Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp (NASDAQ: OCSL) is -7.51% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $12.50 and a high of $19.71 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The OCSL stock was last observed hovering at around $14.50 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.43%.
Currently trading at $14.07, the stock is -0.90% and -1.57% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.01 million and changing -2.97% at the moment leaves the stock -9.40% off its SMA200. OCSL registered -27.60% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -13.51%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $14.295 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $15.58185.
The stock witnessed a 4.84% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -11.73%, and is -2.70% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.60% over the week and 1.39% over the month.
Current P/E ratio is 117.25 and Fwd P/E is 8.30. Distance from 52-week low is 12.56% and -28.62% from its 52-week high.
with sales reaching $79.62M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -16.55% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -15.04% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -16.16% in year-over-year returns.
222.0 institutions hold shares in Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp (OCSL), with institutional investors hold 39.46% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 88.09M, and float is at 83.85M with Short Float at 1.27%. Institutions hold 38.45% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is MORGAN STANLEY with over 2.29 million shares valued at $$43.04 million. The investor’s holdings represent 2.796 of the OCSL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP with 1.89 million shares valued at $$35.46 million to account for 2.3039 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP which holds 1.85 million shares representing 2.2638 and valued at over $$34.84 million, while ARES MANAGEMENT LLC holds 2.1586 of the shares totaling 1.77 million with a market value of $$33.23 million.
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp (OCSL) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Panossian Armen, the company’s See Remarks. SEC filings show that Panossian Armen bought 8,000 shares of the company’s common stock on May 15 ’25 at a price of $14.13 per share for a total of $0.11 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 20789.0 shares.
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 07 ’25 that CALDWELL PHYLLIS R (Director) bought a total of 2,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 07 ’25 and was made at $13.32 per share for $26650.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 18000.0 shares of the OCSL stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 06 ’25, Jacobson Craig A (Director) acquired 14,910 shares at an average price of $13.41 for $0.2 million. The insider now directly holds 71,667 shares of Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp (OCSL).
