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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund) Dividends per Share : $0.50 (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Dividends per Share?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's dividends per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.50. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.50. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.85. As of today, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividend Yield % is 2.14%.

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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Dividends per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividends per Share can be seen below:

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* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Competitive Comparison of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividends per Share

For the Asset Management subindustry, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Dividends per Share Calculation

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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund  (NYSE:MSDL) Dividends per Share Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Mar. 2024 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=0.5/ 0.59
=0.85

During the past 4 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund was 0.18. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.5000002024-03-272024-03-292024-04-25Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.


Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.5/23.32
=2.14 %

Current Share Price is $23.32.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.5.

During the past 4 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund was 2.37%. The lowest was 2.14%. And the median was 2.29%.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund) Business Description

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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is a fund whose investment objective is to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns via current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation by investing primarily in directly originated senior secured term loans issued by U.S. middle-market companies backed by private equity sponsors. They invest primarily in directly originated senior secured term loans including first lien senior secured term loans including unitranche loans and second lien senior secured term loans, with the balance of our investments expected to be in higher-yielding assets such as mezzanine debt, unsecured debt, equity investments and other opportunistic asset purchases.

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