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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund

MSDL

17.580USD

+0.130+0.74%
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1.53BMarket Cap
8.96P/E TTM

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund

17.580

+0.130+0.74%

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively very healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Hold. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
57 / 117
Overall Ranking
248 / 4723
Industry
Investment Banking & Investment Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 6 analysts
Hold
Current Rating
18.875
Target Price
+8.10%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Company Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is an investment company. The Company is a non-diversified, externally managed specialty finance company focused on lending to middle-market companies. The Company’s investment objective is to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns via current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation by investing primarily in directly originated senior secured term loans issued by United States middle-market companies backed by private equity sponsors. The Company invests primarily in directly originated senior secured term loans including first lien senior secured term loans and second lien senior secured term loans. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries include DLF CA SPV LLC (CA SPV), DLF SPV LLC (DLF SPV), DLF Financing SPV LLC (Financing SPV) and DLF Equity Holdings LLC. The Company’s investment adviser is MS Capital Partners Adviser Inc.
High Growth
The company's revenue has grown steadily over the past 3 years, averaging 172.29% year-on-year.
High Profit Growth
The company's net income leads the industry, with the latest annual income totaling USD 344.08.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 90.80%.
Undervalued
The company’s latest PB is 0.85, at a low 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Buying
The latest institutional holdings are 23.86M shares, increasing 26.91% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Invesco
Star Investor Invesco holds 36.80K shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company's current financial score is 8.35, which is higher than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 7.44. Its financial status is robust, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 91.78M, representing a year-over-year decrease of 14.31%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 38.87%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.35
Change
0

Financials

8.79

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

Quality of Earnings

7.29

Operational Efficiency

8.25

Growth Potential

10.00

Shareholder Returns

7.41

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current valuation score is 1.20, which is lower than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 1.44. Its current P/E ratio is 9.06, which is -4.75% below the recent high of 8.63 and 12.30% above the recent low of 7.94.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
1.20
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 57/117
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 6.33, which is lower than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 7.27. The average price target for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is 19.25, with a high of 20.00 and a low of 17.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.33
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 6 analysts
Hold
Current Rating
18.875
Target Price
+8.10%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

69
Total
7
Median
7
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
MSDL
6
Blackstone Inc
BX
23
KKR & Co Inc
KKR
21
BlackRock Inc
BLK
19
BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD
BAM
18
Carlyle Group Inc
CG
18
1
2
3
...
14

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.19, which is lower than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 7.45. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 17.97 and the support level at 17.13, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.21
Change
-0.02

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(3)
Neutral(1)
Buy(0)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-0.017
Sell
RSI(14)
33.653
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
16.621
Oversold
ATR(14)
0.227
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
-137.193
Sell
Williams %R
85.714
Oversold
TRIX(12,20)
-0.110
Sell
StochRSI(14)
0.000
Oversold
Moving Average
Sell(6)
Neutral(0)
Buy(0)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
17.618
Sell
MA10
17.763
Sell
MA20
17.790
Sell
MA50
18.377
Sell
MA100
18.878
Sell
MA200
19.693
Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 3.00, which is lower than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 6.74. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 27.38%, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of 43.02%. The largest institutional shareholder is Invesco, holding a total of 36.80K shares, representing 0.04% of shares outstanding, with 9.84% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
3.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (US)
9.73M
+148.91%
Van Eck Associates Corporation
1.88M
-2.27%
Generali Insurance Asset Management S.p.A. SGR
881.58K
--
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
1.66M
+110.54%
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
624.78K
+287.41%
Muzinich & Co., Inc.
212.70K
+103.54%
Americana Partners, LLC
366.80K
+168.81%
Amova Asset Management Co., Ltd.
200.29K
+96.14%
Franklin Advisers, Inc.
349.28K
+15.73%
Millennium Management LLC
198.68K
+682.47%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current risk assessment score is 6.11, which is higher than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 4.89. The company's beta value is 0.00. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.13
Change
-0.02
Beta vs S&P 500 index
--
VaR
--
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+19.20%
240-Day Volatility
+21.50%
Return
Best Daily Return
60 days
+1.97%
120 days
+5.59%
5 years
--
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-2.60%
120 days
-6.57%
5 years
--
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
-2.96
120 days
-1.20
5 years
--
Risk Assessment
Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+19.20%
3 years
--
5 years
--
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
-0.59
3 years
--
5 years
--
Skewness
240 days
-0.06
3 years
--
5 years
--
Volatility
Realised Volatility
240 days
+21.50%
5 years
--
Standardised True Range
240 days
+2.01%
5 years
--
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
-162.34%
240 days
-162.34%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+9.10%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+12.38%
Liquidity
Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+0.67%
120 days
+0.63%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
--
60 days
--
120 days
--

Peer Comparison

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