NYSE:MS - Morgan Stanley Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Morgan Stanley announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 19th. Investors of record on Monday, April 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, May 15th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 27th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, June 29th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 6.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.45 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.17. The financial services provider earned $11.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.37 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 15.09% and a return on equity of 11.10%. The firm's revenue was up 13.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.00 earnings per share. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 18th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Morgan Stanley.

20 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their predictions range from $38.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $56.4118 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley saw a decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,105,293 shares, a decline of 32.5% from the May 15th total of 14,965,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,476,992 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's shares are sold short.

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News stories about MS stock have trended somewhat negative on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a media sentiment score of -0.03 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the financial services provider an impact score of 45.09 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC (24.53%), BlackRock Inc. (5.98%), Northern Trust Corp (0.88%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (0.68%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.65%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.54%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Alistair Darling, Daniel A Simkowitz, Donald T Nicolaisen, Eric F Grossman, James A Rosenthal, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Stanley Morgan and Thomas Colm Kelleher. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Kiltearn Partners LLP, Prudential Financial Inc., Pzena Investment Management LLC, Legal & General Group Plc, Franklin Resources Inc. and Federated Investors Inc. PA. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Alistair Darling, Daniel A Simkowitz, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Keishi Hotsuki and Thomas Colm Kelleher. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Westwood Holdings Group Inc., Toronto Dominion Bank, FIL Ltd, Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale and British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.77.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $90.57 billion and generates $43.64 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $6.11 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.60 on an earnings per share basis. Morgan Stanley employs 57,633 workers across the globe.

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.