Notice: This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Fortress Value Acquisition (FVAC) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisCompetitorsTrends FVAC vs. MSDL, OBDE, KBDC, BCSF, TRIN, AACT, CION, FSNB, AAM, and EQVShould you be buying Fortress Value Acquisition stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortress Value Acquisition include Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (MSDL), Blue Owl Capital Co. III (OBDE), Kayne Anderson BDC (KBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Trinity Capital (TRIN), Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT), CION Investment (CION), Fusion Acquisition Corp. II (FSNB), AA Mission Acquisition (AAM), and EQV Ventures Acquisition (EQV). Fortress Value Acquisition vs. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Blue Owl Capital Co. III Kayne Anderson BDC Bain Capital Specialty Finance Trinity Capital Ares Acquisition Co. II CION Investment Fusion Acquisition Corp. II AA Mission Acquisition EQV Ventures Acquisition Fortress Value Acquisition (NYSE:FVAC) and Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL) are both small-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings. Is FVAC or MSDL more profitable? Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a net margin of 54.89% compared to Fortress Value Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's return on equity of 12.69% beat Fortress Value Acquisition's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Fortress Value AcquisitionN/A N/A N/A Morgan Stanley Direct Lending 54.89%12.69%6.52% Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FVAC or MSDL? 24.0% of Fortress Value Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts recommend FVAC or MSDL? Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a consensus target price of $21.38, suggesting a potential upside of 6.45%. Given Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is more favorable than Fortress Value Acquisition.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Fortress Value Acquisition 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Morgan Stanley Direct Lending 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.20 Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FVAC or MSDL? Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Fortress Value Acquisition. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioFortress Value AcquisitionN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AMorgan Stanley Direct Lending$253.06M7.02$231.01M$2.438.26 Does the media prefer FVAC or MSDL? In the previous week, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending had 4 more articles in the media than Fortress Value Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and 0 mentions for Fortress Value Acquisition. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Fortress Value Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Fortress Value Acquisition Neutral Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Positive Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FVAC or MSDL? Morgan Stanley Direct Lending received 7 more outperform votes than Fortress Value Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Fortress Value Acquisition an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave Morgan Stanley Direct Lending an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformFortress Value AcquisitionOutperform Votes1100.00% Underperform VotesNo VotesMorgan Stanley Direct LendingOutperform Votes842.11% Underperform Votes1157.89% SummaryMorgan Stanley Direct Lending beats Fortress Value Acquisition on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Fortress Value Acquisition News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FVAC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FVAC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFortress Value AcquisitionHolding & Other Investment Offices Industry SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.04B$457.67M$2.55B$19.10BDividend YieldN/A7.18%13.05%3.78%P/E RatioN/A2.1512.1432.75Price / SalesN/A64.424,876,000.8826.88Price / CashN/A69.0121.4217.55Price / BookN/A3.733.314.50Net IncomeN/A$35.78M-$527.28M$1.02B Fortress Value Acquisition Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FVACFortress Value AcquisitionN/A$24.01-1.7%N/A+59.2%$1.04BN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading VolumeMSDLMorgan Stanley Direct Lending1.2299 of 5 stars$20.42+0.9%$21.38+4.7%-2.4%$1.81B$257.79M8.01N/AShort Interest ↑OBDEBlue Owl Capital Co. III1.9894 of 5 stars$14.14flat$16.00+13.2%N/A$1.74B$244.17M8.03N/AKBDCKayne Anderson BDC1.5653 of 5 stars$17.05-1.9%$17.30+1.5%N/A$1.21B$114.11M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓BCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.8795 of 5 stars$18.57-2.6%$18.00-3.1%+5.5%$1.20B$146.71M9.331,000High Trading VolumeTRINTrinity Capital1.6121 of 5 stars$16.44-0.7%$15.63-5.0%+5.5%$968.42M$175.49M9.6140Short Interest ↓AACTAres Acquisition Co. IIN/A$11.08+0.0%N/A+5.5%$692.19MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑News CoverageCIONCION Investment1.5717 of 5 stars$12.55+0.1%$12.25-2.4%+9.5%$668.74M$90.95M8.54N/AUpcoming EarningsNews CoverageFSNBFusion Acquisition Corp. IIN/A$10.49flatN/AN/A$655.63MN/A0.002High Trading VolumeAAMAA Mission AcquisitionN/A$10.21+0.2%N/AN/A$448.98MN/A0.00N/AEQVEQV Ventures AcquisitionN/A$10.03flatN/AN/A$447.06MN/A0.00N/A Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Competitors Blue Owl Capital Co. III Competitors Kayne Anderson BDC Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors Trinity Capital Competitors Ares Acquisition Co. II Competitors CION Investment Competitors Fusion Acquisition Corp. II Competitors AA Mission Acquisition Competitors EQV Ventures Acquisition Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:FVAC) was last updated on 3/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersDOGE’s Next Move: Not what you thinkDonald Trump, Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have kept their word. 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