TRIN vs. MSDL, OBDE, BCSF, CVII, CION, AACT, FSNB, NETD, ENGN, and AUB
Should you be buying Trinity Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trinity Capital include Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (MSDL), Blue Owl Capital Co. III (OBDE), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Churchill Capital Corp VII (CVII), CION Investment (CION), Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT), Fusion Acquisition Corp. II (FSNB), Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II (NETD), enGene (ENGN), and Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB).
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL) and Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Trinity Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending pays out 64.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Capital pays out 126.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Trinity Capital has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Trinity Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Trinity Capital. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a net margin of 62.34% compared to Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's net margin of 36.12%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's return on equity of 16.73% beat Trinity Capital's return on equity.
Trinity Capital received 53 more outperform votes than Morgan Stanley Direct Lending when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and Morgan Stanley Direct Lending both had 4 articles in the media. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Trinity Capital's score of 0.05 indicating that Trinity Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
24.6% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending currently has a consensus price target of $21.92, suggesting a potential downside of 5.33%. Trinity Capital has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.96%. Given Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Trinity Capital is more favorable than Morgan Stanley Direct Lending.
Summary
Trinity Capital beats Morgan Stanley Direct Lending on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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