Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL – Get Free Report) is one of 673 publicly-traded companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Morgan Stanley Direct Lending to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and its peers’ 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 | -35.13% | -44.66% | 0.01% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
53.7% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dividends
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.
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 | 120 | 560 | 880 | 14 | 2.50 |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending currently has a consensus target price of $21.58, suggesting a potential downside of 0.54%. As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 85.12%. Given Morgan Stanley Direct Lending’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending | $367.74 million | $231.01 million | 6.93 |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Competitors | $1.05 billion | -$26.40 million | 58.54 |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Morgan Stanley Direct Lending. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Summary
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending peers beat Morgan Stanley Direct Lending on 8 of the 14 factors compared.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Company Profile
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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