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Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc (TSLX) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

The Closelooknet read

Sixth Street Specialty Lending is a business development company that lends to US middle-market firms, using senior secured, unitranche and mezzanine debt alongside some equity co-investments. It backs sectors such as business services, software, healthcare, energy and manufacturing, taking positions across a borrower's capital structure.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for TSLX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 46/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-30
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 81th percentile of the window, -13.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-29
  • Sector × region Financials in US: +1.1% week · +5.7% month · −1.2% quarter · +9.1% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLF.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-01
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.66 · down 2.24 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-30
How it trades on rate days beta 0.53 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How TSLX has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.53 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc moved 0.53% on average · correlation 0.19 · higher than 47% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.90 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.63% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.55% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Asset Management · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Asset Management · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against TSLX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc

TSLX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Sixth Street Specialty Lending is a business development company that lends to US middle-market firms, using senior secured, unitranche and mezzanine debt alongside some equity co-investments. It backs sectors such as business services, software, healthcare, energy and manufacturing, taking positions across a borrower's capital structure. The firm is headquartered in Dallas and listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Where it sits in the stack
TSLX carries no Rubin or Halo seat in our index; it sits in the diary's Financial Services sector, within the private-credit and business-development-company sleeve of our universe.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored Financial Services names from the same country, a comparison built on sector and geography rather than business model; the market also names Ares Capital as a comparable business development company.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
TSLX holds no index seat and has no quotes or mentions logged in the diary, but it does carry a Closelooknet score; quality is the strongest module and momentum the weakest.
What the diary watches
The diary watches how the balance-sheet module moves, since leverage and funding cost matter for a lender holding floating-rate, middle-market credit.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc (TSLX) trades on US exchanges, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelooknet company score reads 45/100 composite (momentum 50, quality 66, valuation 60) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 10.15%, quarterly · last 0.42 USD on 2026-09-15

Dividends and capital return

What TSLX pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.79 USD per share · a 10.15% yield on the 2026-10-30 close 5 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-30
  • Change on the year +14.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.56 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.42 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-15
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.05 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.30 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-28
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 170 m USD 89% of earnings
  • Share count +2.9% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 170 m USD · 94% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-01

Quick answers

What is Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc (TSLX)?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc trades as TSLX on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-01.

Is TSLX in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-01.

What is Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

45 out of 100, with momentum 50, quality 66 and valuation 60 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-01. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does TSLX trade against its moving averages?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc trades 1.1% below its 50-day and 1.4% below its 200-day moving average (2.2% above its 20-day). As of 2026-10-30 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Asset Management · US), Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc (TSLX) sits 17.8% below its 52-week high, 1.1% below its 50-day average; TPG Inc (TPG) is 31.2% below, Victory Capital Holdings Inc (VCTR) is 10.5% below, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (BME) is 1.1% below, as of 2026-10-30. Put any of them next to TSLX in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc had a beta of 0.53 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 47% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.63% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-10-30; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc do?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending is a business development company that lends to US middle-market firms, using senior secured, unitranche and mezzanine debt alongside some equity co-investments. It backs sectors such as business services, software, healthcare, energy and manufacturing, taking positions across a borrower's capital structure. The firm is headquartered in Dallas and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored Financial Services names from the same country, a comparison built on sector and geography rather than business model; the market also names Ares Capital as a comparable business development company. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc sit in the AI build-out?

TSLX carries no Rubin or Halo seat in our index; it sits in the diary's Financial Services sector, within the private-credit and business-development-company sleeve of our universe. TSLX holds no index seat and has no quotes or mentions logged in the diary, but it does carry a Closelooknet score; quality is the strongest module and momentum the weakest. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc pay a dividend?

Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc has paid 1.79 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 10.15% on the 2026-10-30 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.42 USD on 2026-09-15. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 170 m USD in dividends, 94% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 2.9% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-10-30; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

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