Americana Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 136,455 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,819,000. Americana Partners LLC owned approximately 0.15% of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending by 3.9% in the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 1,922,174 shares of the company's stock worth $39,712,000 after buying an additional 71,855 shares during the period. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Morgan Stanley Direct Lending in the 4th quarter worth approximately $312,000. Activest Wealth Management grew its position in Morgan Stanley Direct Lending by 102.9% during the 4th quarter. Activest Wealth Management now owns 164,060 shares of the company's stock worth $3,389,000 after purchasing an additional 83,217 shares in the last quarter. Entropy Technologies LP acquired a new stake in Morgan Stanley Direct Lending during the 4th quarter valued at $392,000. Finally, Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB purchased a new stake in shares of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending in the fourth quarter valued at $258,000.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Stock Down 0.6 %
NYSE:MSDL traded down $0.13 on Friday, hitting $20.70. 756,235 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 620,292. The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a 1 year low of $19.05 and a 1 year high of $24.18. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $20.91 and a 200-day moving average price of $20.44. The company has a market cap of $1.83 billion and a PE ratio of 8.12.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Separately, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on Morgan Stanley Direct Lending from $20.00 to $21.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $21.63.
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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is a business development company. It is a non-diversified, externally managed specialty finance company focused on lending to middle-market companies. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is based in NEW YORK.
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