Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund’s filing revealed that its Director Shannon Kevin acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.19 million on Jun 06 ’25. In the deal valued at $19.43 per share,10,000 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Shannon Kevin now holds 5,700 shares worth roughly $0.11 million.
Then, FRANK BRUCE D bought 420 shares, generating $8,608 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $20.50, the Director now owns 3,695 shares.
UBS downgraded its Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund [MSDL] rating to a Neutral from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Raymond James’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in mid May from “an Outperform” to “a Mkt perform”. Wells Fargo began covering MSDL with “an Equal weight” recommendation on February 20, 2024. UBS started covering the stock on February 20, 2024. It rated MSDL as “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of MSDL
On Tuesday, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund [NYSE:MSDL] saw its stock fall -0.56% to $19.53. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -0.51%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shares have fallen nearly -5.47% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -14.61% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund stocks on 2025-05-15, dropping by 32290.0 shares to a total of 0.14 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-04-15 was 0.18 million shares. There was a decline of -22.6%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on February 20, 2024 when RBC Capital Mkts began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating along with a $21 price target.
