For the quarter ended September 2025, Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) reported revenue of $358.56 million, up 4.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.82, compared to $0.91 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.07% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $351.28 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.80, the EPS surprise was +2.5%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Blackstone Secured Lending Fund performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Fee income: $0.29 million compared to the $1.17 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -44.1% year over year.
- Interest income: $327.65 million versus $315.84 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.9% change.
- Payment-in-kind interest income: $28.93 million compared to the $21.1 million average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund have returned +5.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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