Growth Metrics

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) Net Margin (2022 - 2026)

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has reported Net Margin over the past 4 years, most recently at 9.39% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Net Margin fell 762.0% to 9.39% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 10.04% through Dec 2025, down 1335.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 10.04% for FY2025, 1335.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 9.39% for Q4 2025 at Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund, down from 9.85% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 37.84% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 8.99% in Q2 2025.
  • The 4-year median for Net Margin is 22.97% (2023), against an average of 21.35%.
  • Year-over-year, Net Margin soared 626bps in 2023 and then crashed -1675bps in 2025.
  • A 4-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 19.9% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 31bps to 26.16% in 2023, then plummeted by -35bps to 17.01% in 2024, then plummeted by -45bps to 9.39% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MSDL's Net Margin are 9.39% (Q4 2025), 9.85% (Q3 2025), and 8.99% (Q2 2025).