Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (NYSE:BXSL – Get Rating) and Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH) (OTCMKTS:ETHE – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Blackstone Secured Lending Fund and Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH)'s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

31.2% of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund currently has a consensus price target of $27.58, suggesting a potential upside of 17.98%. Given Blackstone Secured Lending Fund's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is more favorable than Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH).

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Blackstone Secured Lending Fund and Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH)'s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH).

Summary

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund beats Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH) on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Blackstone Secured Lending Fund

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Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is business development company and a Delaware statutory trust formed on March 26, 2018, and structured as an externally managed, non-diversified closed-end investment Fund. On October 26, 2018, the fund elected to be regulated as a business development company (BDC) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). In addition, the Fund elected to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as a regulated investment company (RIC), as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). The fund also intends to continue to comply with the requirements prescribed by the Code in order to maintain tax treatment as a RIC. The fund's investment objectives are to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily through originated loans, equity and other securities, including syndicated loans, of private U.S. companies, specifically small and middle market companies, typically in the form of first lien senior secured and unitranche loans (including first out/last out loans), and to a lesser extent, second lien, third lien, unsecured and subordinated loans and other debt and equity securities.

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