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After finishing at $15.75 in the prior trading day, Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp (NASDAQ: OCSL) closed at $15.73, down -0.13%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.13 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.81 million shares were traded. OCSL stock price reached its highest trading level at $15.755 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $15.645.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of OCSL by taking a closer look at its different ratios.
On November 20, 2024, JP Morgan Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Overweight and also lowered its target price recommendation 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 Feb 25 ’25 when CALDWELL PHYLLIS R bought 2,500 shares for $15.83 per share. The transaction valued at 39,575 led to the insider holds 16,000 shares of the business.
Pendo Mathew bought 6,260 shares of OCSL for $99,690 on Feb 24 ’25. The President now owns 52,596 shares after completing the transaction at $15.93 per share. On Feb 24 ’25, another insider, Khanna Raghav, who serves as the Co-Chief Investment Officer of the company, bought 6,000 shares for $15.95 each. As a result, the insider paid 95,700 and bolstered with 6,000 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 1293718528 and an Enterprise Value of 2783359744. As of this moment, Oaktree’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 23.48, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.39. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.49 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.89. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 7.516.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for OCSL is 0.89, which has changed by -0.18708009 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08275449 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, OCSL has reached a high of $19.86, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $14.82. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.54%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -4.88%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 864.49K shares per day over the past 3-months and 1053400 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 82.25M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 80.01M. Insiders hold about 2.71% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 47.58% stake in the company. Shares short for OCSL as of 1740700800 were 646935 with a Short Ratio of 0.75, compared to 1738281600 on 802376. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 646935 and a Short% of Float of 0.7900001.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, OCSL’s forward annual dividend rate was 2.2, compared to 2.04 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.13968255The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 9.63. The current Payout Ratio is 317.81% for OCSL, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-17 with an ex-dividend date of 1742169600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2023-01-23 when the company split stock in a 1:3 ratio.
