Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) Dividends Paid - Common (2021 - 2026)
Oaktree Specialty Lending's Dividends Paid - Common was $28.87 million in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), down 13.2% from $33.25 million a year earlier and down 15.3% from the prior quarter.
Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) Dividends Paid - Common (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Oaktree Specialty Lending's Dividends Paid - Common was $131.12 million through Jun 30, 2026, down 16.9% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), it was $148.2 million, down 16.2% from FY2024.
- Dividends Paid - Common shows a four-year compound annual growth rate of 16.7% (FY2021 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Dividends Paid - Common was $176.81 million in FY2024 (-1.8%), $180.05 million in FY2023 (+56.2%), $115.25 million in FY2022 (+44.3%) and $79.85 million in FY2021.
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Dividends Paid - Common since fiscal Q2 2022.
- Compared with a year earlier, Dividends Paid - Common has declined for seven straight quarters, with an average decline of 12.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Dividends Paid - Common over five years was fiscal Q1 2023 (growth of 108.9%); the worst was fiscal Q3 2025 (a decline of 23.2%).
- Per Business Quant data, OCSL's Dividends Paid - Common in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was $34.09 million (Q2 2026), $34.1 million (Q1 2026) and $34.06 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div. Paid (Common) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocket Companies | 43.26 Bn | 28.94 Bn | - | -6.00 Mn |
| 2 | Orix | 42.40 Bn | 42.90 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Royalty Pharma | 33.56 Bn | 33.47 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Federal National Mortgage Association Fannie Mae | 24.47 Bn | 24.47 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Affirm Holdings | 23.34 Bn | 17.03 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Synchrony Financial | 23.06 Bn | -44.91 Bn | - | 100.00 Mn |
| 7 | Royal Gold | 19.98 Bn | 19.21 Bn | 390.45 Mn | 40.33 Mn |
| 8 | Annaly Capital Management | 14.18 Bn | 5.27 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Ares Capital | 13.71 Bn | 11.15 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Oaktree Specialty Lending | 1.05 Bn | 796.60 Mn | - | 28.87 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 28.87 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 34.09 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 34.10 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 34.06 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 33.25 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 37.11 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 43.78 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 43.68 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 43.31 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 42.86 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 46.96 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 40.93 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 41.27 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 41.10 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 56.75 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 30.19 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 29.38 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 28.51 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 27.17 Mn |
Oaktree Specialty Lending Dividends Paid - Common API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common&ticker=OCSL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common", "ticker": "OCSL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common&ticker=OCSL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();