Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund’s recently made public that its Chief Financial Officer Pessah David acquired Company’s shares for reported $60254.0 on Aug 14 ’25. In the deal valued at $17.72 per share,3,400 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Pessah David now holds 5,400 shares worth roughly $95850.0.
Then, Metz Adam S bought 28,248 shares, generating $499,122 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $17.67, the Director now owns 28,248 shares.
Before that, MILLER DAVID N bought 10,000 shares. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shares valued at $176,900 were divested by the Director at a price of $17.69 per share. As a result of the transaction, MILLER DAVID N now holds 17,168 shares, worth roughly $0.3 million.
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 Friday, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund [NYSE:MSDL] saw its stock jump 0.45% to $17.75. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -0.73%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shares have fallen nearly -8.84% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -14.09% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $21.75 was reached on 01/28/25, a 52-week low of $17.37 was recorded on 08/11/25.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For MSDL Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 17.66, which if violated will result in even more drops to 17.58. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 17.83. A further resistance level may holdings at 17.92.
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 2025-07-31, dropping by -0.3 million shares to a total of 0.19 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-30 was 0.49 million shares. There was a decline of -159.47%, 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.
