Foley Trasimene Acquisition (WPF) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, WPF or MSDL?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Foley Trasimene Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-$114.43M	N/A	N/A
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	$253.06M	7.05	$231.01M	$2.43	8.30

Does the media refer more to WPF or MSDL?

In the previous week, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending had 4 more articles in the media than Foley Trasimene Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and 0 mentions for Foley Trasimene Acquisition. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Foley Trasimene 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
Foley Trasimene Acquisition	Neutral
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	Positive

Do analysts recommend WPF or MSDL?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a consensus price target of $21.38, indicating a potential upside of 6.03%. Given Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Morgan Stanley Direct Lending is more favorable than Foley Trasimene Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Foley Trasimene Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Is WPF or MSDL more profitable?

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WPF or MSDL?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending received 7 more outperform votes than Foley Trasimene Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Foley Trasimene Acquisition an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave Morgan Stanley Direct Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Foley Trasimene Acquisition	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending	Outperform Votes 8 42.11%	Underperform Votes 11 57.89%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WPF or MSDL?

56.9% of Foley Trasimene Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending beats Foley Trasimene Acquisition on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.