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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL)

As-reported financials and recent SEC filings for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund, latest fiscal period FY2025. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) is a specialty finance company that lends primarily to U.S. middle-market companies, typically those with annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) between $15 million and $200 million. It focuses on investing in senior secured term loans, including first and second lien loans, often issued in leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, or refinancings. The fund generates income mainly from interest on these loans and serves middle-market companies often controlled by private equity sponsors.

Snapshot

Revenue
Revenue growth (YoY)
Net income
$122.1M
Diluted EPS
$1.40
Gross margin
Operating margin
Net margin
FCF margin
ROE
7.0%
P/E (TTM)
Market cap
Debt / equity
1.2×

Fundamentals are from SEC filings. P/E and market cap are derived from recent market prices, refreshed on a rolling basis (typically within the past week).

Peer comparison

Where Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund’s fundamentals sit among the 52 business development companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

ROE7.0%
47th percentile of 48
Debt / equity1.19×
38th percentile of 33

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among business development company peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice.

Institutional ownership

Held by 6 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
2
0 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
3
3 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$21.1M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ1 2026$12.4M889.3KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ1 2026$3.9M276.0KAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ1 2026$2.2M154.4KReduced
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ1 2026$1.4M101.4KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ1 2026$1.1M77.1KReduced
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ1 2026$195,79814.0KHeld

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue
Gross profit
Operating income
Net income$122.1M$215.6M$231.0M$48.5M$83.3M
Diluted EPS$1.40$2.43$3.11$0.79$1.33

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$81.4M$63.4M$69.7M$81.2M$74.2M
Current assets
Total assets$3.92B$3.91B$3.31B$2.99B
Current liabilities
Long-term debt$2.09B$1.97B$1.50B$1.52B
Total liabilities$2.17B$2.07B$1.59B$1.59B
Total equity$1.75B$1.84B$1.72B$1.40B$1.19B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$150.9M$-382.5M$-83.8M$-429.8M$-1.66B
Capital expenditure
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2026$-4.5M$-0.05
Q4 FY2025$28.7M$0.33
Q3 FY2025$27.6M$0.32
Q2 FY2025$36.1M$0.41
Q1 FY2025$29.7M$0.34
Q4 FY2024$51.6M$0.58
Q3 FY2024$53.2M$0.60
Q2 FY2024$59.0M$0.66

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorFinancials
Fiscal year endDecember 31
Latest fiscal periodFY2025
SEC filings since2019
SEC CIK1782524

Recent SEC filings

10-K2026-02-26
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10-Q2026-05-07
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10-Q2025-11-06
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8-K2026-07-09
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8-K2026-07-06
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8-K2026-07-01
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8-K2026-06-02
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR (public domain). Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.