Sixth Street (TSLX) reported $108.2 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 12.5%. EPS of $0.52 for the same period compares to $0.61 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.09% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $108.1 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.50, the EPS surprise was +4%.
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 Sixth St performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Total investment income from non-controlled non-affiliated investments: $105.55 million versus $104.2 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Total investment income from controlled, affiliated investments: $2.7 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $2.67 million.
- Investment income from controlled, affiliated investments- Other income: $0 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $0 million.
- Investment income from controlled, affiliated investments- Interest from investments: $2.7 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $2.67 million.
- Investment income from non-controlled non-affiliated investments- Other income: $1.87 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $6.19 million.
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Shares of Sixth St have returned -8.7% 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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