Morgan Stanley Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:MS)

17 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last twelve months. There are currently 9 hold ratings, 7 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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17 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their MS share price targets range from $79.15 to $112.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $93.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.1% from the stock's current price.
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Morgan Stanley's stock was trading at $85.02 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MS shares have decreased by 4.5% and is now trading at $81.2050.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 16th 2024.
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Morgan Stanley will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 16th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.38 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.07. The financial services provider earned $13.27 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $13.22 billion. Morgan Stanley had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.70% and a net margin of 10.86%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.53 EPS.
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Morgan Stanley announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 31st will be given a dividend of $0.85 per share on Wednesday, November 15th. This represents a $3.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.19%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, October 30th.
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.20%. 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 60.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MS will have a dividend payout ratio of 51.52% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF (IAI), Invesco KBW Bank ETF (KBWB), Invesco BuyBack Achievers ETF (PKW), Invesco Large Cap Value ETF (PWV), iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF (IYG), Roundhill BIG Bank ETF (BIGB), InfraCap Equity Income Fund ETF (ICAP) and Core Alternative ETF (CCOR).

Morgan Stanley declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Friday, June 30th 2023, which allows the company to buyback $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 12.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its stock is 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Morgan Stanley investors own include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Intel (INTC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Citigroup (C), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AT&T (T), Netflix (NFLX) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wellington Management Group LLP (2.00%), FMR LLC (1.43%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.20%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (1.04%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.79%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.80%). Insiders that own company stock include Alistair Darling, Andrew M Saperstein, Andrew M Saperstein, Charles Aubrey Smith III, Daniel A Simkowitz, Edward N Pick, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Raja Akram, Sharon Yeshaya, Stanley Morgan, Stephen J Luczo and Thomas H Glocer.
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