LOS ANGLES, Calif. (AP) _ Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp. (OCSL) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $39.4 million.

On a per-share basis, the Los Angles, California-based company said it had profit of 22 cents. Earnings, adjusted for investment gains, came to 17 cents per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 16 cents per share.

The specialty finance company posted revenue of $64.9 million in the period.

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