Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2021 - 2026)
Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) reported Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd of $28.87 million for 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 and Prefferd (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Oaktree Specialty Lending's Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd came in at $131.12 million, 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 and Prefferd has a four-year compound annual growth rate of 16.7% (FY2021 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd came in at $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 ranks as the lowest quarterly Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd since fiscal Q2 2022.
- Year over year, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has now declined in each of the last seven quarters, with an average decline of 12.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd in five years was fiscal Q1 2023 (growth of 108.9%); the low point was fiscal Q3 2025 (a decline of 23.2%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at $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 (Total) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocket Companies | 44.95 Bn | 30.63 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Orix | 41.97 Bn | 42.47 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Royalty Pharma | 33.14 Bn | 33.05 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Federal National Mortgage Association Fannie Mae | 24.99 Bn | 24.99 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Affirm Holdings | 23.75 Bn | 17.44 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Synchrony Financial | 23.25 Bn | -44.72 Bn | - | 100.00 Mn |
| 7 | Royal Gold | 19.67 Bn | 18.90 Bn | 390.45 Mn | 40.33 Mn |
| 8 | Annaly Capital Management | 14.04 Bn | 5.13 Bn | - | 552.38 Mn |
| 9 | Ares Capital | 13.76 Bn | 11.19 Bn | - | 345.00 Mn |
| 10 | Oaktree Specialty Lending | 1.06 Bn | 804.53 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 and Prefferd 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-and-prefferd&ticker=OCSL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd", "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-and-prefferd&ticker=OCSL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();