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Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) Return on Sales (2021 - 2025)

Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) has disclosed Return on Sales for 5 consecutive years, with 0.13% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 2.0% to 0.13% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.11% through Dec 2025, down 2.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.12% for FY2025, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.13% in Q4 2025 for Oaktree Specialty Lending, up from 0.13% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.47% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.03% in Q2 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.19% across 5 years, with a median of 0.14% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: grew 18bps in 2022 and later decreased -28bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.35% in 2021, then crashed by -35bps to 0.23% in 2022, then crashed by -47bps to 0.12% in 2023, then increased by 29bps to 0.16% in 2024, then dropped by -16bps to 0.13% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for OCSL at 0.13% in Q4 2025, 0.13% in Q3 2025, and 0.03% in Q2 2025.