Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL – Get Free Report) is one of 672 publicly-traded 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 profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Dividends
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. 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 10.0% and pay out 137.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
53.6% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are held by institutional investors. 25.4% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending | $257.26 million | $231.01 million | 6.77 |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Competitors | $1.12 billion | $43.31 million | 55.56 |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending’s rivals 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 rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets 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 | 873 | 14 | 2.49 |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending presently has a consensus price target of $21.58, indicating a potential upside of 1.90%. As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 79.96%. 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.
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% |
Summary
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending rivals beat Morgan Stanley Direct Lending on 8 of the 14 factors compared.
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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