Oaktree Specialty Lending: Staying Away From This BDC For The Remainder Of 2025

  • Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) faces vulnerabilities including weak dividend coverage, portfolio concentration, and negative impacts from tariffs. OCSL's portfolio is heavily concentrated in Software & Services, and rising non-accruals indicate worsening borrower performance, exacerbated by high interest rates. Despite trading at a significant discount to NAV, OCSL's declining NAV and increasing non-accruals suggest ongoing financial instability and potential further downside in 2025.