As of today (2024-04-23), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Oaktree Specialty Lending is 11.17%.
Good Sign:
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.
The historical rank and industry rank for Oaktree Specialty Lending's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
OCSL'
s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.28 Med: 10.02 Max: 16.44
Current: 11.17
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Oaktree Specialty Lending was 16.44%. The lowest was 6.28%. And the median was 10.02%.
OCSL's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 95.02% of 221
companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 3.66
vs OCSL: 11.17
Oaktree Specialty Lending's Dividend Payout Ratio for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.93.
Warning Sign:
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp is 1.44, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Oaktree Specialty Lending was 7.55. The lowest was 0.35. And the median was 1.30.
Oaktree Specialty Lending's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.55.
During the past 12 months, Oaktree Specialty Lending's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.60% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 23.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 15.00% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -5.70% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Oaktree Specialty Lending was 28.20% per year. The lowest was -25.90% per year. And the median was -1.30% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Oaktree Specialty Lending Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Oaktree Specialty Lending's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Credit Services subindustry, Oaktree Specialty Lending's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Oaktree Specialty Lending Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Oaktree Specialty Lending's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Oaktree Specialty Lending's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Oaktree Specialty Lending Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.550
2024-03-14
2024-03-15
2024-03-29
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.550
2023-12-14
2023-12-15
2023-12-29
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.550
2023-09-14
2023-09-15
2023-09-29
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.550
2023-06-14
2023-06-15
2023-06-30
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Oaktree Specialty Lending's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
2.2
/
19.64
=
11.20 %
Current Share Price is $19.64.
Oaktree Specialty Lending's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $2.2.
Oaktree Specialty Lending's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
2.2
/
19.64
=
11.20 %
Current Share Price is $19.64.
Oaktree Specialty Lending's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.55 * 4 = $2.2.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
Oaktree Specialty Lending Dividend Yield % Related Terms
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Oaktree Specialty Lending (Oaktree Specialty Lending) Business Description
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp is a specialty finance company. It provides lending services and invests in small and mid-sized companies. The company's investment objective is to maximize its portfolio's total return by generating current income from debt investments, and to a lesser extent, capital appreciation from equity investments. Its investments generally range in size from ten million dollars to hundred million dollars and are principally in the form of the first lien, second lien, or collectively, senior secured, and subordinated debt investments, which may also include an equity component made in connection with investments by private equity sponsors.
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