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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	$367.74M	5.08	$231.01M	$2.55	8.25

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WPF or MSDL?

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

Does the media prefer WPF or MSDL?

In the previous week, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending had 8 more articles in the media than Foley Trasimene Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and 0 mentions for Foley Trasimene Acquisition. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.00 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

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%

Do analysts prefer WPF or MSDL?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a consensus target price of $21.58, indicating a potential upside of 2.58%. Given Morgan Stanley Direct Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WPF or MSDL?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending received 6 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 41.18% 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 7 41.18%	Underperform Votes 10 58.82%

Summary

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