Opal Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (NYSE:MSDL - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 15,105 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $312,000.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Allworth Financial LP acquired a new position in shares of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending during the 3rd quarter worth $32,000. Muzinich & Co. Inc. acquired a new stake in Morgan Stanley Direct Lending in the 3rd quarter valued at about $68,000. Total Clarity Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Morgan Stanley Direct Lending in the 4th quarter valued at about $204,000. Centiva Capital LP acquired a new stake in Morgan Stanley Direct Lending in the 3rd quarter valued at about $213,000. Finally, Caprock Group LLC acquired a new stake in Morgan Stanley Direct Lending in the 3rd quarter valued at about $245,000.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Separately, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending from $20.00 to $21.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $21.58.
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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Trading Up 0.7 %
NYSE:MSDL traded up $0.15 on Thursday, reaching $20.62. The stock had a trading volume of 592,042 shares, compared to its average volume of 638,312. The company has a market cap of $1.82 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.09. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a 12-month low of $19.05 and a 12-month high of $24.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 1.56 and a quick ratio of 1.56. The firm's fifty day moving average is $20.94 and its two-hundred day moving average is $20.40.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Company Profile
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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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