Cascade Acquisition (CAS) Competitors

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL) and Cascade Acquisition (NYSE:CAS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, MSDL or CAS?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Cascade Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	$367.74M	5.08	$231.01M	$2.55	8.25
Cascade Acquisition	N/A	N/A	$15.04M	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MSDL or CAS?

91.0% of Cascade Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Cascade Acquisition shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to MSDL or CAS?

In the previous week, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending had 8 more articles in the media than Cascade Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and 0 mentions for Cascade Acquisition. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Cascade Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	Positive
Cascade Acquisition	Neutral

Is MSDL or CAS more profitable?

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

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	54.89%	12.69%	6.52%
Cascade Acquisition	N/A	-110.50%	5.13%

Do analysts rate MSDL or CAS?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending presently has a consensus target price of $21.58, suggesting a potential upside of 2.63%. Given Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is more favorable than Cascade Acquisition.

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
Cascade Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MSDL or CAS?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending received 6 more outperform votes than Cascade Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Cascade Acquisition an outperform vote while only 41.18% of users gave Morgan Stanley Direct Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	Outperform Votes 7 41.18%	Underperform Votes 10 58.82%
Cascade Acquisition	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending beats Cascade Acquisition on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.