Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II (BFT) Competitors

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL) and Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE:BFT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.

Does the media prefer MSDL or BFT?

In the previous week, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending had 1 more articles in the media than Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and 1 mentions for Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II's score of 0.00 indicating that Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate MSDL or BFT?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending presently has a consensus target price of $21.42, suggesting a potential downside of 0.57%. Given Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is more favorable than Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MSDL or BFT?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending received 2 more outperform votes than Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II an outperform vote while only 43.75% of users gave Morgan Stanley Direct Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	Outperform Votes 7 43.75%	Underperform Votes 9 56.25%
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II	Outperform Votes 5 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MSDL or BFT?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	$367.74M	5.20	$231.01M	$2.55	8.45
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MSDL or BFT more profitable?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a net margin of 54.89% compared to Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II's net margin of 0.00%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's return on equity of 12.69% beat Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	54.89%	12.69%	6.52%
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending beats Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.