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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund

Financial Services · Financial - Conglomerates

$13.48

Down-$0.08 (-0.59%)

Updated Oct 7, 2026, 3:44 AM

SID Score

4.3/10

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Market cap
1.51B
P/E ratio
8.51
Dividend yield
18.55%
52-week range
$13.43 – $15.87
Volume
423.05K
Avg. volume
826.14K

Price performance · MSDL

MSDL price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 6, 2026

MSDL closed at $13.48 after 21 trading sessions, down 10.37% for the selected period.

Last close
$13.48
Period change
-10.37%
Period low
$13.48
Period high
$15.04
Daily close
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MSDL OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 6, 2026$13.55$13.66$13.48$13.48423.05K
Oct 5, 2026$13.60$13.72$13.53$13.56677.92K
Oct 2, 2026$13.82$13.835$13.43$13.53800.73K
Oct 1, 2026$13.58$13.755$13.485$13.71798.87K
Sep 30, 2026$13.83$13.895$13.62$13.63731.38K
Sep 29, 2026$14.17$14.38$14.08$14.27641.35K
Sep 28, 2026$14.23$14.25$14.07$14.16413.23K
Sep 25, 2026$14.36$14.375$14.23$14.29516.84K
Sep 24, 2026$14.45$14.675$14.28$14.33414.23K
Sep 23, 2026$14.58$14.59$14.40$14.40295.86K
Sep 22, 2026$14.84$14.84$14.60$14.64222.66K
Sep 21, 2026$14.67$14.76$14.60$14.65198.24K
Sep 18, 2026$14.83$14.9047$14.61$14.63336.59K
Sep 17, 2026$14.85$15.05$14.81$14.88303.18K
Sep 16, 2026$14.73$14.80$14.525$14.72376.83K
Sep 15, 2026$14.65$14.755$14.55$14.73424.19K
Sep 14, 2026$14.65$14.86$14.65$14.71516.96K
Sep 11, 2026$14.75$14.82$14.62$14.71283.27K
Sep 10, 2026$14.75$14.84$14.555$14.64289.71K
Sep 9, 2026$15.00$15.14$14.75$14.77395.46K
Sep 8, 2026$15.26$15.26$15.01$15.041.24M

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Overview

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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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Average target
$18.00
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MSDL recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Sep 1, 2026UBSNeutral—
Jul 2, 2026JP MorganNeutral—
Apr 20, 2026UBSNeutral—
Apr 16, 2026Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsMarket Perform—
Mar 13, 2026JP MorganNeutral—
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Yahoo · Oct 5, 2026

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Announces Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call

NEW YORK, October 05, 2026--Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE: MSDL) ("MSDL"), a business development company externally managed by MS Capital Partners Adviser Inc., today announced it will release its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026, on Thursday, November 5, 2026, after the market closes. MSDL will host a conference call at 10:00 am ET on Friday, November 6, 2026, to review its financial results and conduct a question-and-answer session.

Yahoo · Sep 15, 2026

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (MSDL) Holds Its Dividend As Profits Slip

On August 6, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (NYSE:MSDL) reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, and its board kept the regular dividend at $0.45 per share for shareholders of record as of that date. The payout matched net investment income of $0.45 per share for the quarter, down from $0.47 per share […]

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