MSDL (Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund) Dividend Payout Ratio : 0.86 (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Dividend Payout Ratio?

The Dividend Payout Ratio is the measure of dividends paid out to shareholders relative to the company's net income. It is calculated as the Dividends per Share divided by the Earnings per Share (Diluted) during the same time period. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividend Payout Ratio for the months ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.86.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is 0.82, which seems too high.

The historical rank and industry rank for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividend Payout Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MSDL' s Dividend Payout Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.82 Med: 0.82 Max: 0.82
Current: 0.82

During the past 5 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund was 0.82. The lowest was 0.82. And the median was 0.82.

MSDL's Dividend Payout Ratio is ranked worse than
63.25% of 1034 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.58 vs MSDL: 0.82

As of today (2025-03-23), the Dividend Yield % of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is 9.65%.

During the past 5 years, the highest Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund was 9.94%. The lowest was 2.07%. And the median was 5.05%.

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividends per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2024 was $0.50.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Dividend Payout Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividend Payout Ratio can be seen below:

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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Dividend Payout Ratio Chart

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Annual Data

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Dividend Payout Ratio

0.82

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Quarterly Data
	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24	Dec24
Dividend Payout Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial												-	0.85	0.76	0.83	0.86

Competitive Comparison of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividend Payout Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividend Payout Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Payout Ratio 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 Payout Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Dividend Payout Ratio falls into.

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Dividend Payout Ratio Calculation

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

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (A: Dec. 2024 )	/	EPS without NRI (A: Dec. 2024 )
	=	2	/	2.43
	=	0.82

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

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2024 )	/	EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2024 )
	=	0.5	/	0.58
	=	0.86

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE:MSDL) Dividend Payout Ratio Explanation

In dividends investing, Dividend Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Business Description

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1585 Broadway, 23rd Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10036

Website

https://www.msdl.com

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 predominantly in directly originated senior secured term loans issued by U.S. middle-market companies backed by private equity sponsors. It invests predominantly 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 the investments expected to be in higher-yielding assets such as mezzanine debt, unsecured debt, equity investments and other opportunistic asset purchases.