A share price of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund [MSDL] is currently trading at $16.86, up 0.90%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The MSDL shares have gain 1.93% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.09%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund [NYSE: MSDL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 07, 2026, when Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight but kept the price target unchanged to $16 for it. Previously, RBC Capital Mkts downgraded its rating to Sector Perform on November 26, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $18. On October 07, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform but maintained its price target of $18.50 on the stock. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to a Overweight but stick to its price target of $17 on October 06, 2025. UBS downgraded its rating to a Neutral but $23.50 remained the price target by the analyst firm on July 18, 2024. Raymond James downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform for this stock on May 13, 2024. In a note dated February 20, 2024, Wells Fargo initiated an Equal Weight rating and provided a target price of $21 on this stock.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $15.70 and $21.75. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $17.8 within the next 12 months. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund [NYSE: MSDL] shares were valued at $16.86 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 5.58% based on the average MSDL price forecast.
Analyzing the MSDL fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund [NYSE:MSDL] were 402.10M which represents 1.07% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.53% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.51%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.51%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.5%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.08 and Total Capital is 0.04.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund [NYSE:MSDL] is 1.36. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.36. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.64, the price to book ratio is 0.83 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 10.21.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Krishnan Ashwin, Chief Investment Officer, that happened on Nov 11 ’25 when 3000.0 shares were purchased. Director, FRANK BRUCE D completed a deal on Nov 10 ’25 to buy 600.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Binstock Joan bought 9030.0 shares on Oct 06 ’25.
