Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II (BFT) Competitors

Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE:BFT) and Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL) are both companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Does the media prefer BFT or MSDL?

In the previous week, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending had 3 more articles in the media than Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and 0 mentions for Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II's score of 0.00 indicating that Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II	Neutral
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BFT or MSDL?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	$191.55M	9.07	$231.01M	$2.18	9.06

Is BFT or MSDL more profitable?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a net margin of 54.89% compared to Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II's net margin of 0.00%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's return on equity of 12.69% beat Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II	N/A	N/A	N/A
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	54.89%	12.69%	6.52%

Do analysts prefer BFT or MSDL?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.27%. Given Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is more favorable than Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BFT or MSDL?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending received 4 more outperform votes than Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Morgan Stanley Direct Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II	Outperform Votes 5 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	Outperform Votes 9 37.50%	Underperform Votes 15 62.50%

Summary

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending beats Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.