Fortress Value Acquisition (FVAC) Competitors

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL) and Fortress Value Acquisition (NYSE:FVAC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MSDL or FVAC?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending received 8 more outperform votes than Fortress Value Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Fortress Value Acquisition an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Morgan Stanley Direct Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	Outperform Votes 9 37.50%	Underperform Votes 15 62.50%
Fortress Value Acquisition	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do analysts rate MSDL or FVAC?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.57%. Given Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is more favorable than Fortress Value Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Fortress Value Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MSDL or FVAC?

24.0% of Fortress Value Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to MSDL or FVAC?

In the previous week, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending had 6 more articles in the media than Fortress Value Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and 0 mentions for Fortress Value Acquisition. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Fortress Value Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	Positive
Fortress Value Acquisition	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, MSDL or FVAC?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Fortress Value Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	$191.55M	8.86	$231.01M	$2.18	8.86
Fortress Value Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MSDL or FVAC more profitable?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a net margin of 54.89% compared to Fortress Value Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's return on equity of 12.69% beat Fortress Value Acquisition's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	54.89%	12.69%	6.52%
Fortress Value Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending beats Fortress Value Acquisition on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.