Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund’s recent filing unveils that its Director Binstock Joan acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.15 million on Oct 06 ’25. In the deal valued at $16.64 per share,9,030 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Binstock Joan now holds 50,042 shares worth roughly $0.81 million.
Then, JEFFREY LEVIN bought 48,599 shares, generating $811,555 in total proceeds.
Before that, Shannon Kevin bought 5,000 shares. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shares valued at $88,500 were divested by the Director at a price of $17.70 per share. As a result of the transaction, Shannon Kevin now holds 29,079 shares, worth roughly $0.47 million.
Raymond James upgraded its Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund [MSDL] rating to an Outperform from a a Mkt perform in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Wells Fargo’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early October from “an Equal weight” to “an Overweight”. UBS also remained covering MSDL and has decreased its forecast on July 18, 2024 with a “Neutral” recommendation from previously “Buy” rating. Raymond James revised its rating on May 13, 2024. It rated MSDL as “a Mkt perform” which previously was an “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of MSDL
On Friday, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund [NYSE:MSDL] saw its stock fall -1.04% to $16.13. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -1.04%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shares have fallen nearly -18.62% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -21.93% 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 2025-09-30, growing by 0.2 million shares to a total of 0.59 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-08-29 was 0.39 million shares. There was a rise of 34.23%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on February 20, 2024 when Wells Fargo began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Equal weight”‘ rating along with a $21 price target.
