Sixth Street Specialty Lending publishes investor deck outlining direct lending strategy, dividend framework

The board set a base quarterly dividend of $0.42 per share, payable Sept. 30 to holders of record Sept. 15.

Sixth Street Specialty Lending highlighted Q2 2026 NAV per share of $16.24, total assets of $3.5 billion, and market capitalization of $1.6 billion.

The presentation cited a senior, floating-rate portfolio with 88% first-lien exposure, 96% floating-rate exposure, and 70% of debt investments with call protection.

Since inception, net realized losses ran at 6 basis points annualized; fully exited investments generated a 17% realized average gross unlevered IRR.

Since IPO, ROE on net income averaged 12.8%; total economic return reached 164.9%.