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BXSL vs VBF

Side-by-side comparison of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) and Invesco Bond Fund (VBF): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BXSL and VBF 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 23.3x VBF ($213.8M).
  • Over the past year, BXSL is down 26.4% and VBF is down 3.3% - VBF leads by 23.1 points.
  • BXSL has been more active in the news (3 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for VBF).
  • BXSL has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for VBF).
PerformanceBXSL-26.43%VBF-3.31%
2025-06-03+0.00%2026-06-03
MetricBXSLVBF
Company
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Invesco Bond Fund
Price
$23.24-2.15%
$14.91-0.20%
Market cap
$4.98B
$213.8M
1M return
-5.95%
-0.80%
1Y return
-26.43%
-3.31%
Sector
Finance
Finance
Industry
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2021
News (4w)
3
2
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..

VBF

Invesco Bond Fund

Invesco Bond Fund is a close ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Invesco Ltd. The fund is co-managed by Invesco Advisers, Inc, INVESCO Asset Management (Japan) Limited, INVESCO Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, INVESCO Asset Management Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, INVESCO Senior Secured Management, Inc., and Invesco Canada Ltd. It invests in fixed income markets. The fund primarily invests in fixed-rate investment-grade corporate bonds. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Barclays Baa U.S. Corporate Bond Index. It was formerly known as Invesco Van Kampen Bond Fund. Invesco Bond Fund was formed in 1970 and is domiciled in the United States.

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