Compare Stocks: MSDL, BXSL, KBDC, and FHI

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	$24.52 -0.8%	$24.01	$22.47 ▼ $29.25	$5.76B	0.39	1.25 million shs	1.51 million shs
FHI Federated Hermes	$61.52 -1.4%	$61.15	$46.66 ▼ $67.20	$4.66B	0.65	493,875 shs	653,557 shs
KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	$13.20 -1.9%	$13.58	$13.06 ▼ $15.87	$888.21M	0.32	377,765 shs	225,142 shs
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	$15.03 -1.4%	$15.30	$13.66 ▼ $18.01	$1.28B	0.54	375,522 shs	1.24 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	0.00%	-0.80%	+1.11%	+3.56%	-15.23%
FHI Federated Hermes	0.00%	-1.96%	-1.01%	+8.46%	+18.43%
KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	0.00%	-1.25%	-4.41%	-6.92%	-11.43%
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	0.00%	-0.52%	-1.32%	-0.10%	-15.03%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	$24.52 -0.8%	$24.01	$22.47 ▼ $29.25	$5.76B	0.39	1.25 million shs	1.51 million shs
FHI Federated Hermes	$61.52 -1.4%	$61.15	$46.66 ▼ $67.20	$4.66B	0.65	493,875 shs	653,557 shs
KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	$13.20 -1.9%	$13.58	$13.06 ▼ $15.87	$888.21M	0.32	377,765 shs	225,142 shs
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	$15.03 -1.4%	$15.30	$13.66 ▼ $18.01	$1.28B	0.54	375,522 shs	1.24 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	0.00%	-0.80%	+1.11%	+3.56%	-15.23%
FHI Federated Hermes	0.00%	-1.96%	-1.01%	+8.46%	+18.43%
KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	0.00%	-1.25%	-4.41%	-6.92%	-11.43%
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	0.00%	-0.52%	-1.32%	-0.10%	-15.03%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	2.30	Hold	$24.89	1.53% Upside
FHI Federated Hermes	2.50	Moderate Buy	$57.40	-6.70% Downside
KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	2.20	Hold	$14.50	9.89% Upside
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	2.14	Hold	$15.50	3.11% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest MSDL, BXSL, KBDC, and FHI Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/1/2026	BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$24.50 ➝ $25.50
9/1/2026	KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$15.00 ➝ $13.50
9/1/2026	MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$16.25 ➝ $15.50
8/21/2026	FHI Federated Hermes	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/18/2026	KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
8/17/2026	FHI Federated Hermes	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B+) ➝ Buy (A-)
8/13/2026	KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$16.00 ➝ $15.00
8/10/2026	FHI Federated Hermes	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$65.00
8/5/2026	BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
8/3/2026	FHI Federated Hermes	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$58.00
7/31/2026	FHI Federated Hermes	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B+)

(Data available from 9/8/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	$1.42B	4.02	$3.69 per share	6.65	$27.01 per share	0.91
FHI Federated Hermes	$1.93B	2.37	$5.34 per share	11.52	$15.67 per share	3.93
KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	$84.89M	10.26	$1.74 per share	7.57	$16.23 per share	0.81
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	$397.29M	3.18	$2.63 per share	5.71	$20.14 per share	0.75

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	$563.46M	$1.27	19.30	9.50	N/A	21.51%	11.86%	5.10%	11/9/2026 (Estimated)
FHI Federated Hermes	$403.30M	$5.38	11.44	10.46	1.65	21.30%	34.03%	18.54%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	$93.71M	$1.09	12.11	8.51	N/A	31.54%	10.63%	5.06%	11/9/2026 (Estimated)
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	$122.09M	$0.69	21.79	8.17	N/A	15.97%	9.61%	4.28%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)

Latest MSDL, BXSL, KBDC, and FHI Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/10/2026	Q2 2026	KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	$0.3981	$0.42	+$0.0219	$0.16	$51.86 million	$19.27 million
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	$0.6620	$0.75	+$0.0880	$0.04	$326.72 million	$233.30 million
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	$0.4489	$0.45	+$0.0011	$0.09	$89.99 million	$59.28 million
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	FHI Federated Hermes	$1.19	$1.38	+$0.19	$1.38	$488.34 million	$502.78 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	$3.08	12.56%	N/A	242.52%	N/A
FHI Federated Hermes	$1.52	2.47%	-8.56%	28.25%	4 Years
KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	$1.60	12.13%	N/A	146.79%	N/A
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	$1.80	11.97%	N/A	260.87%	N/A

Latest MSDL, BXSL, KBDC, and FHI Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/6/2026	BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	quarterly	$0.77	12.74%	9/30/2026	9/30/2026	10/23/2026
8/4/2026	MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	quarterly	$0.45	11.64%	9/30/2026	9/30/2026	10/23/2026
8/5/2026	KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	quarterly	$0.40	11.33%	9/30/2026	9/30/2026	10/16/2026
7/30/2026	FHI Federated Hermes	quarterly	$0.38	2.41%	8/7/2026	8/7/2026	8/14/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	N/A	1.74	1.74
FHI Federated Hermes	0.28	2.59	1.89
KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	1.16	1.25	1.25
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	1.20	1.71	1.71

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	36.49%
FHI Federated Hermes	75.94%
KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	N/A
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	0.11%
FHI Federated Hermes	4.20%
KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	2.90%
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	0.31%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	2,020	232.97 million	232.71 million	Optionable
FHI Federated Hermes	2,091	74.66 million	71.52 million	Not Optionable
KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC	N/A	66.04 million	64.12 million	N/A
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	N/A	84.11 million	83.84 million	Optionable

MSDL, BXSL, KBDC, and FHI Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE:MSDL) Receives Consensus Rating of "Hold" from Brokerages

September 5 at 6:28 AM | marketbeat.com

UBS Group Has Lowered Expectations for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE:MSDL) Stock Price

September 3, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE:MSDL) Given New $15.50 Price Target at UBS Group

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending: New Results Just Showed More Problems

August 13, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE:MSDL) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" from Brokerages

August 11, 2026 | marketbeat.com

MSDL outlines $0.45 Q3 dividend while scaling Capstone JV over coming year

August 7, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

August 7, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund declares $0.45 dividend

August 6, 2026 | msn.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) Surpasses Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

August 6, 2026 | zacks.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Announces June 30, 2026 Financial Results and Declares Third Quarter 2026 Regular Dividend of $0.45 per Share

August 6, 2026 | caledonianrecord.comC

Implied Volatility Surging for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Stock Options

August 5, 2026 | zacks.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Q2 2026 earnings preview

August 5, 2026 | msn.com

Analysts Estimate Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) to Report a Decline in Earnings: What to Look Out for

July 30, 2026 | zacks.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) Receives a Hold from J.P. Morgan

July 26, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending: The Good And The Bad (Rating Downgrade)

July 17, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Announces Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call

July 6, 2026 | businesswire.com

KBRA Assigns Rating to Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's $350 Million Senior Unsecured Notes

June 30, 2026 | businesswire.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Prices Public Offering of $350.0 Million 6.100% Notes Due 2031

June 29, 2026 | tmcnet.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Prices Public Offering of $350.0 Million 6.100% Notes Due 2031

June 29, 2026 | businesswire.com

Morgan Stanley Private Credit Fund Kicks Off Debt Offering

June 29, 2026 | bloomberg.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending: Contrarian Buy At 0.78x NAV (Rating Upgrade)

June 23, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

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MSDL, BXSL, KBDC, and FHI Company Descriptions

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund NYSE:BXSL

$24.52 -0.21 (-0.83%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$24.56 +0.04 (+0.16%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is business development company and a Delaware statutory trust formed on March 26, 2018, and structured as an externally managed, non-diversified closed-end investment Fund. On October 26, 2018, the fund 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 Fund 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 fund also intends to continue to comply with the requirements prescribed by the Code in order to maintain tax treatment as a RIC. The fund's investment objectives are to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily through originated loans, equity 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.

Federated Hermes NYSE:FHI

$61.52 -0.88 (-1.41%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$61.05 -0.47 (-0.77%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

Federated Hermes, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides its services to individuals, including high net worth individuals, banking or thrift institutions, investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, state or municipal government entities, and registered investment advisors. Through its subsidiaries, it manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, balanced and money market mutual funds along with separate client-focused equity, fixed income, money market, and balanced portfolios. Through its subsidiaries, the firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in growth and value stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. The firm makes its fixed income investments in ultra-short, short-term, and intermediate-term mortgage-backed, U.S. Government, U.S. corporate, high yield, and municipal securities. It employs both fundamental and quantitative analysis to make its equity investments. Federated Hermes, Inc. was founded in 1955 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with additional offices in New York City and London, United Kingdom.

Kayne Anderson BDC NYSE:KBDC

$13.20 -0.26 (-1.90%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$13.20 +0.00 (+0.04%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

Kayne Anderson BDC Inc. is a business development company which invests primarily in first lien senior secured loans, with a secondary focus on unitranche and split-lien loans to middle market companies. Kayne Anderson BDC Inc. is based in CHICAGO.

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund NYSE:MSDL

$15.03 -0.22 (-1.42%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$15.25 +0.22 (+1.44%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is a business development company. It is a non-diversified, externally managed specialty finance company focused on lending to middle-market companies. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is based in NEW YORK.

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