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MS vs. TSLA, BAC, C, GS, JPM, SCHW, UBS, UNH, USB, and WFC

Should you be buying Morgan Stanley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Stanley include Tesla (TSLA), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Charles Schwab (SCHW), UBS Group (UBS), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), U.S. Bancorp (USB), and Wells Fargo & Company (WFC).

Morgan Stanley vs. Its Competitors

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

Morgan Stanley has higher revenue and earnings than Tesla. Morgan Stanley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tesla, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tesla$97.69B10.87$7.13B$1.82181.13
Morgan Stanley$107.29B2.11$13.39B$8.5216.53

Tesla has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

66.2% of Tesla shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are held by institutional investors. 20.7% of Tesla shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Tesla presently has a consensus target price of $300.19, suggesting a potential downside of 8.94%. Morgan Stanley has a consensus target price of $138.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.81%. Given Morgan Stanley's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Morgan Stanley is more favorable than Tesla.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tesla
9 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.24
Morgan Stanley
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47

In the previous week, Tesla had 149 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley. MarketBeat recorded 328 mentions for Tesla and 179 mentions for Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Tesla's score of 0.47 indicating that Morgan Stanley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tesla
142 Very Positive mention(s)
61 Positive mention(s)
72 Neutral mention(s)
37 Negative mention(s)
16 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Morgan Stanley
62 Very Positive mention(s)
28 Positive mention(s)
60 Neutral mention(s)
18 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Morgan Stanley has a net margin of 13.06% compared to Tesla's net margin of 6.66%. Morgan Stanley's return on equity of 15.33% beat Tesla's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tesla6.66% 9.02% 5.39%
Morgan Stanley 13.06%15.33%1.17%

Summary

Morgan Stanley beats Tesla on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MS vs. The Competition

MetricMorgan StanleyFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$226.05B$99.14B$12.11B$20.85B
Dividend Yield2.63%1.90%5.56%3.65%
P/E Ratio15.9518.2818.3726.34
Price / Sales2.115.7326.0759.22
Price / Cash12.2423.9821.6822.29
Price / Book2.373.852.314.66
Net Income$13.39B$6.24B$997.60M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-1.02%2.21%0.42%-0.29%
1 Month Performance6.30%9.99%4.37%4.91%
1 Year Performance34.39%50.90%541.75%10.53%

Morgan Stanley Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.8077 of 5 stars
$140.80
-0.1%
$138.25
-1.8%
+31.9%$226.05B$107.29B15.9580,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Insider Trade
TSLA
Tesla
4.6873 of 5 stars
$315.91
+0.8%
$300.19
-5.0%
+28.5%$1.02T$97.69B173.42125,665Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
BAC
Bank of America
4.8638 of 5 stars
$46.97
+0.5%
$48.89
+4.1%
+7.0%$353.72B$192.43B13.98213,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
C
Citigroup
4.9596 of 5 stars
$87.27
+0.6%
$87.89
+0.7%
+37.7%$162.90B$170.76B13.78239,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
4.84 of 5 stars
$711.84
+1.0%
$614.00
-13.7%
+40.8%$218.26B$126.85B16.5146,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
JPM
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
4.8474 of 5 stars
$288.51
+0.6%
$284.42
-1.4%
+33.7%$801.29B$278.91B14.15317,233Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
SCHW
Charles Schwab
4.596 of 5 stars
$92.70
+0.8%
$93.30
+0.7%
+45.9%$168.38B$19.61B28.0832,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
UBS
UBS Group
3.6393 of 5 stars
$35.64
-0.2%
N/A+16.2%$114.26B$84.56B23.60108,648Trending News
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
4.9963 of 5 stars
$300.03
-1.3%
$415.00
+38.3%
-49.8%$272.32B$410.06B12.57400,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
USB
U.S. Bancorp
4.985 of 5 stars
$46.96
-0.4%
$51.70
+10.1%
-0.1%$73.13B$27.58B11.6270,263Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
WFC
Wells Fargo & Company
4.8145 of 5 stars
$83.27
+0.9%
$80.13
-3.8%
+30.8%$270.90B$81.58B14.95217,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:MS) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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