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BXSL vs NIM

Side-by-side comparison of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) and Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BXSL and NIM 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 39.4x NIM ($126.2M).
  • Over the past year, BXSL is down 27.0% and NIM is up 2.8% - NIM leads by 29.8 points.
  • BXSL has been more active in the news (2 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for NIM).
  • BXSL has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for NIM).
PerformanceBXSL-27.11%NIM+2.77%
2025-06-10+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricBXSLNIM
Company
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund
Price
$23.31-1.19%
$9.27-0.75%
Market cap
$4.98B
$126.2M
1M return
-4.29%
-0.38%
1Y return
-27.02%
+2.77%
Sector
Finance
Finance
Industry
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2021
1992
News (4w)
2
1
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..

NIM

Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund

Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments, Inc. The fund is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC. It invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund invests primarily in municipal securities rated Baa/BBB or better. It invests in securities that provide income exempt from federal income tax. The fund employs fundamental analysis with bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P Intermediate Municipal Bond Index and the S&P National Municipal Bond Index. Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund was formed on September 18, 1992 and is domiciled in the United States.

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