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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (MSDL) Competitors

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$20.71 -0.16 (-0.77%)
As of 03/28/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

MSDL vs. OBDE, KBDC, BCSF, TRIN, AACT, FSNB, CION, EQV, NETD, and SPMC

Should you be buying Morgan Stanley Direct Lending stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending include Blue Owl Capital Co. III (OBDE), Kayne Anderson BDC (KBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Trinity Capital (TRIN), Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT), Fusion Acquisition Corp. II (FSNB), CION Investment (CION), EQV Ventures Acquisition (EQV), Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II (NETD), and Sound Point Meridian Capital (SPMC). These companies are all part of the "holding & other investment offices" industry.

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending vs.

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL) and Blue Owl Capital Co. III (NYSE:OBDE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Blue Owl Capital Co. III has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Morgan Stanley Direct Lending. Blue Owl Capital Co. III is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morgan Stanley Direct Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending$253.06M7.24$231.01M$2.438.52
Blue Owl Capital Co. III$244.17M7.14$271.96M$1.768.03

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending received 7 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital Co. III when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Blue Owl Capital Co. III an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave Morgan Stanley Direct Lending an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Morgan Stanley Direct LendingOutperform Votes
8
42.11%
Underperform Votes
11
57.89%
Blue Owl Capital Co. IIIOutperform Votes
1
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

In the previous week, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending had 3 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital Co. III. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and 0 mentions for Blue Owl Capital Co. III. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Blue Owl Capital Co. III'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
Blue Owl Capital Co. III Neutral

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a net margin of 54.89% compared to Blue Owl Capital Co. III's net margin of 45.35%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's return on equity of 12.69% beat Blue Owl Capital Co. III's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending54.89% 12.69% 6.52%
Blue Owl Capital Co. III 45.35%11.52%5.22%

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Blue Owl Capital Co. III pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending pays out 82.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blue Owl Capital Co. III pays out 79.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blue Owl Capital Co. III is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending presently has a consensus price target of $21.38, indicating a potential upside of 3.21%. Blue Owl Capital Co. III has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.15%. Given Blue Owl Capital Co. III's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital Co. III is more favorable than Morgan Stanley Direct Lending.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Blue Owl Capital Co. III
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending beats Blue Owl Capital Co. III on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MSDL vs. The Competition

MetricMorgan Stanley Direct LendingHolding Offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.83B$443.76M$11.29B$19.39B
Dividend Yield9.69%7.51%5.57%3.75%
P/E Ratio8.122.2022.6533.02
Price / Sales7.2460.3025.7326.58
Price / Cash10.7569.0117.6117.54
Price / Book1.063.562.734.53
Net Income$231.01M$35.22M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.24%0.83%0.06%-1.28%
1 Month Performance2.37%-0.94%495.52%-4.01%
1 Year Performance-3.90%18.25%536.53%2.63%

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MSDL
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending
1.2375 of 5 stars
$20.71
-0.8%
$21.38
+3.2%
-3.9%$1.83B$253.06M8.12N/AShort Interest ↑
OBDE
Blue Owl Capital Co. III
1.8436 of 5 stars
$14.14
flat
$16.00
+13.2%
N/A$1.74B$244.17M8.03N/A
KBDC
Kayne Anderson BDC
0.6823 of 5 stars
$16.66
-0.3%
$17.30
+3.8%
N/A$1.18B$122.29M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
2.7909 of 5 stars
$16.93
+0.8%
$18.50
+9.3%
+6.4%$1.09B$138.19M8.511,000Short Interest ↓
TRIN
Trinity Capital
1.2107 of 5 stars
$16.09
-0.3%
$15.33
-4.7%
+7.8%$1.01B$175.49M9.4140
AACT
Ares Acquisition Co. II
N/A$11.19
+0.0%
N/A+5.5%$699.06MN/A0.00N/APositive News
FSNB
Fusion Acquisition Corp. II
N/A$10.49
flat
N/AN/A$655.63MN/A0.002High Trading Volume
CION
CION Investment
2.4458 of 5 stars
$10.81
-0.2%
$11.50
+6.4%
-5.0%$573.38M$45.95M7.36N/AShort Interest ↑
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EQV
EQV Ventures Acquisition
N/A$10.06
flat
N/AN/A$448.39MN/A0.00N/A
NETD
Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II
N/A$10.98
0.0%
N/A+5.3%$418.42MN/A0.00N/APositive News
SPMC
Sound Point Meridian Capital
N/A$20.36
-1.0%
$21.75
+6.9%
N/A$411.84MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
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