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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) Competitors

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$17.12 -0.20 (-1.15%)
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MSDL vs. MAIN, GBDC, HTGC, TSLX, GSBD, TRIN, NMFC, KBDC, BCSF, and BBDC

Should you be buying Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund include Main Street Capital (MAIN), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Trinity Capital (TRIN), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Kayne Anderson BDC (KBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), and BARINGS BDC (BBDC). These companies are all part of the "fin - sbic&commrl" industry.

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund vs. Its Competitors

Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN) and Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE:MSDL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

In the previous week, Main Street Capital had 48 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Main Street Capital and 9 mentions for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund. Main Street Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's score of 0.33 indicating that Main Street Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Main Street Capital
4 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Main Street Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Main Street Capital pays out 50.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund pays out 103.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Main Street Capital has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Main Street Capital has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Main Street Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Main Street Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Main Street Capital$541.03M10.63$508.08M$6.0710.59
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund$416.08M3.57$215.56M$1.938.87

Main Street Capital presently has a consensus target price of $61.20, suggesting a potential downside of 4.79%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has a consensus target price of $19.30, suggesting a potential upside of 12.73%. Given Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is more favorable than Main Street Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Main Street Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Main Street Capital has a net margin of 96.16% compared to Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's net margin of 42.65%. Main Street Capital's return on equity of 12.70% beat Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Main Street Capital96.16% 12.70% 6.85%
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund 42.65%11.24%5.28%

20.3% of Main Street Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Main Street Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Main Street Capital beats Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MSDL vs. The Competition

MetricMorgan Stanley Direct Lending FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.49B$1.44B$12.65B$21.66B
Dividend Yield11.42%11.61%5.42%3.51%
P/E Ratio8.8711.09241.6030.08
Price / Sales3.5744.1930.9661.19
Price / Cash7.1810.6319.8318.30
Price / Book0.820.892.324.64
Net Income$215.56M$152.42M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-1.89%-2.38%0.46%0.98%
1 Month Performance-4.04%-5.61%1.68%2.77%
1 Year Performance-15.00%-8.74%539.87%15.20%

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MSDL
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
3.1838 of 5 stars
$17.12
-1.2%
$19.30
+12.7%
-13.9%$1.49B$416.08M8.87N/ANews Coverage
MAIN
Main Street Capital
2.1705 of 5 stars
$65.19
-2.7%
$61.20
-6.1%
+28.5%$5.99B$541.03M10.7490
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
2.1108 of 5 stars
$14.06
-4.7%
$15.00
+6.7%
-5.8%$3.93B$724.68M9.90N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
HTGC
Hercules Capital
2.8657 of 5 stars
$19.13
-1.6%
$20.58
+7.6%
-2.2%$3.53B$493.59M12.67100
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
2.044 of 5 stars
$23.40
-5.1%
$23.28
-0.5%
+12.5%$2.32B$482.53M11.64N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.4979 of 5 stars
$11.17
-1.7%
$10.00
-10.4%
-22.8%$1.30B$434.37M8.86N/APositive News
TRIN
Trinity Capital
2.632 of 5 stars
$16.02
-0.6%
$15.75
-1.7%
+14.7%$1.13B$203.47M7.1840Dividend Announcement
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
3.3976 of 5 stars
$9.92
-5.3%
$10.60
+6.9%
-17.8%$1.11B$371.67M13.05N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
KBDC
Kayne Anderson BDC
2.8624 of 5 stars
$14.37
-4.7%
$16.50
+14.9%
-12.9%$1.06B$213.11M8.50N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
3.2199 of 5 stars
$15.16
-1.9%
$16.50
+8.8%
-14.5%$1.00B$125.44M9.131,000High Trading Volume
BBDC
BARINGS BDC
2.7902 of 5 stars
$9.17
-1.5%
$9.67
+5.5%
-7.8%$977.98M$286.17M9.5526Positive News

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