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MSDL

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund

http://www.msdl.com

Industry

Financial - Conglomerates

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is a business development and finance company, which engages in lending to middle-market companies. It invests in directly originated senior secured term loans including first lien senior secured term loans and second lien senior secured term loans. The company was founded on May 30, 2019 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Open

20.21

Mkt cap

1.8B

Volume

257K

High

20.38

P/E Ratio

8.35

52-wk high

24.18

Low

20.25

Div yield

0.11

52-wk low

19.28

UBS analyst Doug Harter has downgraded Morgan Stanley Direct (NYSE:MSDL) from Buy to Neutral while maintaining the price target at $23.5.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

July 18, 2024 | 12:32 pm

RBC Capital analyst Kenneth Lee maintains an Outperform rating on Morgan Stanley Direct (NYSE:MSDL) and raises the price target from $21 to $23.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

May 23, 2024 | 2:06 pm

Wells Fargo analyst Finian O'Shea maintains an Equal-Weight rating on Morgan Stanley Direct (MSDL) and lowers the price target from $22 to $21.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

May 14, 2024 | 1:36 pm

Top Wall Street analysts have downgraded their ratings on several stocks, including Texas Instruments, SolarEdge Technologies, PENN Entertainment, Morgan Stanley Direct, and PlayAGS, with adjustments to their price targets.

Portfolio Pulse from Avi Kapoor

May 13, 2024 | 1:06 pm

JP Morgan analyst Melissa Wedel maintains a Neutral rating on Morgan Stanley Direct (NYSE:MSDL) and raises the price target from $20.5 to $21.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

April 12, 2024 | 3:17 pm

RBC Capital analyst Kenneth Lee has reiterated an Outperform rating on Morgan Stanley Direct (NYSE:MSDL) and maintained a $21 price target.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

March 04, 2024 | 4:25 pm

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) reported Q4 earnings per share of $0.70, down from $1.02 YoY. Q4 net investment income was $55.5M, with new investment commitments totaling $242.9M. The board declared a regular dividend of $0.50 per share and a special dividend of $0.10 per share, paid on January 25, 2024, to stockholders of record as of December 28, 2023.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

March 01, 2024 | 11:25 am

RBC Capital analyst Kenneth Lee initiates coverage on Morgan Stanley Direct (MSDL) with an Outperform rating and a price target of $21.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

February 20, 2024 | 3:13 pm

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst Ryan Lynch initiates coverage on Morgan Stanley Direct (MSDL) with a Market Perform rating and a price target of $21.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

February 20, 2024 | 10:29 am

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shares opened at $20.45 on their NYSE debut, lower than their IPO price of $20.67.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

January 24, 2024 | 4:34 pm

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