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BXSL vs JCE

Side-by-side comparison of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) and Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund (JCE): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BXSL and JCE operate in Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • BXSL is the larger of the two at $4.98B, about 19.1x JCE ($260.8M).
  • Over the past year, BXSL is down 26.8% and JCE is up 5.6% - JCE leads by 32.4 points.
  • BXSL has hit the wire 2 times in the past 4 weeks while JCE has been quiet.
  • BXSL has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for JCE).
PerformanceBXSL-26.80%JCE+5.62%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricBXSLJCE
Company
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund
Price
$23.38-0.89%
$16.17+0.12%
Market cap
$4.98B
$260.8M
1M return
-4.00%
-0.28%
1Y return
-26.80%
+5.62%
Sector
Finance
Finance
Industry
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2021
2007
News (4w)
2
0
Recent ratings
25
0
BXSL

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Company”), is a Delaware statutory trust formed on March 26, 2018, and structured as an externally managed, non-diversified closed-end investment company. On October 26, 2018, the Company 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 Company 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 Company also intends to continue to comply with the requirements prescribed by the Code in order to maintain tax treatment as a RIC. The Company's investment objectives are to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. The Company seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily through originated loans 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..

JCE

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments Inc. The fund is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC, Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, and INTECH Investment Management. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund also invests some portion of its portfolio in derivatives using futures and options. It invests in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in stocks of large-cap companies with market capitalization within the range of S&P 500 Index. The fund employs quantitative analysis to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P 500 Index. Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund was formed on March 23, 2007 and is domiciled in the United States.

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