Oaktree Specialty Lending is a closed-end, externally managed, non-diversified management investment company. Co.'s investment objective is to generate existing income and capital appreciation by providing companies with financing solutions, including first and second lien loans, unsecured and mezzanine loans, bonds, preferred equity and certain equity co-investments. Co. may also seek to generate capital appreciation and income through secondary investments at discounts to par in either private or syndicated transactions. Co.'s portfolio may also include certain structured finance and other structures. We show 59 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our OCSL shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute OCSL market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing OCSL market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing OCSL's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of OCSL versus a peer is one thing; comparing
OCSL market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like OCSL can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching OCSL by allowing them to research the OCSL market cap history. |
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