Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) gets rating Downgrade from RBC Capital Mkts

Anna Perez

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund’s recently made public that its Director FRANK BRUCE D acquired Company’s shares for reported $9843.0 on Nov 10 ’25. In the deal valued at $16.41 per share,600 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, FRANK BRUCE D now holds 4,387 shares worth roughly $75237.04999999999.

Then, Binstock Joan bought 9,030 shares, generating $150,229 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $16.64, the Director now owns 50,042 shares.

Before that, JEFFREY LEVIN bought 48,599 shares. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shares valued at $811,555 were divested by the Former Officer/Director at a price of $16.70 per share.

RBC Capital Mkts downgraded its Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund [MSDL] rating to a Sector perform from a an Outperform in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Raymond James’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early October from “a Mkt perform” to “an Outperform”. Wells Fargo also remained covering MSDL and has increased its forecast on October 06, 2025 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal weight” rating. UBS revised its rating on July 18, 2024. It rated MSDL as “a Neutral” which previously was an “a Buy”.

Price Performance Review of MSDL

On Monday, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund [NYSE:MSDL] saw its stock fall -0.81% to $17.15. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 2.39%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shares have fallen nearly -17.31% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -16.99% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $21.75 was reached on 01/28/25, a 52-week low of $15.70 was recorded on 10/01/25.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For MSDL Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 17.04, which if violated will result in even more drops to 16.93. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 17.30. A further resistance level may holdings at 17.44.

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 2025-11-14, dropping by 60818.0 shares to a total of 0.63 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-10-15 was 0.69 million shares. There was a decline of -9.65%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.

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