MSC Income Fund, Inc. (MSIF): fair value, margin of safety and Wheel Score

Is MSIF undervalued?

At 12.34 (close of 5 Nov 2026), MSIF trades 61% below the GLS average fair value of 31.54. That average comes from 7 models run on the latest filings, and 6 of them land above the current price. Margins of safety over 30% are the exception rather than the rule across the ~7,400 stocks we value each night, so the number earns MSC Income Fund, Inc. the full Value points in the Wheel Score - and a closer look at what the market is pricing in.

There is a wide gap between Lynch (11.52) and GLS Growth (78.88). When the models are this far apart the "fair value" is really a range, and the margin of safety above should be read with that range in mind.

MSIF looks like a fund, note or preferred share rather than an operating company, so the nightly engine files it under Fund / Note: the valuation models are not built for it, and its Wheel Score is capped at 45.

Nine valuation models for MSIF

Each model turns the latest filed numbers into a value per share; the GLS fair value is the simple average of the ones that produce a positive number. The last two rows are shown for reference and never enter the average. The Quote page lets you switch any model off and add your own margin of safety.

Quality and financial health

MSC Income Fund, Inc. scores 6 of 9 on the Piotroski F-score: a middling result that passes the "Piotroski 6 or more" Wheel Trade Filter. Some of the nine tests on profitability, leverage and efficiency are failed, so the accounts are worth a look before selling a put on the name. There is no GLS Moat score for MSIF: funds, notes and second share lines get none, and so does a company with fewer than two years of accounts on file. The Moat part of the Wheel Score is zero.

Returns on capital are moderate - ROIC 6.6%, ROE 12.0%, ROA 6.4% - with debt at 0.82 times equity and negative free cash flow.

The dividend yield is high at 10.54% (payout ratio 63%). A yield this size is often the market's way of pricing a risk to the payout, so the health score and cash flow matter more than usual.

Institutional ownership scores 4/10, insider activity 10/10 and Congressional trading 5/10 on the GLS smart-money scales.

Wheel Score 28: No options

No options are listed on MSC Income Fund, Inc. in our nightly snapshot, so it fails the first Wheel Trade Filter (options that actually trade) (it reads 28, under 70) and is left out of every options scan; the fair value and health figures above are still useful for a plain stock position.

Volume runs at 189k shares a day on a market cap of $560M, with a beta of 0.77 - a low beta, so day-to-day moves are smaller than the market's; the Stability part of the Wheel Score rates that fair.

The Wheel Score ranks ~7,400 US stocks for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls: a stock must pass all 9 Wheel Trade Filters to score 70, and the score then ranks the ones that pass; the Sunday Scan is the top 10. It is updated nightly and is not a recommendation. How the Wheel Score works · the walkthrough lesson shows how it fits into a trade, start to finish.

Upcoming events

MSC Income Fund, Inc. reports earnings on 5 Nov 2026 (after the close) - inside the 14-day window the Sunday Scan avoids, because a put sold now would carry the report's gap risk. The shares go ex-dividend on 2 Dec 2026 (0.1100 per share), so a covered call sold before then carries a small early-assignment risk around that date.

No analyst upgrades or downgrades were recorded in the last 30 days.

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