Blackstone Secured Lending Fund Stock News

BXSL's latest earnings were mediocre but not unexpected, with net investment income just covering the dividend and NAV slipping slightly. I maintain my long position in BXSL, favoring its traditional BDC structure and Blackstone backing as the external manager. We looked to produce a hedge to our long position by writing covered calls, which is a slightly defensive strategy.

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund. (NYSE:BXSL ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call August 6, 2025 9:30 AM ET Company Participants Brad Marshall - Trustee, Chairman & Co-CEO Carlos Whitaker - President Jonathan Gerald Bock - Co-Chief Executive Officer Stacy Wang - Head of Stakeholder Relations Teddy Desloge - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Arren Saul Cyganovich - Truist Securit...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (NYSE: BXSL or the “Company”) today reported its second quarter 2025 results. Brad Marshall and Jonathan Bock, Co-Chief Executive Officers of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund, said, “Despite recent market volatility, BXSL reported another strong quarter with net investment income per share of $0.77, covering our quarterly dividend for sh...

Despite my long-term bullish stance on BDCs, I believe the sector is primed for a correction and may deliver subpar total returns ahead. In fact, I would suggest total return focused investors rotating out of the BDC space to avoid a 1-3 year period of underperformance. Since my strategy is focused on high durable cash flows and long-term NAV stability, I remain invested in BDCs (although, with...

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With inflation sticky and rate cuts unlikely in 2024, investors should consider repositioning into high-yield stocks to offset volatility. Ares Capital (ARCC) and Blackstone Secured Lending (BXSL) offer strong fundamentals, high yields, and benefit from higher-for-longer interest rates. Verizon (VZ) and Realty Income (O) provide attractive yields and blue-chip stability, despite near-term headw...

BDCs have performed unexpectedly well this year. Despite the growing uncertainty in the system and high probabilities for incremental base rate cuts, the BDC index is up on a YTD basis. This is not the right setup for being aggressive here.