NYSE:MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) Stock Price, News & Analysis $13.85 +0.02 (+0.12%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$13.84 0.00 (-0.01%) As of 04:15 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesNews and TrendsOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort Interest About Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Stock (NYSE:MSDL) View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced 1 Day 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced Show volume Show extended hours Get MSDL alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$13.76▼$13.9850-Day Range$12.79▼$15.2752-Week Range$12.71▼$17.91Volume649,750 shsAverage Volume644,760 shsMarket Capitalization$1.15 billionP/E Ratio276.94Dividend Yield13.00%Price Target$14.50Consensus RatingHold Company Overview Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is a business development company that provides financing to U.S. middle-market businesses. Its investment strategy focuses primarily on privately originated senior secured loans, including first-lien and unitranche debt, and may include other debt or equity investments. The fund is externally managed by Morgan Stanley Investment Management, drawing on Morgan Stanley’s private credit and direct lending capabilities. It began operations in 2021 and became publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange in 2024.AI Generated. May Contain Errors. Read More Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks33rd Percentile Overall ScoreMSDL MarketRank™: 1.6420253827 of 5 starsMorgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund scored higher than 33% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 661st out of 852 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion2.2 / 5Analyst RatingHold Consensus RatingMorgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Upside/DownsideThe consensus price target for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.Amount of Analyst CoverageMorgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.Read more about Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation1.3 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth3.30% Earnings GrowthEarnings for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund are expected to grow by 3.30% in the coming year, from $1.82 to $1.88 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is 275.60, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.39.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is 275.60, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 20.48.Price to Book Value per Share RatioMorgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has a P/B Ratio of 0.73. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Short Interest1.0 / 5Short Interest LevelBearish Percentage of Shares Shorted5.81% of the float of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverMorgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.33.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has recently increased by 16.95%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly. Dividend1.7 / 5Dividend StrengthWeak Dividend LeadershipMorgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 12.91%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthMorgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is 3,600.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.Dividend SustainabilityBased on EPS estimates, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund will have a dividend payout ratio of 95.74% in the coming year. This indicates that Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund may not be able to sustain their current dividend.Read more about Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's dividend. News and Social Media2.7 / 5News Sentiment0.27 News SentimentMorgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has a news sentiment score of 0.27. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.Search InterestOnly 3 people have searched for MSDL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.MarketBeat Follows6 people have added Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. Company Ownership0.0 / 5Insider TradingN/A Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders0.31% of the stock of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is held by insiders.Percentage Held by InstitutionsMorgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund has minimal institutional ownership at this time.Read more about Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's insider trading history. Receive MSDL Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Submit View SMS TermsSMS is currently available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 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MSDL Stock News HeadlinesMorgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE:MSDL) Share Price Breaks Above Fifty Day Moving Average After Analyst DowngradeNovember 12 at 2:01 AM | americanbankingnews.comMorgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE:MSDL) Stock Price Target Cut by Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsNovember 11 at 2:06 AM | americanbankingnews.comI'm handing you this one freeElon Musk doesn't own the chip powering every Tesla, every Starlink dish, and every AI satellite he builds. He licenses it from one overlooked company. That supplier just got a major catalyst. Musk filed to launch 1,000,000 satellites, a move analyst Dylan believes could drive a 100X bigger bill for this chipmaker starting December 8th.November 13 at 1:00 AM | Behind the Markets (Ad)UBS Upgrades Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund to Buy From Neutral, Adjusts PT to $14.50 From $15.50November 10 at 1:12 PM | marketscreener.comMUBS Upgrades Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund to Buy From NeutralNovember 10 at 8:12 AM | marketscreener.comMMorgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Reports Earnings Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026November 6, 2026 | marketscreener.comMTranscript : Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund, Q3 2026 Earnings Call, Nov 06, 2026November 6, 2026 | marketscreener.comMMS Direct Lending (MSDL) Q3 2026 Earnings Call TranscriptNovember 6, 2026 | finance.yahoo.comSee More Headlines MSDL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have MSDL shares performed this year? Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's stock was trading at $16.50 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MSDL stock has decreased by 16.3% and is now trading at $13.8150. How were Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's earnings last quarter? Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE:MSDL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 6th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.00. The company earned $88.77 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $89.99 million. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.70% and a net margin of 1.34%. Read the conference call transcript. When did Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund IPO? Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) raised $103 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, January 24th 2024. The company issued 5,000,000 shares at a price of $20.67 per share. Who are Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's major shareholders? Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund's top institutional shareholders include Lunate Capital Ltd (1.57%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (1.30%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. (0.74%) and TT Capital Management LLC (0.49%). Insiders that own company stock include Joan Binstock, Michael Jr Occi, Adam S Metz, Jeff M Day, David N Miller, Kevin Shannon, Bruce D Frank and Ashwin Krishnan. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund? Shares of MSDL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund investors own include Ares Capital (ARCC), Energy Transfer (ET), PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund (PDI), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Hercules Capital (HTGC). Company Calendar Last Earnings8/06/2026Record date for 10/23 Dividend9/30/2026Ex-Dividend for 10/23 Dividend9/30/2026Dividend Payable10/23/2026Today11/13/2026Record date for 12/15 Dividend11/30/2026Ex-Dividend for 12/15 Dividend11/30/2026Dividend Payable12/15/2026Fiscal Year End12/31/2026Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE SectorFinance Industry Capital Markets Sub-IndustryAsset Management & Custody Banks Current SymbolNYSE:MSDL Previous SymbolNYSE:MSDL CIK1782524 Webwww.msdl.com Phone212-761-4000FaxN/AEmployeesN/AYear FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Price Target for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund$14.50 High Price Target$15.00 Low Price Target$14.00 Potential Upside/Downside+4.7%Consensus RatingHold Rating Score (0-4)2.33 Research Coverage6 Analysts Profitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)$0.05 Trailing P/E Ratio276.94 Forward P/E Ratio7.37 P/E GrowthN/ANet Income$122.09 million Net Margins1.34% Pretax Margin45.85% Return on Equity9.70% Return on Assets4.29% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.21 Current Ratio1.23 Quick Ratio1.71 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$397.29 million Price / Sales2.90 Cash Flow$2.65 per share Price / Cash Flow5.22 Book Value$18.85 per share Price / Book0.73Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares83,300,000Free Float83,043,000Market Cap$1.15 billion OptionableOptionable Beta0.56 The Best Nuclear Energy Stocks to BuyNuclear energy is entering a new growth cycle as rising power demand, expanding data centers, and renewed policy support bring the sector back into focus. 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