Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL)

MSDL Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 7 analysts that cover MSDL stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $15.93, which forecasts a 4.32% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $14 and the highest is $18.5.

Price Target: $15.93 (+4.32%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$14	$15.93	$16	$18.5
Change	-8.32%	+4.32%	+4.78%	+21.15%

* Price targets were last updated on Mar 13, 2026.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for MSDL stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26
Strong Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Buy	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hold	4	4	5	5	6	6
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	6	6	6	7	7

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Doug Harter UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $18 → $16	Hold	Maintains	$18 → $16	+4.78%	Mar 13, 2026
Richard Shane JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $17 → $14	Hold	Maintains	$17 → $14	-8.32%	Mar 13, 2026
Kenneth S. Lee RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Maintains $18 → $16	Hold	Maintains	$18 → $16	+4.78%	Mar 5, 2026
Finian O'Shea Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $16 → $14	Hold	Maintains	$16 → $14	-8.32%	Mar 2, 2026
Ryan Lynch Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $19 → $17	Hold	Maintains	$19 → $17	+8.06%	Mar 2, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

365.01M

Decreased by -8.12%

from 397.29M

Revenue Next Year

356.32M

Decreased by -2.38%

from 365.01M

EPS This Year

1.87

Increased by 33.84%

from 1.40

EPS Next Year

1.83

Decreased by -2.10%

from 1.87

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	119.82M	230.59M	367.74M	416.08M	397.29M	365.01M	356.32M
Revenue Growth	447.03%	92.46%	59.48%	13.14%	-4.52%	-8.12%	-2.38%
EPS	2.67	0.79	3.11	2.43	1.40	1.87	1.83
EPS Growth	10.39%	-70.54%	295.37%	-21.86%	-42.47%	33.84%	-2.10%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	8.16	8.33
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	9	9

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028
High	389.9M	381.6M
Avg	365.0M	356.3M
Low	341.0M	334.2M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	-1.9%	4.5%
Avg	-8.1%	-2.4%
Low	-14.2%	-8.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028
High	2.01	1.97
Avg	1.87	1.83
Low	1.76	1.70

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	43.3%	5.4%
Avg	33.8%	-2.1%
Low	26.1%	-9.5%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.