Is TSLX a Friend, Question Mark or Foe?

TSLX is classified a Friend under the Income Quality Score framework, based on long-duration distribution and total-return history. This is a research classification, not investment advice.

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A Friend is an income asset whose long-term economic total return has historically covered its distributions and whose distribution has been stable over the available history. It describes a track record of durable, well-covered income.

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TSLX Income Quality Score

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Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (TSLX) has an Income Quality Score of 69/100, classified as a Friend with low confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (TSLX) is a business development company (BDC) and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of June 30, 2026Lookback: 10-year

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Long-term focused10-year income and total-return analysis

Data-drivenObjective scoring across 7 quality, distribution and risk signals

Clear classificationFriends to own. Foes to avoid.

IQ Score

69/100

FriendLow confidence

Asset Type

BDC

Exchange

NYSE

Trailing Yield (TTM)

10.9%

Rank in BDC Universe

10 of 44

Lookback

10-year

Data as of

June 30, 2026

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This is the public July 2026 snapshot. Public snapshots are delayed and frozen: once released, a month's scores do not change, and current data is reserved for members. The July 2026 snapshot is published as the public launch snapshot.

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TSLXSixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc.

69FriendLow confidence

Snapshot: 2026-06
Data as of: 2026-06-30
Lookback: 10-year
Asset type: Business Development Company

IQ Score History

Not enough published history yet to draw a trend.

Signals & Drivers

IQ signal scores

Each signal is normalised to 0–100 and combined by weight into the overall IQ Score.

Economic Payout Coverage

48/100

Distribution Cut Score

100/100

Distribution Trend

40/100

Total Return

77/100

Max Drawdown

56/100

Volatility

87/100

Yield Consistency

97/100

What is working

Strong long-term total return
No material annual distribution decline across 3 full years of data

Distribution Safety

7Years raised

0Years cut

13Years of data

DownCurrent trend

Lower confidence (3–4 years of history)

20141.53Held
20151.56Raised
20161.56Held
20171.75Raised
20181.78Raised
20191.81Raised
20202.3Raised
20213.59Raised
20221.84Lower total
20232.1Raised
20242.09Lower total
20252.05Lower total
20260.89Partial year

Distributions per year, from the frozen distribution-stability signal. “Lower total” means the calendar-year sum was smaller than the prior year (often a special-distribution rolloff or timing shift), but did not decline more than the engine's 10% material-decline threshold — see Years Cut above for years that did.

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IQ Score is a long-duration quality and distribution-safety classification for income assets. It is research based on historical data, not personal investment advice, and it does not tell you what to buy or sell. Figures reflect a delayed public snapshot and may differ from current data.