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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund

Financial Services · Financial - Conglomerates

$15.36

Down-$0.02 (-0.13%)

Updated Aug 23, 2026, 12:24 PM

SID Score

6.0/10

Composite research score

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Institutional and insider signal

Market cap
1.51B
P/E ratio
8.51
Dividend yield
16.28%
52-week range
$13.66 – $15.87
Volume
242.89K
Avg. volume
826.14K

Price performance

MSDL price history

1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

MSDL closed at $15.36 after 20 trading sessions, up 0.13% for the selected period.

Last close
$15.36
Period change
+0.13%
Period low
$14.61
Period high
$15.57
Daily close
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MSDL OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Aug 21, 2026$15.40$15.47$15.35$15.36242.89K
Aug 20, 2026$15.37$15.45$15.26$15.38244.71K
Aug 19, 2026$15.40$15.52$15.32$15.37343.6K
Aug 18, 2026$15.42$15.485$15.31$15.37349.75K
Aug 17, 2026$15.36$15.449$15.23$15.36696.99K
Aug 14, 2026$15.56$15.62$15.405$15.46430.42K
Aug 13, 2026$15.33$15.68$15.33$15.57626.3K
Aug 12, 2026$15.33$15.44$15.19$15.26367.84K
Aug 11, 2026$15.17$15.455$15.17$15.35448.94K
Aug 10, 2026$15.32$15.34$15.01$15.19348.41K
Aug 7, 2026$15.40$15.64$15.232$15.43761.49K
Aug 6, 2026$15.11$15.59$15.1001$15.45450.89K
Aug 5, 2026$15.25$15.3831$15.01$15.08389.91K
Aug 4, 2026$14.95$15.295$14.90$15.20400.78K
Aug 3, 2026$14.62$15.06$14.62$15.01307.34K
Jul 31, 2026$14.80$14.93$14.532$14.61632.58K
Jul 30, 2026$15.05$15.05$14.61$14.81592.76K
Jul 29, 2026$15.31$15.31$14.70$14.72764.67K
Jul 28, 2026$15.24$15.55$15.22$15.26939.86K
Jul 27, 2026$15.25$15.41$15.2233$15.34479.58K

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MSDL research

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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Consensus
Average target
$18.00
Implied upside
Analysts
MSDL recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Jul 2, 2026JP MorganNeutral
Apr 20, 2026UBSNeutral
Apr 16, 2026Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsMarket Perform
Mar 13, 2026JP MorganNeutral
Mar 13, 2026UBSNeutral
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