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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund) Profitability Rank : 2 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Profitability Rank?

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has the Profitability Rank of 2. It has had trouble to make a profit.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.00%. As of today, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Piotroski F-Score is 9999.


Competitive Comparison of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Profitability Rank

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Profitability Rank falls into.



Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has the Profitability Rank of 2. It has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=0 / 60.644
=0.00 %

* 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.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has an F-score of 9999. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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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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