Oaktree Specialty Lending
Inside Oaktree Specialty Lending’s $2.7B private-credit portfolio — 366 holdings disclosed in SEC filings. The portfolio is 81% first-lien by fair value, concentrated in Application Software (18%).
Aug 5 · SEC EDGAR
Credit Snapshot
How the market and the balance sheet read OCSL as a credit: NAV per share is the Q3 FY2026 book value ($15.70) from its SEC quarterly filing — for a BDC, book value is NAV. Fair values underneath are the manager’s own estimates. Price as of 2026-10-11.
| Metric | Value | What healthy looks like |
|---|---|---|
| Price-to-NAV | 0.74x (discount) | Quality BDCs tend to trade near NAV; a deep discount often signals credit concern — or opportunity to investigate. |
| Dividend Yield (FY2025 paid) | 14.8% | A trailing all-in yield (full-year dividends paid, including any specials) — not a forward run-rate. BDC regular yields typically run 8–12%; treat an outlier as a question about dividend sustainability. |
| Dividend Coverage (GAAP NII) | 1.04x GAAP NII ÷ FY2025 distributions | Above 1.0x, the year’s distributions were earned by investment income; below 1.0x they exceeded it — watch for a cut or return-of-capital funding. GAAP NII, not the manager’s adjusted “core NII”. |
| NII Return on Equity | 10.5% GAAP NII on FY2025 FY-end NAV | What the portfolio EARNED on book value, before mark swings — steadier than mark-driven ROE. BDCs typically land high single digits to low teens; internally managed books keep more of it. |
| NAV Total Return | +1.5% FY2025: ΔNAV/share + distributions 3-yr ≈+4.5%/yr compound | NAV change plus distributions, per share — what the book earned independent of market sentiment. Sustained positive NAV total return means the credit book is creating value, not just distributing it back. |
| Leverage (Gross Debt/Equity) | 1.01x target 0.90–1.25x (manager-stated) — within 50% headroom to the 2.0x regulatory ceiling 14th pct of 18 upper-MM peers | Most BDCs run 0.8x–1.25x debt-to-equity; the regulatory ceiling is 2.0x. |
| Asset Coverage | 199% | A gross total-debt coverage read; the statutory ratio excludes SBA debentures, so an SBIC’s 10-K figure can differ. Healthy BDCs sit well above the 150% floor. |
| Top-5 Borrower Concentration | 12% of portfolio FV ≈ 24% of Q3 FY2026 NAV largest: Senior Loan Fund JV I, LLC, Multi-Sector Holdings (4.1% of FV) | Measured against NAV, not just portfolio value: leverage means one borrower’s writedown hits book value harder than its portfolio share suggests. Diversified BDCs typically keep any single name to a low single-digit share of the portfolio. |
| Debt Marked Below 90 | 9.4% (4.0% below 80) of marked debt FV (91% coverage) | Loans marked below 90 cents on the dollar are the book’s watchlist; a growing tail often precedes non-accrual. |
| PIK Income Share | 13.9% of debt FV carries a PIK component 35th pct of 23 upper-MM peers | Interest paid “in kind” adds to the loan instead of paying cash; a rising PIK share is the classic early sign of borrower stress. |
| Floating-Rate Mix | 85% floating, mostly SOFR of rate-classified debt (97% coverage); the rest fixed | Floating-rate loans reprice with their benchmark (mostly SOFR), so a high floating share means portfolio income rises when the Fed hikes and falls when it cuts — the book’s rate sensitivity in one number. |
| Non-Accruals | 1.8% of debt FV (100% coverage) | Parsed from the filing’s own non-accrual footnotes. 1–3% of portfolio fair value is normal; 5%+ is a warning sign. Trend12 qtrs |
| Fee Structure — manager economics, from the same annual filing | ||
| Base Management Fee | $30.2M ≈1.00% of FY2025 FY-end total assets, our calculation — contractual fees accrue on average gross assets as filed, gross of any fee waivers | External BDC base fees typically run 1.0–1.75% of assets — charged on ASSETS, not equity, so leverage raises the fee bill on the same NAV. |
| Incentive Fee | $27.5M ≈15.2% of pre-fee investment income as filed, gross of any fee waivers | Income incentive fees typically take 17.5–20% of pre-fee investment income over a hurdle. A capital-gains fee in an up-mark year is not recurring income economics — watch the split. |
Portfolio Composition
Portfolio-wide breakdown by fair value across this BDC’s full Schedule of Investments. Source: SEC EDGAR (public). As of the 2026-08-05 filing.
Maturity Wall
Debt fair value by each loan’s stated maturity year (100% of debt FV carries a parsed maturity). The refinancing question: 12% of the maturity-dated book comes due by end-2027 — debt that must be repaid, refinanced, or extended. As of the 2026-08-05 filing.
| Maturing | Debt FV | % of dated debt |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 or earlier | $49M | 1.9% |
| 2027 | $275M | 10.6% |
| 2028 | $285M | 10.9% |
| 2029 | $291M | 11.1% |
| 2030 | $481M | 18.5% |
| 2031+ | $1.2B | 47.0% |
Where this book is marked differently
1 of this BDC’s borrowers is marked 10+ points away from another BDC’s mark on the same borrower and seniority, as of the same quarter. Level-3 fair values are model-based — each manager marks to its own model, so dispersion is information about assumptions, not proof either mark is wrong.
- A.T. Holdings II LTD — marked 80.9 here (filed 2026-08-05) vs 50.9 at BBDC (filed 2026-08-05) — a 30.0pt gap, same seniority, period 2026-06-30. One lender carries the name on non-accrual.
Marks reflect each BDC’s own fair-value estimates as reported to the SEC, not traded prices. Private-credit loans are predominantly Level 3 under ASC 820 — valued from unobservable inputs and determined in good faith under the oversight of each BDC’s board (often by the adviser as valuation designee), so figures are estimates as of the period end each filing reports, not its filing date, and are not directly comparable across managers. Informational only; not investment advice or a valuation.
Quarter-over-quarter changes
Borrowers added to and dropped from the book between the 2026-05-05 and 2026-08-05 filings, and the largest weighted-mark moves on borrowers held across both. Aggregated to the borrower so a company’s exposure is counted once even when its loan tranches are re-cut quarter to quarter; entries and exits under $0.5M are omitted as parse noise. 6 mark moves held out as suspect (over 15 points in one quarter, a mark at exactly par, or a mark outside 30–105) rather than ranked.
New this quarter 11
- Fiber Intermediate Holdings, Llc$31M
- Auctane Holdings, Llc$29M
- Merlin Parent Holdings 2026, Inc.$22M
- London Buyer, Llc$16M
- New Spanx, Llc$10M
- New Awl Holdings, Llc, Advertising, Earnout Interest 2$7M
Exited 12
- 107-109 Beech Oak22 Llc$15M
- Spanx, Llc$12M
- Learfield Communications, Llc$11M
- Asp-R-Pac Acquisition Co Llc$10M
- Galileo Parent, Inc.$8M
- All Web Leads, Inc.$8M
Biggest mark moves
- Thrasio, Llc↑ 85→99
- Sio2 Medical Products, Inc.↓ 51→41
- Trinitas Clo Vi Ltd., Multi-Sector Holdings, Clo Notes↓ 79→69
- Renaissance Holding Corp.↑ 72→80
- Ten-X Llc↑ 87→94
- A.T. Holdings Ii Ltd.↓ 87→81
Top Portfolio Holdings
| # | Company | Type | Sector | Coupon | Maturity | Fair Value | % of FV | % of Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Loan Fund JV I, LLC, Multi-Sector Holdings2 reporting lines · Subordinated Debt Subordinated + debt | Debt2L / Mezz | Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation | SOFR + 5.00% | Dec 2030 | $113M | 4.1% | 8.2% |
| 2 | Aurelia Netherlands B.V. | 1L Sr Secured | Interactive Media & Services | SOFR + 4.75% | May 2031 | $54M | 2.0% | 3.9% |
| 3 | Digital.AI Software Holdings, Inc. | 1L Sr Secured | Application Software | SOFR + 6.00% | Aug 2028 | $50M | 1.8% | 3.6% |
| 4 | Arches Buyer Inc. | 1L Sr Secured | Interactive Media & Services | SOFR + 5.50% | Dec 2027 | $47M | 1.7% | 3.4% |
| 5 | PetVet Care Centers, LLC | 1L Sr Secured | Health Care Services | SOFR + 6.00% | Nov 2030 | $46M | 1.7% | 3.3% |
| 6 | OCSI Glick JV LLC, Multi-Sector Holdings | 2L / Mezz | Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation | SOFR + 3.00% | Oct 2030 | $41M | 1.5% | 3.0% |
| 7 | Sorenson Communications, LLC | 1L Sr Secured | Communications Equipment | SOFR + 5.75% | Apr 2029 | $41M | 1.5% | 2.9% |
| 8 | Spruce Bidco I Inc. | 1L Sr Secured | Health Care Equipment | SOFR + 4.75% | Jan 2032 | $40M | 1.5% | 2.9% |
| 9 | MRI Software LLC | 1L Sr Secured | Application Software | SOFR + 4.75% | Feb 2028 | $40M | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| 10 | Berner Food & Beverage, LLC, Soft Drinks & Non-alcoholic Beverages | 1L Sr Secured | Soft Drinks & Non-alcoholic Beverages | SOFR + 6.00% | Jul 2027 | $39M | 1.4% | 2.8% |
| Full schedule — all 366 holdings, sortable and screenable → | ||||||||
% of net assets reads each position against stockholders’ equity as of Q3 FY2026 — on a levered book, a position is a larger share of the equity that absorbs losses than of portfolio fair value.
This page is the public file — the Ledge adds
Borrower cross-reference
Search any borrower, see every BDC exposed to it — Oaktree Specialty Lending shares 69 borrowers with other managers we track.
Quarterly diffs
What entered and exited the book each quarter.
Book-structure risk
Senior-secured, floating-rate and PIK share — how the book is built.
Loan-Pricing Trend
Fair-value-weighted average credit spread and average mark across this BDC’s Schedule-of-Investments debt holdings, by filing quarter. Mark is fair value as a percent of par (100 = par). Spread is in basis points over each loan’s own benchmark, normalized from the filing’s as-reported units. Source: SEC EDGAR (public). Spreads have compressed from 706 to 550 bps over 13 quarters while marks held near 93.
| Quarter | Borrowers | Priced Positions | Wtd-Avg cash spread (bps) | Avg Mark (% of par) | Debt Fair Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | 118 | 244 | 615 | 91.8 | $2.7B |
| Q2 2025 | 118 | 255 | 597 | 91.1 | $2.6B |
| Q3 2025 | 114 | 251 | 575 | 90.8 | $2.7B |
| Q4 2025 | 137 | 287 | 563 | 90.8 | $2.8B |
| Q1 2026 | 131 | 279 | 559 | 89.0 | $2.7B |
| Q2 2026 | 130 | 274 | 550 | 90.2 | $2.6B |
2 quarters omitted — filing not parsed.
Marks reflect each BDC’s own fair-value estimates as reported to the SEC, not traded prices. Private-credit loans are predominantly Level 3 under ASC 820 — valued from unobservable inputs and determined in good faith under the oversight of each BDC’s board (often by the adviser as valuation designee), so figures are estimates as of the period end each filing reports, not its filing date, and are not directly comparable across managers. Informational only; not investment advice or a valuation.
Questions this page answers
What does Oaktree Specialty Lending invest in?
Oaktree Specialty Lending's portfolio breaks down by total portfolio fair value into approximately 80% first-lien senior secured, 11% second-lien or mezzanine, 5% other or unclassified debt, and 4% equity or other, with its largest sector exposure in Application Software (~18% of the holdings that disclose a sector) as of its 2026-08-05 SEC filing.
How large is Oaktree Specialty Lending's portfolio?
Oaktree Specialty Lending reported $2.7B in portfolio fair value across 366 holdings and 174 unique borrowers as of its 2026-08-05 SEC filing.
What do Oaktree Specialty Lending's fixed-rate loans yield?
The fair-value-weighted average all-in coupon across Oaktree Specialty Lending's fixed-rate income-producing holdings is approximately 9.4%, measured over the fixed-rate holdings representing 5% of portfolio fair value (floating-rate loans, quoted as a spread over a benchmark, are excluded) as of its 2026-08-05 SEC filing.
Where does this data come from?
This data is parsed by Oxford Ledge from Oaktree Specialty Lending's Schedule of Investments in its SEC EDGAR filings. Fair values are the manager's own estimates as of the 2026-08-05 filing date.
About Oaktree Specialty Lending
Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) is a publicly traded Business Development Company (BDC) — essentially a publicly listed fund that lends money to mid-sized private companies. In plain English: BDCs raise money from public investors and lend it to businesses that are too small for Wall Street banks. To qualify for pass-through tax treatment, they distribute at least 90% of their taxable investment income to shareholders, which is why BDC yields are often 8–12%. Oaktree Specialty Lending discloses its full loan portfolio through SEC filings.