Growth Metrics

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) FCF Payout Ratio (2022 - 2026)

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.5 for Q1 2026, down 67.94% year-over-year from 1.56 in Q1 2025, and down 38.13% on a QoQ basis from 0.81 in Q4 2025.

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) has 5 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.5 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 67.94% year-over-year to 0.5 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.86 (up 236.46% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 1.22, up 375.9% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio fell to 0.5 in Q1 2026 per MSDL's latest filing, from 0.81 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 2.88 in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 1.46 in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.18 (2022), against an average of 0.32.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Payout Ratio reached 1971.42% in 2023, while the deepest fall reached 723.97% in 2023.
  • Tracing MSDL's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.41 in 2022, then surged by 432.46% to 1.36 in 2023, then slumped by 137.39% to 0.51 in 2024, then soared by 258.89% to 0.81 in 2025, then plunged by 38.13% to 0.5 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest MSDL FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.5 (Q1 2026), 0.81 (Q4 2025), and 1.11 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - -
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - 0.37
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - 0.10
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 2.44
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn 0.18
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - -0.02
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 0.34
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - -0.45
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - 0.21
10 Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund - - - 0.50

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.50
Dec 31, 2025 0.81
Sep 30, 2025 1.11
Jun 30, 2025 1.83
Mar 31, 2025 1.56
Dec 31, 2024 -0.51
Sep 30, 2024 -0.38
Jun 30, 2024 -0.32
Mar 31, 2024 -0.69
Dec 31, 2023 1.36
Sep 30, 2023 -0.30
Jun 30, 2023 2.88
Mar 31, 2023 -1.46
Dec 31, 2022 -0.41
Sep 30, 2022 -0.18
Jun 30, 2022 -0.15
Mar 31, 2022 -0.18