Growth Metrics

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) Operating Margin (2022 - 2025)

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) has disclosed Operating Margin for 4 consecutive years, with 45.54% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 467.0% to 45.54% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 45.02%, a 850.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 45.02%, down 850.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin was 45.54% for Q4 2025 at Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund, up from 44.26% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 62.07% in Q1 2022 to a low of 44.07% in Q2 2025.
  • A 4-year average of 52.2% and a median of 53.21% in 2023 define the central range for Operating Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: surged 343bps in 2023, then crashed -1027bps in 2025.
  • Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's Operating Margin stood at 49.11% in 2022, then rose by 7bps to 52.54% in 2023, then decreased by -4bps to 50.21% in 2024, then dropped by -9bps to 45.54% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MSDL's Operating Margin are 45.54% (Q4 2025), 44.26% (Q3 2025), and 44.07% (Q2 2025).