Cash from financing is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders.
For the
three
months ended in Dec. 2025,
FS Specialty Lending Fund paid$0.0 Mil more to buy back shares than it received from issuing new shares.
It received$0.0 Mil from issuing more debt.
It paid$0.0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares.
It received$0.0 Mil from paying cash dividends to shareholders.
It received$0.0 Mil on other financial activities.
In all, FS Specialty Lending Fundspent$0.0 Mil on financial activities for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2025.
FS Specialty Lending Fund (NYSE:FSSL) Cash Flow from Financing Explanation
Cash from financing contains six items:
1. Issuance of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. Issuance of stock represents the cash inflow from offering common stock, which is the additional capital contribution to the entity during the period.
FS Specialty Lending Fund's issuance of stock for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.0 Mil.
2. Repurchase of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. It can also use cash to buy back shares. Repurchase of stock represents the cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.
FS Specialty Lending Fund's repurchase of stock for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.0 Mil.
3. Net Issuance of Debt:
Net issuance of debt is the cash a company received or spent through debt related activities such as debt issuance or debt repayment. If a company pays down its debt during the period, this number will be negative. If a company issued more debt, it receives cash and this number is positive.
FS Specialty Lending Fund's net issuance of debt for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.0 Mil.
FS Specialty Lending Fund received$0.0 Mil from issuing more debt.
4. Net Issuance of Preferred Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new preferred shares. It can also use cash to buy back preferred shares. If this number is positive, it means that the company has received more cash from issuing preferred shares than it has paid to buy back preferred shares. If this number is negative, it means that company has paid more cash to buy back preferred shares than it has received for issuing preferred shares.
FS Specialty Lending Fund's net issuance of preferred for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.0 Mil.
FS Specialty Lending Fund paid$0.0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares.
5. Cash Flow for Dividends:
Cash flow for dividends refers to the payment of cash to shareholders as dividends when the company generates income.
FS Specialty Lending Fund's cash flow for dividends for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.0 Mil.
FS Specialty Lending Fund received$0.0 Mil from paying cash dividends to shareholders.
6. Other Financing:
Money spent or earned by company from other financial activities.
FS Specialty Lending Fund's other financing for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.0 Mil.
FS Specialty Lending Fund received$0.0 Mil on other financial activities.
FS Specialty Lending Fund Cash Flow from Financing Related Terms
FS Specialty Lending Fund Cash Flow from Financing Historical Data
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The historical data trend for FS Specialty Lending Fund's Cash Flow from Financing 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.
FS Specialty Lending Fund Cash Flow from Financing Chart
FS Specialty Lending Fund Cash Flow from Financing Calculation
This is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders. In the calculation of free cash flow, cash from financing is not calculated because it is not related to operating activities.
FS Specialty Lending Fund's Cash from Financing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as:
Cash Flow from Financing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-163.7 Mil.
* 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.
What does a Cash Flow from Financing of $-163.7 Mil mean?
FS Specialty Lending Fund (FSSL) has a Cash Flow from Financing of $-163.7 Mil as of Dec. 2025. Cash Flow from Financing is the amount of cash earned or paid from financing operations. View historical data for FS Specialty Lending Fund and its competitors.
Is FS Specialty Lending Fund's Cash Flow from Financing too high?
FS Specialty Lending Fund's current Cash Flow from Financing is $-163.7 Mil. Overall, FS Specialty Lending Fund has a GF Score™ of 13/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does FS Specialty Lending Fund's Cash Flow from Financing compare to MFIC and AWF?
FS Specialty Lending Fund's Cash Flow from Financing of $-163.7 Mil can be compared against companies in the Asset Management industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Cash Flow from Financing for an Asset Management company?
A good Cash Flow from Financing depends on the Asset Management industry context. However, Cash Flow from Financing should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Cash Flow from Financing mean?
A high Cash Flow from Financing can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Cash Flow from Financing is the amount of cash earned or paid from financing operations. View historical data for FS Specialty Lending Fund and its competitors. FS Specialty Lending Fund's current Cash Flow from Financing is $-163.7 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is FS Specialty Lending Fund stock overvalued right now?
FS Specialty Lending Fund (FSSL) has a current Cash Flow from Financing of $-163.7 Mil. The current Cash Flow from Financing is $-163.7 Mil. FS Specialty Lending Fund's overall GF Score™ is 13/100 with 2 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Cash Flow from Financing calculated?
Cash Flow from Financing is calculated from a company's financial statements. For FS Specialty Lending Fund (FSSL), the current Cash Flow from Financing is $-163.7 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
FS Specialty Lending Fund is a United States-based externally managed, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The company's investment objectives are to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation by investing mainly in private and public credit in a broad set of industries, sectors, and sub-sectors. Its investment policy is to invest mainly in a portfolio of secured and unsecured floating and fixed-rate loans, bonds, and other types of credit instruments, which, under normal circumstances, will represent at least eighty percent of the Company's total assets.
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