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MSC Income Fund, Inc. (MSIF) stock

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NYSE: MSIF NYSE Asset Management & Custody Banks

MSC Income Fund, Inc. is a US-listed company in the asset management & custody banks industry. Its financial year ends in December.

Stock price today

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Model estimate per share

~$13

Forward price-to-earnings vs peers

Base case. Range ~$11–$17. Next year's consensus earnings per share times peers' typical (harmonic-mean) forward price-to-earnings.

Price vs value

No Buy/Hold/Sell rating is issued: limited reported history: available models are shown without a Buy/Hold/Sell rating.

Who’s trading

What company insiders, investment funds and members of Congress have been doing with the stock, from their own filings.

  • Insiders6 buying, 0 selling13 purchases and 0 sales by directors and officers, last 12 monthsInsider trades
  • Funds71 adding, 80 cuttingOf 15 active managers that changed their stake, 8 added; quarter to June 30, 2026Fund buyers and sellers

The Fundamentalytics view

Current signal Results well short of expectations: Reported earnings per share missed the analysts' consensus estimate by 9% in the quarter to 2026-06-30.

Assembled from SEC-filed figures — the full workings are on this page and in our methodology. Observations, not recommendations.

Strengths

Nothing in MSC Income Fund, Inc.'s latest figures clears our strength thresholds.

Things to watch

  • Missing expectations. Earnings per share fell short of the consensus estimate in 4 of the last four quarters.
  • Estimates being cut. Analysts' consensus for next year's earnings per share has fallen 5.4% over 90 days.

Latest results

Earnings per share
$0.33 against an average estimate of $0.36: missed by 8.6%

MSC Income Fund's figures from its SEC filings and results release; estimates are the analysts' average. Not a recommendation.

Price chart

  • 1 day+1.4%

Closing prices to 2026-11-02. Price change only, dividends excluded.

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At a glance

Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

Earnings

Last results
October 8, 2026

News & updates

Updated October 31, 2026

Company announcements, filed results and changes that matter to shareholders.

  1. Results
  2. Agreement
  3. Results
  4. Announcement
  5. Shareholder vote
  6. Results

Refreshed hourly when new source data is available. Summaries are checked against company releases and SEC filings. Company announcement headlines are labelled when a checked summary is unavailable.

Fundamentalytics rating

model v1.6 · 2026-11-03

Not rated: limited reported history: available models are shown without a Buy/Hold/Sell rating.

Valuation models

We value MSC Income Fund, Inc. as an asset manager, broker or exchange, with every model that fits that kind of business. Cost of equity 8.6%: the 10-year Treasury yield (4.9%) plus a beta of 0.8 times a 4.5% equity risk premium.

Value per share by model
Model Value per share In the combined value?
Forward price-to-earnings vs peers Next year's consensus earnings per share times peers' typical (harmonic-mean) forward price-to-earnings. Uses analysts' consensus estimates (third-party data), not our forecasts. ~$13 ~$11–$17 Primary model, counts double
Residual income Book value plus the present value of returns above the cost of equity, fading over ten years. — Does not apply: no twelve-month earnings or share count in the filings yet
Justified price-to-book Book value times (return on equity - growth) / (cost of equity - growth): steady-state returns. — Does not apply: no twelve-month earnings or share count in the filings yet
Price-to-book vs peers Book value per share times peers' typical (harmonic-mean) price-to-book. — Does not apply: no twelve-month earnings or share count in the filings yet
Dividend discount (two-stage) Dividends for five years at the growth the business can fund, then a steady payout and growth. — Does not apply: no twelve-month earnings or share count in the filings yet
Combined value Weighted average of the models that apply: the primary model (forward price-to-earnings vs peers) counts double. Models more than 5x or less than 0.2x the share price, or more than 3x away from the other models' median, are left out. ~$13 ~$11–$17 1 model

Different models fail in different ways, so where several apply we average them rather than trust one. Peer-based models compare MSC Income Fund, Inc. with asset managers in our coverage, using third-party market data. Model values are estimates under stated assumptions, updated as new filings arrive; not price targets or investment advice. How each model works.

Moat

Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Medium.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

Forecasts and guidance

Analysts' consensus

MSC Income Fund, Inc.: consensus estimates
Fiscal yearEPSGrowthRevenueGrowth
Current $1.36 +2% $144m +3%
Next $1.43 +6% $158m +10%

Next year's EPS estimate has moved −5.4% in 90 days, across 8 analysts.

How the EPS forecast has moved

The consensus EPS forecast for the current fiscal year is −6.6% on 90 days ago. In the last 30 days, 0 analysts raised MSC Income Fund, Inc.'s forecast and 4 cut it.

Consensus EPS forecast MSC Income Fund, Inc., last 90 days
$1.35 $1.40 $1.45 $1.50 $1.55 90 days ago 60 days ago 30 days ago 7 days ago Now Current fiscal year, 90 days ago: $1.45 Current fiscal year, 60 days ago: $1.39 Current fiscal year, 30 days ago: $1.38 Current fiscal year, 7 days ago: $1.38 Current fiscal year, Now: $1.36 $1.36 Next fiscal year, 90 days ago: $1.51 Next fiscal year, 60 days ago: $1.47 Next fiscal year, 30 days ago: $1.45 Next fiscal year, 7 days ago: $1.45 Next fiscal year, Now: $1.43 $1.43

Average of analysts' published estimates (third-party data).

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Period Current fiscal yearNext fiscal year
90 days ago $1.45$1.51
60 days ago $1.39$1.47
30 days ago $1.38$1.45
7 days ago $1.38$1.45
Now $1.36$1.43

Earnings against estimates

MSC Income Fund, Inc.: reported EPS against the consensus estimate
Quarter toEstimateActualSurprise
Jun 2026 $0.36 $0.33 −8.6%
Mar 2026 $0.36 $0.34 −4.7%
Dec 2025 $0.35 $0.28 −20.0%
Sept 2025 $0.36 $0.35 −2.7%

Adjusted EPS as companies report it, against the average analyst estimate.

Analyst recommendations

9 analysts, Oct 2026
Buy667%
Hold333%
Sell00%

Monthly trend

  1. Oct 20263339
  2. Sep 20263238
  3. Aug 20263238
  4. Jul 20263238

Counts of recommendations published by analysts covering MSC Income Fund, Inc., by month. Source: Aggregated broker recommendations (third-party data). Aggregated counts only: we do not reproduce any firm's recommendation or price target, and these are not Fundamentalytics ratings.

Positioning

Short interest
1.0%
of tradable shares
Days to cover
2.44
at average volume
Short interest, 1 month
−5%
to October 15, 2026
Held by institutions
37%
of shares
Held by insiders
0.5%
of shares

Consensus figures average analysts' published estimates (third-party data); guidance is the company's own. Neither is our forecast. Short interest is reported twice a month and lags. Market data may be delayed.

This section is general information, not investment advice or a personal recommendation, and it does not take account of your objectives or circumstances. Forecasts and guidance are estimates, not promises: companies miss their own guidance and analysts' figures are often revised. Prices can fall as well as rise, and you can lose money. See our disclaimer.

Share-price performance

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Price behaviour

52-week range
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Volatility (1 year)
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Beta vs S&P 500
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Volatility is the annualised standard deviation of daily returns. Beta 1.5 means the shares typically moved 1.5% for each 1% move in the S&P 500 over the past year. Prices to November 2, 2026.

Fundamentals

Data: SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts (as filed in 10-K/10-Q); forms . Generated November 3, 2026. Definitions in our methodology.

Reported value
$175M
Institutions reporting
166
Shares held vs prior quarter
▲ 17.1%
Positions opened / closed
29 / 21

Top buyers and sellers, Q2 2026: 71 institutions bought and 80 sold ; the biggest buyer was Sanders Morris Harris LLC (+457K shares) and the biggest seller Two Sigma Investments, LP (−350K). See which funds bought and sold →

Largest reported holders, June 30, 2026
Manager Value Shares Share of 13F value Shares QoQ
Sanders Morris Harris LLC $26.2M 2.3M 14.9% ▲ 25.3%
Ares Management LLC $14.7M 1.3M 8.4% ▲ 53.4%
UBS Group AG $11.6M 1.0M 6.6% ▲ 26.3%
Van Eck Associates Corp $10.6M 916K 6.0% ▲ 35.8%
Two Sigma Investments, LP $9.1M 784K 5.2% ▼ 30.9%
Franklin Resources Inc $9M 780K 5.1% ▲ 24.3%
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. $6.3M 549K 3.6% ▲ 107.3%
North Ground Capital $6.2M 538K 3.5% ▲ 19.8%
LPL Financial LLC $5.1M 445K 2.9% ▼ 2.2%
Marshall Wace, LLP $3.7M 319K 2.1% ▲ 256.9%
Cetera Investment Advisers $3M 259K 1.7% ▼ 17.0%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd $2.6M 223K 1.5% ▲ 208.1%

From Form 13F filings with the SEC ( quarterly data sets), as reported by each manager for June 30, 2026 and filed up to 45 days later. 13F reports cover long US-listed positions of managers above $100M only, so this is not MSC Income Fund, Inc.'s complete shareholder register. Values are as reported by the filers .

Insider trading activity

Full insider history and chart
Recent insider open-market transactions
Insider Date Trade Shares Price Value
Marks Nataly Michelle Director August 26, 2026 Buy 950 $12.70 $12,065
Hyzak Dwayne L. CEO, SMD June 30, 2026 Buy 5,969 $11.68 $69,718
Meserve Nicholas Managing Director June 23, 2026 Buy 2,500 $11.43 $28,575
Gilbert Cory CFO and Treasurer June 11, 2026 Buy 1,000 $11.78 $11,780
Hyzak Dwayne L. CEO, SMD June 9, 2026 Buy 117 $11.67 $1,365
Hyzak Dwayne L. CEO, SMD June 9, 2026 Buy 4,157 $11.69 $48,595
Walker Jeffrey B. Director June 5, 2026 Buy 3,933 $12.02 $47,275
Walker Jeffrey B. Director June 4, 2026 Buy 229 $12.03 $2,755
Niemann John O. Jr. Director May 15, 2026 Buy 4,922 $12.10 $59,556
Gilbert Cory CFO and Treasurer March 31, 2026 Buy 825 $12.20 $10,065
Marks Nataly Michelle Director March 27, 2026 Buy 1,000 $12.61 $12,610
Niemann John O. Jr. Director March 9, 2026 Buy 1,887 $12.42 $23,437

From insiders' Form 4 filings with the SEC. Excludes awards, option exercises and shares withheld for tax. "Pre-set plan" means the filing marks the trade as made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. See every insider trade since five years ago, on a price chart.

Earnings dates and SEC filings

Results announcements

  • October 8, 2026
  • August 6, 2026
  • July 9, 2026
  • May 7, 2026
  • April 9, 2026
  • February 26, 2026

Recent SEC filings

Data status

When each part of this page on MSC Income Fund, Inc. was last updated.

DataLast updatedSource
Share priceExchange closing prices
News and updatesCompany releases and SEC 8-K filings
Analyst estimatesAggregated analyst estimates
Valuation and scoresOur models, from the filed figures

How we build and check these figures: methodology and data sources.

MSC Income Fund, Inc. in brief

What does MSC Income Fund, Inc. do?
MSC Income Fund, Inc. is a US-listed company in the asset management & custody banks industry. Its financial year ends in December.
What is MSC Income Fund, Inc.'s stock ticker?
MSC Income Fund, Inc. trades under the ticker MSIF on NYSE. This page brings together its financial statements, valuation models, ownership and recent company updates.
Who are MSC Income Fund, Inc.'s largest institutional shareholders?
By value reported in 13F filings for June 30, 2026, the largest reported holders are Sanders Morris Harris LLC, Ares Management LLC and UBS Group AG. 13F reports cover long US-listed positions of managers above $100M, filed up to 45 days after quarter end.
Are insiders buying or selling MSC Income Fund, Inc. stock?
Over the last 12 months, MSC Income Fund, Inc.'s directors and officers reported 13 open-market purchases and 0 sales on Form 4. The insider trading page charts every trade.