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AVK vs BXSL

Side-by-side comparison of Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK) and Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both AVK and BXSL 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 8.8x AVK ($564.8M).
  • Over the past year, AVK is up 11.7% and BXSL is down 21.6% - AVK leads by 33.4 points.
  • BXSL has been more active in the news (2 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for AVK).
  • BXSL has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for AVK).
PerformanceAVK+11.74%BXSL-21.63%
2025-04-28+0.00%2026-04-24
MetricAVKBXSL
Company
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Price
$12.37-0.40%
$23.41-1.29%
Market cap
$564.8M
$4.98B
1M return
+7.10%
-3.02%
1Y return
+11.74%
-21.63%
Sector
Finance
Finance
Industry
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2003
2021
News (4w)
1
2
Recent ratings
0
25
AVK

Advent Convertible and Income Fund

Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Advent Capital Management, LLC. The fund primarily invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across the diversified sectors. The fund invests approximately 60% of its portfolio in convertible securities and rest in lower-grade non-convertible income securities. It employs fundamental analysis to create its portfolio. Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund was formed on April 29, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States.

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..

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