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Ticker
MSDL

Price
16.55
Stock movement up
+0.03 (0.18%)
Company name
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Financial Services >
Asset Management
Market cap
1.44B
Ent value
3.53B
Price/Sales
5.00
Price/Book
0.81
Div yield
12.08%
Div growth
-
Growth years
-
FCF payout
1477.84%
Trailing P/E
9.91
Forward P/E
8.93
PEG
-
EPS growth
-
1 year return (CAGR)
-23.42%
3 year return (CAGR)
-
5 year return (CAGR)
-
10 year return (CAGR)
-
Last updated: 2026-01-22

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share2.00
Dividend yield12.08%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield12.64%
Average yield10.62%
Minimum yield9.26%
Discount to avg yield12.14%
Upside potential13.82%
Yield as % of max yield95.59%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield12.08%
Current yield distribution6.21%
Yield at 100% (Min)9.26%
Yield at 90%9.54%
Yield at 80%9.71%
Yield at 50% (Median)10.35%
Yield at 20%11.70%
Yield at 10%11.96%
Yield at 0% (Max)12.64%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth-
CCC status-
Dividend per share2.00
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date31 Dec 2025
EPS (TTM)1.67
EPS (1y forward)1.85
EPS growth (5y)-
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
MSDLS&P500
DGR MR--13.74%
DGR TTM-6.60%
DGR 3 years-7.31%
DGR 5 years-4.69%
DGR 10 years-6.30%
DGR 15 years-8.16%
Time since last change announced701 days
EPS growth (5y)-
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM133.85%1477.84%
Average--
Forward107.97%-

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E9.91
Price to OCF109.41
Price to FCF109.41
Price to EBITDA-
EV to EBITDA-

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales5.00
Price to Book0.81
EV to Sales12.30

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count86.81M
EPS (TTM)1.67
FCF per share (TTM)0.15

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)287.20M
Gross profit (TTM)151.20M
Operating income (TTM)147.22M
Net income (TTM)145.00M
EPS (TTM)1.67
EPS (1y forward)1.85

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)52.65%
Operating margin (TTM)51.26%
Profit margin (TTM)50.49%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash65.47M
Net receivables29.89M
Total current assets95.37M
Goodwill0.00
Intangible assets0.00
Property, plant and equipment0.00
Total assets3.93B
Accounts payable65.66M
Short/Current long term debt0.00
Total current liabilities0.00
Total liabilities2.16B
Shareholder's equity1.77B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)13.13M
Capital expenditures (TTM)0.00
Free cash flow (TTM)13.13M
Dividends paid (TTM)194.07M

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity8.18%
Return on Assets3.69%
Return on Invested Capital8.18%
Cash Return on Invested Capital0.74%

STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open16.57
Daily high16.72
Daily low16.52
Daily Volume434K
All-time high24.13
1y analyst estimate17.68
Beta-
EPS (TTM)1.67
Dividend per share2.00
Ex-div date31 Dec 2025
Next earnings date27 Feb 2026

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
MSDLS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-31.41%-0.89%
Highest price drop-34.44%-19.00%
Date of highest drop1 Oct 20258 Apr 2025
Avg drop from high-21.37%-2.49%
Avg time to new high-6 days
Max time to new high322 days89 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
MSDL (Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund) company logo
Marketcap
1.44B
Marketcap category
Small-cap
Description
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is a business development company. The fund chiefly invests in riskier bonds, issued by middle-market companies or by private equity firms looking to finance their acquisitions.
Employees
0
Website
Investor relations
-
SEC filings
CEO
Country
USA
City
Stock type
-
CCC status
-
Dividend Frequency
Quarterly
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
EventsPresentations
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