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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
MSDL Financial Asset Management
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $397.3 million, down 4.52% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 10.8%, EPS fell 78.1%, free cash flow grew 331.9% and total debt fell 3.33%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.
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| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19.05 | 15.70 |
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| High | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24.18 | 21.75 | |||||
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| People | Employees | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | — | — | — | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | — | — | — | — | 22 | 120 | 231 | 368 | 416 | 397 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | — | — | — | — | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |||||
| EBT | — | — | — | (1) | 11 | 73 | 128 | 200 | 223 | 179 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | — | — | — | 0.00 | 48.55 | 60.93 | 55.66 | 54.27 | 53.52 | 45.02 | |||||
| Net income | — | — | — | (1) | 18 | 83 | 49 | 231 | 216 | 122 | |||||
| Depreciation | — | — | — | — | (4) | (5) | 85 | (27) | (4) | 56 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | — | — | — | 0.00 | 2.90 | 3.85 | 3.74 | 4.95 | 4.69 | 4.55 | ||||
| Earnings | — | — | — | (660.57) | 2.42 | 2.67 | 0.79 | 3.11 | 2.43 | 1.40 | |||||
| Cash flow | — | — | — | 0.00 | (81.14) | (53.32) | (6.97) | (1.13) | (4.31) | 1.73 | |||||
| Capex | — | — | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Free cash flow | — | — | — | 0.00 | (81.14) | (53.32) | (6.97) | (1.13) | (4.31) | 1.73 | |||||
| Book value | — | — | — | (622.78) | 39.90 | 38.15 | 22.66 | 23.18 | 20.78 | 20.03 | |||||
| Shares, m | — | — | — | 0 | 8 | 31 | 62 | 74 | 89 | 87 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | — | — | — | — | 6.59 | 6.59 | 6.59 | 6.59 | 8.50 | 11.77 | ||||
| P/S | — | — | — | — | 4.17 | 4.17 | 4.17 | 4.17 | 4.40 | 3.62 | |||||
| P/B | — | — | — | — | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.99 | 0.82 | |||||
| EV/Sales | — | — | — | — | 8.05 | 8.05 | 8.05 | 8.05 | 8.99 | 8.67 | |||||
| EV/FCF | — | — | — | — | (35.30) | (35.30) | (35.30) | (35.30) | (9.78) | 22.82 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | — | — | — | 0 | (613) | (1,661) | (430) | (84) | (383) | 151 | ||||
| Capex | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Free cash flow | — | — | — | 0 | (613) | (1,661) | (430) | (84) | (383) | 151 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | — | — | — | (1) | (2) | 51 | 47 | 24 | 15 | 50 | ||||
| Total debt | — | — | — | — | 334 | 1,250 | 1,523 | 1,496 | 1,973 | 2,087 | |||||
| Net debt | — | — | — | 0 | 323 | 1,176 | 1,442 | 1,426 | 1,910 | 2,005 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | — | — | — | (1) | 302 | 1,189 | 1,397 | 1,721 | 1,842 | 1,748 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | — | — | — | 0.00 | 5.56 | 5.29 | 1.77 | 7.34 | 5.97 | 3.12 | ||||
| ROIC | — | — | — | 0.00 | 0.87 | 1.66 | 2.38 | 3.51 | 3.44 | 2.96 | |||||
| ROE | — | — | — | 0.00 | 12.18 | 11.17 | 3.75 | 14.82 | 12.10 | 6.80 | |||||
Negative figures in brackets.
Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund vs peers in Asset Management (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSWC Capital Southwest Corporation | $1.5B | 12.2× | 10.5× | +9.12% (above 0%: growing) | −20.00% (below 0%: shrinking) | −366.44% (below 0%: shrinking) | 100.00% | 87.58% | Compare |
| MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund | $1.1B | 18.9× | 11.6× | −10.79% (below 0%: shrinking) | −78.05% (below 0%: shrinking) | +331.94% (above 0%: growing) | 100.00% | 79.95% | |
| OCSL Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp. | $1.0B | 24.1× | 22.2× | −7.76% (below 0%: shrinking) | −20.45% (below 0%: shrinking) | +173.07% (above 0%: growing) | 94.24% | 82.04% | Compare |
| GSBD Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. | $1.0B | 16.8× | 11.2× | −7.97% (below 0%: shrinking) | −38.24% (below 0%: shrinking) | −69.26% (below 0%: shrinking) | 100.00% | 87.38% | Compare |
| RPC Ridgepost Capital, Inc. | $906.2M | 31.8× | 35.2× | +11.29% (above 0%: growing) | +133.33% (above 0%: growing) | +108.29% (above 0%: growing) | 100.00% | 21.90% | Compare |
| BBDC BARINGS BDC, INC. | $900.5M | 10.2× | 9.2× | −12.36% (below 0%: shrinking) | −10.00% (below 0%: shrinking) | +129.93% (above 0%: growing) | 100.00% | 77.28% | Compare |
| PSEC Prospect Capital Corporation | $870.1M | 32.0× | 6.4× | −6.70% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | −475.83% (below 0%: shrinking) | 74.95% | 70.34% | Compare |
| KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC, Inc. | $834.1M | 11.4× | 9.9× | −2.78% (below 0%: shrinking) | −54.29% (below 0%: shrinking) | −2,950.25% (below 0%: shrinking) | 86.61% | 84.68% | Compare |
| VRTS Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. | $813.9M | 6.8× | — (loss-making) | −4.35% (below 0%: shrinking) | +9.87% (above 0%: growing) | −24.42% (below 0%: shrinking) | 100.00% | 13.57% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $903.3M | 14.5× | 10.5× | −5.52% | −20.00% | −46.84% | 100.00% | 79.66% |
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) key facts
- Concern: Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $397.3 million, down 4.52% from fiscal 2024.
- Concern: Net income was $122.1 million, or $1.40 per share (basic), a net margin of 30.7%.
- Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) is an Asset Management company in the Financial sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 16, 2026, MSDL traded at $13.03, a market capitalization of $1.1 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 18.9× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 3.0× sales.
- Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share, a yield of 14.2%.
- Return on equity was 6.80% and debt-to-equity 1.20.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.
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