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After finishing at $13.7 in the prior trading day, Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp (NASDAQ: OCSL) closed at $13.61, down -0.66%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.66 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.94 million shares were traded. OCSL stock price reached its highest trading level at $13.685 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $13.525.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of OCSL by taking a closer look at its different ratios.
On December 11, 2024, B. Riley Securities Downgraded its rating to Sell which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $15.
JP Morgan Downgraded its Overweight to Neutral on November 20, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $17 to $15.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 30 ’25 when Gero Deborah Ann bought 2,500 shares for $13.70 per share. The transaction valued at 34,250 led to the insider holds 22,411 shares of the business.
Panossian Armen bought 8,000 shares of OCSL for $113,040 on May 15 ’25. The insider now owns 20,789 shares after completing the transaction at $14.13 per share. On May 07 ’25, another insider, CALDWELL PHYLLIS R, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 2,000 shares for $13.32 each. As a result, the insider paid 26,650 and bolstered with 18,000 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, OCSL now has a Market Capitalization of 1198843648 and an Enterprise Value of 2583397888. As of this moment, Oaktree’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 23.88, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.82. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.59 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.81. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 7.732.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for OCSL is 0.71, which has changed by -0.18939847 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16461086 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, OCSL has reached a high of $17.08, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $12.50. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.60%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -8.85%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 605.68K shares per day over the past 3-months and 731070 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 88.09M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 85.83M. Insiders hold about 0.30% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 39.69% stake in the company. Shares short for OCSL as of 1753920000 were 1444915 with a Short Ratio of 2.39, compared to 1751241600 on 1230601. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1444915 and a Short% of Float of 1.6400000000000001.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, OCSL’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.9, compared to 1.92 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.13868614The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 10.05. The current Payout Ratio is 317.81% for OCSL, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-06-16 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-09-15. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2023-01-23 when the company split stock in a 1:3 ratio.
