Morgan Stanley (MS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" MS shares.
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16 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their MS share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $112.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $96.22 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.5% from the stock's current price.
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Morgan Stanley's stock was trading at $85.02 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, MS shares have decreased by 2.0% and is now trading at $83.29.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 18th 2023.
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Morgan Stanley will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 18th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.04. The financial services provider had revenue of $13.46 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.02 billion. Morgan Stanley had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.99% and a net margin of 12.19%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.44 earnings per share.
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Morgan Stanley announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.85 per share on Tuesday, August 15th. This represents a $3.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.08%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 28th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78.
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.01%. MS has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 59.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MS will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.62% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Morgan Stanley declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Friday, June 30th 2023, which authorizes the company to repurchase $20,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 12.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

3,439 employees have rated Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James P. Gorman on Glassdoor.com. James P. Gorman has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts James P. Gorman in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Morgan Stanley trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MS."

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (6.91%), BlackRock Inc. (5.47%), Capital Research Global Investors (1.69%), Capital International Investors (1.48%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.43%) and Capital World Investors (1.39%). Insiders that own company stock include Alistair Darling, Andrew M Saperstein, Andrew M Saperstein, Charles Aubrey Smith III, Daniel A Simkowitz, Edward N Pick, Hutham S Olayan, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Raja Akram, Sharon Yeshaya, Stanley Morgan, Stephen J Luczo, Thomas H Glocer and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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Shares of MS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $83.29.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has a market capitalization of $138.01 billion and generates $65.94 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $11.03 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.67 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 82,000 workers across the globe.

Morgan Stanley's mailing address is 1585 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY, 10036. The official website for the company is www.morganstanley.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (212) 761-4000 or via fax at 212-761-0086.