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How Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation stacks up
OCSL · against 107 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
42/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #59 of 108 · scores higher than 44% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score16 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including OCSL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 42?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Financial Services norm.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 66% of peers. Return on assets: 1.5% vs peer median 2.6%
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.8% vs peer median 6.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = OCSL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | OCSL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 107 reported | 6.8% | 6.0% | 57% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 57 reported | Not reported | 21.8% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 120 reported | 1.5% | 2.4% | 34% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 116 reported | 3.0% | 9.7% | 19% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 137 reported | 100.0% | 94.4% | 56% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around OCSLScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score