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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Blackstone Secured Lending Fund and Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH)'s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Get Blackstone Secured Lending Fund alerts:| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Blackstone Secured Lending Fund | $625.00 million | 6.06 | $460.42 million | $2.41 | 9.84 |
| Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH).
Profitability
This table compares Blackstone Secured Lending Fund and Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH)'s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Blackstone Secured Lending Fund | 51.09% | 10.37% | 4.42% |
| Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
31.2% of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Blackstone Secured Lending Fund and Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH), as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Blackstone Secured Lending Fund | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund currently has a consensus price target of $27.58, suggesting a potential upside of 16.34%. Given Blackstone Secured Lending Fund's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is more favorable 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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