On Monday, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE: MSDL) was 2.22% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $19.81. A 52-week range for MSDL has been $18.96 – $24.06.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Financial Sector giant was 138.52%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at -5.16%. With a float of $89.19 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $89.37 million.
In terms of profitability, gross margin is 85.1%, operating margin of 91.26%, and the pretax margin is 61.85%.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) Insider Activity
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund stocks. The insider ownership of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is 0.20%, while institutional ownership is 16.00%.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) Earnings and Forecasts
Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 6/30/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted 0.67 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was better than consensus figure (set at 0.66) by 0.01. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.63 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -5.16% per share during the next fiscal year.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE: MSDL) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) is doing with its current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.63. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 8.48.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.97, a number that is poised to hit 0.64 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.21 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL)
Looking closely at Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE: MSDL), its last 5-days average volume was 0.9 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.16 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 47.70%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.34.
During the past 100 days, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund’s (MSDL) raw stochastic average was set at 19.80%, which indicates a significant decrease from 85.08% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 15.70% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 27.26% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
However, in the short run, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $20.47. Second resistance stands at $20.69. The third major resistance level sits at $20.99. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $19.94, it is likely to go to the next support level at $19.64. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $19.42.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE: MSDL) Key Stats
There are 89,407K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 1.81 billion. As of now, sales total 367,740 K while income totals 231,010 K. Its latest quarter income was 104,190 K while its last quarter net income were 59,050 K.
