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Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL)

Financial Services | Asset Management | New York, United States | NYSE
23.76 USD
After hours: 23.64 -0.12 (-0.120%) ⇩ (Oct. 14, 2026, 6:40 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 4:12 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is defensive; the stock is trading near its 52-week lows with a recent trailing run of down years showing the market has reassessed the business quality downward. While the 12.77% yield is attractive, it comes with a massive warning flag: the payout ratio of 242% indicates the company is distributing far more than its earnings, likely eroding net asset value to maintain the dividend. This unsustainable payout structure, combined with a recent year-over-year decline in price performance, suggests the current yield is a trap rather than a sustainable income stream. The options market confirms this fear, with traders aggressively buying insurance against further drops. Until the payout ratio normalizes and earnings growth turns positive, the long-term investment case remains weak despite the high headline yield.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.038434
AutoARIMA0.039775
AutoETS0.039777
AutoTheta0.049675

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 57%
H-stat 1.16
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.044
Excess Kurtosis 0.55
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-29
Last Dividend Date 2026-09-29
Debt to Equity Ratio 126.897
Revenue per Share 5.881
Market Cap 5,535,368,704
Trailing P/E 18.71
Forward P/E 9.21
Beta 0.44
Profit Margins 21.53%
Website https://www.bxsl.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 4:12 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume and open interest concentrated at strikes below the current price (21, 22.5, 23), while call activity remains thin and focused near-the-money. Implied volatility is significantly elevated for downside protection compared to upside speculation, indicating a market consensus expecting a floor rather than a breakout.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
3.21% 12.63% 11.09% —
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-09-30 0.77 3.211009
2026-06-30 0.77 3.247575
2026-03-31 0.77 3.250317
2025-12-31 0.77 2.924421
2025-09-30 0.77 2.953587
2025-06-30 0.77 2.504065
2025-03-31 0.77 2.379481
2024-12-31 0.77 2.383163
2024-09-30 0.77 2.628883
2024-06-28 0.77 2.514696
2024-03-27 0.77 2.499189
2023-12-28 0.77 2.776776
2023-09-28 0.77 2.793904
2023-06-29 0.70 2.573529
2023-03-30 0.70 2.812375
2022-12-29 0.60 2.667852
2022-09-29 0.60 2.601908
2022-07-15 0.20 0.862813
2022-06-29 0.53 2.274678
2022-05-13 0.20 0.776699
2022-03-30 0.53 1.876771
2022-03-15 0.15 0.526316
2022-01-14 0.10 0.330907
2021-12-30 0.53 1.560660
Additional Data
dividendYield 12.96
exDividendDate 2026-09-30
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.08
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.12962963
lastDividendValue 0.77
lastDividendDate 2026-09-30
dividendDate 2026-10-23

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.08509821
Address1 345 Park Avenue
Address2 31st Floor
All Time High 38.32
All Time Low 22.0
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 300
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,714,760
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,491,688
Average Volume 1,491,688
Average Volume10Days 1,714,760
Beta 0.438
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 2,400
Book Value 25.526
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,735,603,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 23.76
Current Ratio 1.309
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 23.985
Day Low 23.61
Debt To Equity 126.897
Dividend Date 1,792,713,600
Dividend Yield 12.96
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,746,624,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,746,624,600
Earnings Growth -0.94
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.939
Earnings Timestamp End 1,754,915,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,754,397,000
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 9.46
Enterprise Value 12,888,017,920
Eps Current Year 2.84111
Eps Forward 2.5791
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.27
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,790,726,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 212 503 6930
Fifty Day Average 24.4286
Fifty Day Average Change -0.6686001
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.027369563
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -8.509821
Fifty Two Week High 28.59
Fifty Two Week High Change -4.83
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.16894019
Fifty Two Week Low 22.47
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.2900009
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.057409924
Fifty Two Week Range 22.47 - 28.59
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,635,427,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 7.83
Forward Eps 2.5791
Forward P E 9.212517
Free Cashflow 409,021,760
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Fullday Change -0.09000015
Fullday Change Percent -0.37735912
Fullday Price 23.76
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 1.0
Gross Profits 1,362,327,040
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.08638
Held Percent Institutions 0.45069999
Implied Shares Outstanding 232,970,063
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,790,726,400
Last Dividend Value 0.77
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is business development company and a Delaware statutory trust formed on March 26, 2018, and structured as an externally managed, non-diversified closed-end investment Fund. On October 26, 2018, the fund elected to be regulated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). In addition, the Fund elected to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as a regulated investment company (“RIC”), as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The fund also intends to continue to comply with the requirements prescribed by the Code in order to maintain tax treatment as a RIC. The fund's investment objectives are to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily through originated loans, equity and other securities, including syndicated loans, of private U.S. companies, specifically small and middle market companies, typically in the form of first lien senior secured and unitranche loans (including first out/last out loans), and to a lesser extent, second lien, third lien, unsecured and subordinated loans and other debt and equity securities.
Long Name Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Market us_market
Market Cap 5,535,368,704
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_576210022
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 293,336,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 5,733,393,250
Number Of Analyst Opinions 11
Open 23.84
Operating Cashflow 147,959,008
Operating Margins 0.87144
Payout Ratio 2.4252
Phone 212 503 2100
Post Market Change -0.12000084
Post Market Change Percent -0.50505406
Post Market Price 23.64
Post Market Time 1,792,017,641
Previous Close 23.76
Price Eps Current Year 8.362928
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.9308157
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.063172
Profit Margins 0.21531999
Quick Ratio 1.03
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0
Regular Market Change Percent 0.0
Regular Market Day High 23.985
Regular Market Day Low 23.61
Regular Market Day Range 23.61 - 23.985
Regular Market Open 23.84
Regular Market Previous Close 23.76
Regular Market Price 23.76
Regular Market Time 1,792,008,002
Regular Market Volume 1,170,870
Return On Assets 0.05192
Return On Equity 0.04798
Revenue Growth -0.071
Revenue Per Share 5.881
Sand P52 Week Change 0.1570785
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 232,970,063
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.059899997
Shares Short 13,950,139
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 11,052,573
Short Name Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Short Percent Of Float 0.059899997
Short Ratio 10.02
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol BXSL
Target High Price 26.0
Target Low Price 22.0
Target Mean Price 24.65909
Target Median Price 25.0
Total Cash 183,418,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.787
Total Debt 7,536,067,072
Total Revenue 1,362,327,040
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.08
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.12962963
Trailing Eps 1.27
Trailing P E 18.708662
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 24.3354
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.5753994
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.023644542
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,170,870
Website https://www.bxsl.com
Zip 10,154