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Oaktree Specialty Lending OCSL

US equityMarket cap rank #3225Asset Management
$11.65 −$0.05 (-0.43%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 9:00 am ET · After hours $11.65 0.00%
Open$11.70
Prev close$11.70
Day range$11.50 – $11.70
Volume455.1K
Market cap$1.03B
P/E (TTM)24.3
Dividend yield13.22%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership49.0%-3.08 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding178-2 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)14 buys / 0 sellsNet buying
Short interest3.63% of floatDays to cover 7.3 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share22.1%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

17%21%25%30%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$4.07M (2 inflow days, 18 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$1.9MSuper−$2.2MBig−$447.3KMid−$1.7MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 21.9% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • Brookfield Corporation8.94%
  • Private Management Group Inc4.39%
  • RBC Dominion Securities Inc.3.00%
  • Bruni J V & Co2.81%
  • Morgan Stanley2.73%
  • Ares Management LLC2.50%
  • Van Eck Associates Corporation2.49%
  • Generali Asset Management S.p.a. Societa Di Gestione Del Risparmio2.36%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund26.41%
  • VC/PE Fund9.09%
  • Hedge Fund5.02%
  • Public Company4.13%
  • Private Company3.62%
  • Family Office/Trust0.73%
  • Individual/Insider0.30%
  • Insurance Company0.02%

Reported short interest has fallen from 4.11% to 3.63% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Brookfield Corporation VC/PE Fund 2026/Q3 +6,019,743 8.9%
RBC Dominion Securities Inc. Private Company 2026/Q3 +2,399,955 3.0%
UBS Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +710,360 2.4%
Van Eck Associates Corporation Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +492,070 2.5%
Russell Investment Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +333,469 1.2%
Palliser Capital (UK) Ltd Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +270,993 0.3%
Thrivent Investment Management, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +220,999 0.3%
Private Management Group Inc Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +147,990 4.4%
Trexquant Investment LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +147,849 0.3%
Wells Fargo & Company Public Company 2026/Q3 +135,822 0.4%
Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +112,951 0.4%
Ares Management LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +105,000 2.5%
Callodine Capital Management, LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +100,000 0.1%
Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets, Asset Management Division Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +80,000 0.1%
Bank of America Corporation Public Company 2026/Q3 +74,919 0.1%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
11 Aug 2026 Armen Panossian CEO & Chief Investment Officer Open Market Acquisition +1,700 $12.69 22,489
15 Mar 2026 Phyllis Caldwell Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +2,500 $10.77 23,500
15 Mar 2026 Deborah Gero Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +2,000 $10.78 24,411
14 Sep 2025 Phyllis Caldwell Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +3,000 $13.20 21,000
29 Jun 2025 Deborah Gero Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +2,500 $13.70 22,411
14 May 2025 Armen Panossian CEO & Chief Investment Officer Open Market Acquisition +8,000 $14.13 20,789
6 May 2025 Phyllis Caldwell Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +2,000 $13.33 18,000
5 May 2025 Craig Jacobson Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +14,910 $13.41 71,667
24 Feb 2025 Phyllis Caldwell Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +2,500 $15.83 16,000
23 Feb 2025 Raghav Khanna Managing Director & Co-Portfolio Manager Open Market Acquisition +6,000 $15.95 6,000
23 Feb 2025 Mathew Pendo President Open Market Acquisition +6,260 $15.93 52,596
19 Sep 2024 Phyllis Caldwell Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +1,000 $16.01 13,500
12 Aug 2024 Phyllis Caldwell Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +1,334 $16.29 12,500
11 Feb 2024 Phyllis Caldwell Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +2,000 $20.07 11,166

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 3,195,805 3.6% 7.3
31 Aug 2026 2,971,457 3.4% 5.8
14 Aug 2026 3,025,430 3.4% 4.4
31 Jul 2026 3,204,371 3.6% 7.1
15 Jul 2026 3,668,296 4.2% 8.7
30 Jun 2026 3,619,202 4.1% 5.7

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