Dividend Increases For The High-Yield BDC Sector, Part 3: TPG Specialty Lending

Business development companies, or BDCs, are almost halfway through reporting calendar year-end results, and this article discusses some of the items that investors should be watching when TPG Specialty Lending (TSLX) reports later this week.
Sources: SEC filings and bdcbuzz.com.
Part 2 Follow-Up: The previous article "Dividend Increases For The High-Yield BDC Sector: Part 2" predicted an increase in the amount of dividends paid in 2019 for Ares Capital (ARCC). Subsequently, ARCC declared additional dividends totaling $0.08 per share for 2019, to be distributed in four consecutive quarterly payments of $0.02 per share per quarter as well as a first-quarter dividend of $0.40 per share, an increase of $0.01 per share over the prior dividend. Kipp deVeer, ARCC CEO (from this press release):
Our strong fourth quarter results concluded a great year for ARCC in which we increased annual core earnings 21% over last year, generated record net realized gains, fully covered our dividends from core earnings and grew book value per share for another year. With the strength in our core earnings, the stability in our non-accruals and rotation of the American Capital acquired portfolio largely completed, we increased our Q1-19 quarterly dividend to $0.40 per share and declared additional dividends totaling $0.08 per share for 2019 to be paid evenly over the next four quarters.
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