AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL)

BXSL Q3 net investment income falls to $0.68 a share from $0.82 a year earlier

Negative Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) reported third quarter 2026 net investment income of $158 million, or $0.68 per share, down from $0.75 in the prior quarter and $0.82 in the third quarter of 2025. Net income was $117 million, or $0.50 per share, and net asset value fell to $25.25 per share from $25.53 at June 30, 2026. The Board declared a fourth quarter dividend of $0.77 per share, which is above the quarter's net investment income per share.

Key points

  • Net investment income of $0.68 per share, versus $0.75 in 2Q 2026 and $0.82 in 3Q 2025
  • Net income of $117 million, or $0.50 per share, versus $0.04 per share in 2Q 2026 and $0.57 in 3Q 2025
  • Net asset value of $25.25 per share at September 30, 2026, versus $27.15 a year earlier
  • Fourth quarter 2026 dividend of $0.77 per share, record date December 31, 2026, payable on or about January 22, 2027

The filing

CompanyBlackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECNov 4, 2026, 6:41 AM ET
Accession number0001213900-26-115721

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

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Written by AI on Nov 9, 2026, 8:53 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on November 04, 2026.

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