Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL – Get Free Report) is one of 659 public companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Morgan Stanley Direct Lending to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending | 62.81% | 13.08% | 6.23% |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Competitors | -34.70% | -44.58% | 0.00% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending | $367.74 million | $231.01 million | 6.91 |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Competitors | $1,356.86 billion | -$55.81 million | 56.35 |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Competitors | 122 | 568 | 885 | 14 | 2.50 |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending currently has a consensus target price of $21.58, suggesting a potential downside of 0.26%. As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 78.90%. Given Morgan Stanley Direct Lending’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.
Dividends
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending pays out 63.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies pay a dividend yield of 7.9% and pay out 71.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
53.9% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are held by institutional investors. 25.2% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
About Morgan Stanley Direct Lending
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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