Company Performance - Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) reported quarterly earnings of $0.52 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.56 per share, and down from $0.63 per share a year ago, representing an earnings surprise of -7.14% [1] - The company posted revenues of $101.46 million for the quarter ended March 2025, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.99%, compared to year-ago revenues of $99.1 million [2] - Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates just once and topped consensus revenue estimates two times [2] Stock Performance - Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shares have lost about 7.8% since the beginning of the year, while the S&P 500 has declined by -4.3% [3] - The current consensus EPS estimate for the coming quarter is $0.56 on revenues of $103.63 million, and for the current fiscal year, it is $2.27 on revenues of $413.56 million [7] Industry Outlook - The Financial - SBIC & Commercial Industry, to which Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund belongs, is currently in the bottom 28% of over 250 Zacks industries, indicating a challenging environment [8] - Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions, suggesting that the outlook for the industry can materially impact stock performance [5][8]
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Lag Estimates