Compare Stocks: MSDL, BXSL, MAIN, and GBDC

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	$23.76 +0.9%	$23.58	$22.47 ▼ $31.24	$5.52B	0.38	2.26 million shs	581,250 shs
GBDC Golub Capital BDC	$13.15 -0.3%	$12.89	$11.77 ▼ $14.93	$3.42B	0.39	1.92 million shs	498,767 shs
MAIN Main Street Capital	$56.75 +1.8%	$52.29	$48.95 ▼ $67.77	$5.28B	0.72	701,091 shs	288,201 shs
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	$15.20 +1.3%	$15.30	$13.66 ▼ $18.55	$1.29B	0.53	705,654 shs	177,373 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	+1.73%	+2.30%	-0.84%	-5.50%	-24.38%
GBDC Golub Capital BDC	+2.81%	+2.41%	+1.54%	-1.57%	-10.39%
MAIN Main Street Capital	+2.52%	+3.82%	+7.35%	-2.60%	-12.57%
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	+2.70%	-2.12%	-2.44%	-3.68%	-18.95%

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	$23.76 +0.9%	$23.58	$22.47 ▼ $31.24	$5.52B	0.38	2.26 million shs	581,250 shs
GBDC Golub Capital BDC	$13.15 -0.3%	$12.89	$11.77 ▼ $14.93	$3.42B	0.39	1.92 million shs	498,767 shs
MAIN Main Street Capital	$56.75 +1.8%	$52.29	$48.95 ▼ $67.77	$5.28B	0.72	701,091 shs	288,201 shs
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	$15.20 +1.3%	$15.30	$13.66 ▼ $18.55	$1.29B	0.53	705,654 shs	177,373 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	+1.73%	+2.30%	-0.84%	-5.50%	-24.38%
GBDC Golub Capital BDC	+2.81%	+2.41%	+1.54%	-1.57%	-10.39%
MAIN Main Street Capital	+2.52%	+3.82%	+7.35%	-2.60%	-12.57%
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	+2.70%	-2.12%	-2.44%	-3.68%	-18.95%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	2.20	Hold	$24.78	4.31% Upside
GBDC Golub Capital BDC	2.86	Moderate Buy	$14.00	6.50% Upside
MAIN Main Street Capital	2.40	Hold	$59.33	4.55% Upside
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	2.14	Hold	$15.63	2.77% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest MSDL, BXSL, MAIN, and GBDC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
7/28/2026	MAIN Main Street Capital	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
7/23/2026	BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform	$25.00
7/20/2026	MAIN Main Street Capital	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
7/7/2026	BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
7/6/2026	GBDC Golub Capital BDC	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
7/2/2026	BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$24.00 ➝ $23.00
7/2/2026	MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$14.00 ➝ $14.50
6/24/2026	GBDC Golub Capital BDC	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
6/8/2026	BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$25.00 ➝ $24.00
5/28/2026	MAIN Main Street Capital	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
5/22/2026	MAIN Main Street Capital	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)

(Data available from 8/4/2023 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	3.89	$3.82 per share	6.22	$27.01 per share	0.88
GBDC Golub Capital BDC	$236.31M	14.49	$1.61 per share	8.16	$14.97 per share	0.88
MAIN Main Street Capital	$525.77M	10.04	$4.45 per share	12.74	$33.42 per share	1.70
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	$397.29M	3.24	$2.78 per share	5.47	$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	$1.91	12.43	9.24	N/A	31.63%	11.73%	5.12%	8/5/2026 (Estimated)
GBDC Golub Capital BDC	$376.65M	$0.77	17.07	10.43	N/A	24.64%	10.20%	4.47%	N/A
MAIN Main Street Capital	$493.40M	$4.75	11.95	14.66	N/A	74.86%	12.01%	6.47%	8/6/2026 (Estimated)
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	$122.09M	$1.01	15.05	8.13	N/A	22.84%	9.73%	4.37%	8/6/2026 (Estimated)

Latest MSDL, BXSL, MAIN, and GBDC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	MAIN Main Street Capital	$0.9580	N/A	N/A	N/A	$144.59 million	N/A
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	$0.44	N/A	N/A	N/A	$89.99 million	N/A
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	$0.6620	N/A	N/A	N/A	$326.72 million	N/A
8/3/2026	Q3 2026	GBDC Golub Capital BDC	$0.3334	$0.34	+$0.0066	$0.22	$189.91 million	$187.73 million
5/7/2026	Q1 2026	BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	$0.75	$0.77	+$0.02	$0.11	$353.15 million	$254.64 million
5/7/2026	Q1 2026	MAIN Main Street Capital	$1.04	$0.93	-$0.11	$0.54	$145.23 million	$73.44 million
5/7/2026	Q1 2026	MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	$0.45	$0.47	+$0.02	-$0.05	$91.89 million	$58.11 million
5/4/2026	Q2 2026	GBDC Golub Capital BDC	$0.36	$0.34	-$0.02	-$0.18	$201.71 million	($5.28) 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	12.97%	N/A	161.26%	N/A
GBDC Golub Capital BDC	$1.32	10.04%	+3.79%	171.43%	N/A
MAIN Main Street Capital	$3.18	5.60%	+13.36%	66.95%	4 Years
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	$1.80	11.84%	N/A	178.22%	N/A

Latest MSDL, BXSL, MAIN, and GBDC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/3/2026	GBDC Golub Capital BDC	quarterly	$0.33	10.01%	9/14/2026	9/14/2026	9/29/2026
5/4/2026	MAIN Main Street Capital	monthly	$0.2650	5.55%	9/8/2026	9/8/2026	9/15/2026
5/4/2026	MAIN Main Street Capital	monthly	$0.2650	5.55%	8/7/2026	8/7/2026	8/14/2026
5/7/2026	BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	quarterly	$0.77	13%	6/30/2026	6/30/2026	7/24/2026
5/5/2026	MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	quarterly	$0.45	11.89%	6/30/2026	6/30/2026	7/24/2026
5/4/2026	MAIN Main Street Capital	quarterly	$0.30	6.22%	7/8/2026	7/8/2026	7/15/2026

(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	1.71	1.71
GBDC Golub Capital BDC	1.25	2.20	2.20
MAIN Main Street Capital	0.11	0.06	0.06
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	1.21	1.61	1.61

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	36.49%
GBDC Golub Capital BDC	42.38%
MAIN Main Street Capital	20.31%
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund	0.11%
GBDC Golub Capital BDC	1.40%
MAIN Main Street Capital	3.83%
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	232.65 million	232.40 million	Optionable
GBDC Golub Capital BDC	N/A	260.50 million	256.85 million	Optionable
MAIN Main Street Capital	90	92.99 million	89.43 million	Optionable
MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund	N/A	84.76 million	84.50 million	Optionable

MSDL, BXSL, MAIN, and GBDC Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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) to Post Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.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 (NYSE:MSDL) Receives Average Recommendation of "Hold" from Analysts

July 17, 2026 | marketbeat.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

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending: Fat Dividend Yield And Large Discount To NAV

June 17, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Shareholders Back Board, Auditor

June 16, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending: Time To Click 'Risk-Off' Button (Rating Downgrade)

June 15, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Why Is Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Drawing NYSE Attention?

May 29, 2026 | kalkinemedia.comK

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Delivers Solid Performance in Q1 2026 Despite Market Challenges

May 26, 2026 | news.themarketisopen.comN

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May 24, 2026 | benzinga.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund 2026 Q1 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

May 16, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending: 12% Yield And 25% Discount Make It A Buy

May 15, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending: Don't Be Fooled By The Discount

May 12, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Posts Q4 Results, Declares Dividend

May 9, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

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MSDL, BXSL, MAIN, and GBDC Company Descriptions

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund NYSE:BXSL

$23.76 +0.21 (+0.87%)

As of 12:41 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.

Golub Capital BDC NASDAQ:GBDC

$13.14 -0.05 (-0.34%)

As of 12:40 PM Eastern

Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (GBDC) is a business development company and operates as an externally managed closed-end non-diversified management investment company. It invests in debt and minority equity investments in middle-market companies that are, in most cases, sponsored by private equity investors. It typically invests in diversified consumer services, automobiles, healthcare technology, insurance, health care equipment and supplies, hotels, restaurants and leisure, healthcare providers and services, IT services and specialty retails. It seeks to invest in the United States. It primarily invests in first lien traditional senior debt, first lien one stop, junior debt and equity, senior secured, one stop, unitranche, second lien, subordinated and mezzanine loans of middle-market companies, and warrants.

Main Street Capital NYSE:MAIN

$56.75 +1.00 (+1.80%)

As of 12:41 PM Eastern

Main Street Capital Corporation is a business development company specializes in equity capital to lower middle market companies. The firm specializing in recapitalizations, management buyouts, refinancing, family estate planning, management buyouts, refinancing, industry consolidation, mature, later stage emerging growth. The firm also provides debt capital to middle market companies for acquisitions, management buyouts, growth financings, recapitalizations, and refinancing. The firm seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides "one stop" financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio. It prefers to invest in air freight and logistics, auto components, building products, chemicals, commercial services, computers, construction and engineering, consumer finance, consumer services, electronic equipment, energy equipment and services, financial services, health care equipment, health care providers, hotels, restaurants, and leisure, internet software and services, IT Services, machinery, oil, gas and consumable fuels, paper and forest products, professional and industrial services, road and rail, software, specialty retail, telecommunication, consumer discretionary, energy, materials, technology, and transportation. The firm typically invests in lower middle market companies generally with annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. It prefers to invest in ranging between $5 million and $100 million in equity investment and enterprise value in ranging between $3 million and $20 million. The firm typically prefers to invest in the range of $5 million and $150 million per transaction in debt investment value and in the range of $3 million and $75 million in annual EBITDA in between $3 million and $25 million in lower middle market $5 million and $75 million in credit solution. The firm's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies. It takes 5 percent minority and up to 50 percent majority equity investments. Main Street Capital Corporation was founded in 2007 and is based in Houston, Texas with an additional office in Chojnów, Poland.

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund NYSE:MSDL

$15.20 +0.19 (+1.29%)

As of 12:40 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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