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Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL)

BDC - Debt Focused BDC

Data as of March 28, 2024
Current
Market Price $31.15 (+ $0.34)
NAV (Dec. 31, 2023) $26.66 ( $0.00)
Fund Listed NYSE
Premium / Discount 16.84% (+1.28%)
Fund Info
Inception Oct. 28, 2021
Sponsor Blackstone Debt Funds Management
Website https://www.bxsl.com/
Phone 1 (888) 756-8443
Location New York
Incorporated Delaware
Staggered Board No
Term Date N/A
Objective: Investing in first lien senior secured and unitranche loans that pay floating interest rates and rank ahead of subordinated debt and equity
Related Indexes
15 Major CEF Sectors Index
Debt-Focused Business Development Company (BDC) Index
60/40 Balanced (w/ BDCs) Index
Taxable Bond & BDC Index
Capital & Leverage
Outstanding Shares 191,600,986
Total Assets (Reported: Dec. 31, 2023) $10,134M
Estimated Total Assets $9,912M
Net Assets $5,108M
Market Cap $5,968M
Portfolio Turnover 13.40%
Debt-to-Equity 0.9919
Total Leverage 48.47%
Structural Leverage (out of total) 100.00%
Portfolio Leverage (out of total) 0.00%
Expense Ratio 11.57%
Non Lev Exp Ratio 5.58%
Gross Asset Expense Ratio 5.20%
Gross Asset Non Lev Exp Ratio 2.51%
Rel Lev Cost 5.56%
Discount Data
Average Discount (3 Yr) %
Discount Low(3 Yr) -14.60%
Discount High(3 Yr) 43.94%
Discount Rel Range (3 Yr) 53.71%
Comp Discount 18.48
Discount St Dev (1Yr) 4.91
Z-Stat
Z-Stat (6mo) 2.31
Z-Stat (1Yr) 2.54
Z-Stat (3Yr)
Comp Z-Stat (6mo) 1.66
Comp Z-Stat (3Yr)
Distribution Data
Market Yield 9.89%
Income Yield 9.89%
Lev Adj NAV Yield 7.78%
Av Yield on Debt Investments 12.00
Distribution Frequency Q
Current Distribution $0.770
Current Income $0.770
Ex-Date 3/27/24
Payable Date 4/26/24
Div Growth (3yr) %
Dividend Change 10.0% on 6/20/23
Expected Div 5/8/24
RoC (1yr) 0.00%
RoC (3yr) 0.00%
Tax Dividend Data 2022
Income 100%
ST Gains 0%
QDI 0%
LT Gains 0%
RoC 0%
Volume & Liquidity
Average Daily $ (K) $30,502
Avg Volume 30 day 951,128
Avg Volume 90 day 979,187
Volume Trend -2.87%
Comp Volume Trend -11.80%
Correlation & Volatility
Price Correlation (1yr)
vs. S&P 500 (TR)
23.0%
Price Correlation (1yr)
vs. CEFA's 12 Major CEF Sectors Index
41.0%
Price Correlation (1yr)
vs. CEFA's BDC Index
55.0%
Most Correlated Peer (Mk Pr): CGBD 64.0%
Price St Dev (1Yr) 16.3%
NAV St Dev (1Yr) 1.4%
Earnings
Earnings / Share (12/31/23) $0.928
Adj Core NII Coverage 119.51%
1 Yr Avg NII Coverage 127.07%
1 Yr Avg Adj Core NII Coverage 125.97%
NII Trend -5.62%
Adj Core NII Trend -3.95%
Performance
Price Beta (2yr)
vs. S&P 500 (TR)
0.45
Price Beta (2yr)
vs. CEFA's 12 Major CEF Sectors Index
0.47
Price Beta (2yr)
vs. CEFA's Debt-Focused Business Development Company (BDC) Index
0.51
Portfolio Data
Avg Libor Floor % 0.84%
% Loans with Libor Floor 93%

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