TSLX dividend analysis

TSLX dividend deep dive

TSLX dividend ledger: $2.20/share, 2.00% yield, 30% earnings payout, 5.0% 5-year CAGR. The streak of consecutive dividend increases stands at 21 years.

TSLX dividend safety: 43/100. The score combines the company's Quality pillar (35/100) with the strain on free cash flow implied by the 30% payout. Risk pillar reads 35/100 alongside.

TSLX DRIP scenario at $110.00 entry: 5-year horizon ≈ 11.0%, 10-year ≈ 23.1%, 20-year ≈ 51.5% on the income leg alone. Capital return depends on the multiple at exit and is not part of this number.

Peer dividend set for TSLX (yield 2.00%): KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The peer-mean yield prints 3.13%, so TSLX sits below the cohort by 1.13 percentage points.

Distribution schedule for TSLX: ex 2026-03-01, payment 2026-03-15. On a quarterly cadence at $0.550 per share, the annualized total works out to $2.20 — the figure used in the trailing yield calculation.

TSLX closes the loop with a 2.00% / 5.0% / 43/100 yield-growth-safety triplet. The forward question for the next 12 months is whether earnings growth keeps pace with distribution growth at the current 30% payout.