Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund’s recent filing unveils that its Chief Investment Officer Krishnan Ashwin acquired Company’s shares for reported $50160.0 on Nov 11 ’25. In the deal valued at $16.72 per share,3,000 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Krishnan Ashwin now holds 3,000 shares worth roughly $49860.0.
Then, FRANK BRUCE D bought 600 shares, generating $9,843 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $16.41, the Director now owns 4,387 shares.
Before that, Binstock Joan bought 9,030 shares. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shares valued at $150,229 were divested by the Director at a price of $16.64 per share. As a result of the transaction, Binstock Joan now holds 50,042 shares, worth roughly $0.83 million.
Wells Fargo downgraded its Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund [MSDL] rating to an Equal weight from a an Overweight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including RBC Capital Mkts’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in late November from “an Outperform” to “a Sector perform”. Raymond James also remained covering MSDL and has increased its forecast on October 07, 2025 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Mkt perform” rating. Wells Fargo revised its rating on October 06, 2025. It rated MSDL as “an Overweight” which previously was an “an Equal weight”.
Price Performance Review of MSDL
On Monday, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund [NYSE:MSDL] saw its stock jump 0.48% to $16.62. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 0.97%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shares have fallen nearly -19.75% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 0.85% 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 2025-12-15, dropping by -0.1 million shares to a total of 0.53 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-14 was 0.63 million shares. There was a decline of -19.67%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
