Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL – Get Free Report) is one of 661 public companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Morgan Stanley Direct Lending to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings and valuation.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
53.9% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 | -34.70% | -44.58% | 0.00% |
Dividends
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and its peers, as reported 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 | 122 | 568 | 885 | 14 | 2.50 |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending currently has a consensus price target of $21.58, indicating 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 peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Earnings & 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 | 6.91 |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Competitors | $1.07 billion | -$55.81 million | 56.35 |
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.
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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