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BXSL vs VGM

Side-by-side comparison of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) and Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BXSL and VGM 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 9.0x VGM ($550.5M).
  • Over the past year, BXSL is down 21.6% and VGM is up 5.8% - VGM leads by 27.4 points.
  • BXSL has hit the wire 2 times in the past 4 weeks while VGM has been quiet.
  • BXSL has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for VGM).
PerformanceBXSL-21.63%VGM+5.79%
2025-04-28+0.00%2026-04-24
MetricBXSLVGM
Company
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals
Price
$23.41-1.29%
$10.13+0.20%
Market cap
$4.98B
$550.5M
1M return
-3.02%
+2.27%
1Y return
-21.63%
+5.79%
Industry
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2021
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..

VGM

Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals

Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals is a closed-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 Canada Ltd., Invesco Hong Kong Limited, and INVESCO Senior Secured Management, Inc. It invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund primarily invests in investment grade municipal securities which include municipal bonds, municipal notes, municipal commercial paper, and lease obligations. It employs fundamental analysis with bottom-up security selection approach to create its portfolio. The fund was formerly known as Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade Municipals. Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals was formed on January 24, 1992 and is domiciled in the United States.

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