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

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

Morgan Stanley announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 18th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Thursday, August 15th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 30th. This is a positive change from Morgan Stanley's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, July 18th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $4,700,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 17th. The financial services provider reported $1.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.17. The financial services provider had revenue of $10.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.63 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 15.99% and a return on equity of 10.91%. The firm's revenue was up 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.17 earnings per share. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Morgan Stanley.

13 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their predictions range from $45.00 to $69.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $54.92 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Morgan Stanley.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

News headlines about MS stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 13,440,000 shares, an increase of 15.5% from the August 30th total of 11,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 9,840,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Morgan Stanley's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Morgan Stanley investors own include Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Citigroup (C), Intel (INTC), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Netflix (NFLX), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Alibaba Group (BABA) and General Electric (GE).

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Focused Investors LLC (0.14%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.09%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.08%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.07%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Alistair Darling, Daniel A Simkowitz, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Stanley Morgan, Thomas Colm Kelleher and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gradient Investments LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Strs Ohio, Oakbrook Investments LLC, Exane Derivatives and Focused Investors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Jeffrey S Brodsky, Paul C Wirth, Stanley Morgan and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., PGGM Investments, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Calamos Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Denali Advisors LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. Company insiders that have bought Morgan Stanley stock in the last two years include Daniel A Simkowitz and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morgan Stanley.

Shares of MS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.98.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $74.34 billion and generates $50.19 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $8.75 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.61 on an earnings per share basis. Morgan Stanley employs 60,348 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Morgan Stanley.

The official website for Morgan Stanley is http://www.morganstanley.com/.

Morgan Stanley's mailing address is 1585 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY, 10036. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-761-4000.