||||
| Balance, $m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | (413) | (257) | (245) | (357) | (373) | (619) | (669) | (512) | (618) | (468) | (431) | +1.4% | |||||
| Net debt | 503 | 359 | 383 | 143 | 255 | 607 | 575 | 745 | 850 | 862 | 898 | +6.2% | ||||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 1,142 | 868 | 858 | 931 | 915 | 1,313 | 1,246 | 1,516 | 1,488 | 1,466 | 1,383 | +2.8% | ||||||
| Returns, % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | (2.70) | (9.95) | 2.95 | 8.32 | 2.51 | 11.09 | 1.11 | 4.00 | 1.80 | 1.09 | 1.45 | +3.8 pt | |||||
| ROIC | 6.13 | 6.24 | 4.82 | 5.84 | 5.25 | 4.25 | 6.83 | 8.08 | 8.00 | 6.68 | 6.43 | +0.5 pt | ||||||
| ROE | (5.33) | (19.60) | 5.42 | 14.11 | 4.25 | 21.30 | 2.28 | 8.50 | 3.86 | 2.30 | 2.95 | +7.6 pt | ||||||
| People | ||||||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | n/m | ||||||
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates
Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp. vs peers in Asset Management (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund | $1.2B | 284× | 15.2× | −13.62% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +230.03% (above 0%: growing) | 100.00% | 0.00% | Compare |
| OCSL Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp. | $1.1B | 26.1× | 22.7× | −7.76% (below 0%: shrinking) | −20.45% (below 0%: shrinking) | +173.07% (above 0%: growing) | 94.24% | 82.04% | |
| RPC Ridgepost Capital, Inc. | $1.0B | 29.6× | 35.2× | +17.11% (above 0%: growing) | +350.00% (above 0%: growing) | +447.90% (above 0%: growing) | 100.00% | 28.63% | Compare |
| GSBD Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. | $990.6M | 34.0× | 11.6× | −7.97% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +465.71% (above 0%: growing) | 100.00% | 87.38% | Compare |
| BBDC BARINGS BDC, INC. | $915.1M | 10.3× | 9.9× | −11.20% (below 0%: shrinking) | +9.09% (above 0%: growing) | −250.65% (below 0%: shrinking) | 100.00% | 0.00% | Compare |
| BUR Burford Capital Limited | $869.6M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +110.46% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −531.48% (below 0%: shrinking) | 100.00% | 66.57% | Compare |
| MFIC MidCap Financial Investment Corporation | $846.0M | — (loss-making) | 56.7× | −24.94% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +21.89% (above 0%: growing) | 100.00% | 0.00% | Compare |
| KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC, Inc. | $841.3M | 15.2× | 10.9× | −2.78% (below 0%: shrinking) | −71.43% (below 0%: shrinking) | +221.15% (above 0%: growing) | 86.61% | 84.68% | Compare |
| VRTS Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. | $827.0M | 7.0× | — (loss-making) | −4.35% (below 0%: shrinking) | +9.87% (above 0%: growing) | −24.42% (below 0%: shrinking) | 100.00% | 13.57% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $892.4M | 22.4× | 13.4× | −6.16% | +9.48% | +121.52% | 100.00% | 21.10% |
Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 16 January 2026
Ownership
Directors and executive officers, together
less than 1%
Oaktree Capital Holdings, LLC and affiliates
8.94%
Ownership is the proxy’s own table: the directors and officers as a group, and every holder of 5% or more.
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