Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL – Get Free Report) is one of 671 publicly-traded companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Morgan Stanley Direct Lending to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending | $367.74 million | $231.01 million | 6.86 |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Competitors | $1.12 billion | -$58.19 million | 56.28 |
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.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Dividends
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. 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 71.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and its peers, as provided 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 | 886 | 14 | 2.50 |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending currently has a consensus target price of $21.58, indicating a potential upside of 0.86%. As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 83.21%. Given Morgan Stanley Direct Lending’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
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 | -34.69% | -44.65% | 0.01% |
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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