Benzinga · Sep 1, 2026
UBS Maintains Neutral on Morgan Stanley Direct, Lowers Price Target to $15.5
UBS analyst Doug Harter maintains Morgan Stanley Direct (NYSE:MSDL) with a Neutral and lowers the price target from $16.25 to $15.5.
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NYSE · MSDL
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
Financial Services · Financial - Conglomerates
$14.71
Up+$0.07 (+0.48%)
Updated Sep 13, 2026, 11:10 PM
SID Score
4.3/10
Composite research score
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- Market cap
- 1.51B
- P/E ratio
- 8.51
- Dividend yield
- 17.00%
- 52-week range
- $13.66 – $15.87
- Volume
- 283.27K
- Avg. volume
- 826.14K
Price performance
MSDL price history
1M range · 19 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
MSDL closed at $14.71 after 19 trading sessions, down 4.23% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $14.71
- Period change
- -4.23%
- Period low
- $14.64
- Period high
- $15.38
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | $14.75 | $14.82 | $14.62 | $14.71 | 283.27K |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $14.75 | $14.84 | $14.555 | $14.64 | 289.71K |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $15.00 | $15.14 | $14.75 | $14.77 | 395.46K |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $15.26 | $15.26 | $15.01 | $15.04 | 1.24M |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $15.16 | $15.32 | $15.13 | $15.25 | 189.37K |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $15.40 | $15.40 | $15.11 | $15.20 | 315.44K |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $15.29 | $15.36 | $15.2001 | $15.27 | 395.35K |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $15.34 | $15.40 | $15.215 | $15.25 | 339.76K |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $15.15 | $15.455 | $15.11 | $15.35 | 391.96K |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $15.25 | $15.39 | $15.18 | $15.18 | 267.28K |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $15.29 | $15.43 | $15.28 | $15.32 | 444.12K |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $15.35 | $15.40 | $15.23 | $15.26 | 274.04K |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $15.43 | $15.445 | $15.2903 | $15.38 | 571.7K |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $15.35 | $15.42 | $15.24 | $15.37 | 569.98K |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $15.40 | $15.47 | $15.35 | $15.36 | 242.89K |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $15.37 | $15.45 | $15.26 | $15.38 | 244.71K |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $15.40 | $15.52 | $15.32 | $15.37 | 343.6K |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $15.42 | $15.485 | $15.31 | $15.37 | 349.75K |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $15.36 | $15.449 | $15.23 | $15.36 | 696.99K |
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Company profile
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is a fund whose investment objective is to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns via current income and to a lesser extent, capital appreciation by investing predominantly in directly originated senior secured term loans issued by U.S. middle-market companies backed by private equity sponsors. It invests predominantly in directly originated senior secured term loans including first lien senior secured term loans including unitranche loans and second lien senior secured term loans, with the balance of the investments expected to be in higher-yielding assets such as mezzanine debt, unsecured debt, equity investments and other opportunistic asset purchases.
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- Consensus
- —
- Average target
- $18.00
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- —
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | UBS | Neutral | — |
| Jul 2, 2026 | JP Morgan | Neutral | — |
| Apr 20, 2026 | UBS | Neutral | — |
| Apr 16, 2026 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | — |
| Mar 13, 2026 | JP Morgan | Neutral | — |
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