NYSE:MS - Morgan Stanley Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Morgan Stanley declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Wednesday, May 15th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 29th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, July 18th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $4,700,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 17th. The financial services provider reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.16. The financial services provider earned $10.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.96 billion. Morgan Stanley had a return on equity of 11.50% and a net margin of 16.75%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.45 earnings per share. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Morgan Stanley.

18 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect Morgan Stanley's stock price to reach $56.5625 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Morgan Stanley.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

Media stories about MS stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a coverage optimism score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Some companies that are related to Morgan Stanley include Goldman Sachs Group (GS), BlackRock (BLK), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Credit Suisse Group (CS), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), MarketAxess (MKTX), SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Futu (FHL) and Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR).

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), Alibaba Group (BABA), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Netflix (NFLX), General Electric (GE), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Focused Investors LLC (0.14%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.08%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.07%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.06%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%). 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 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 Eastern Bank, Focused Investors LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Gibraltar Capital Management Inc., Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Gradient Investments LLC and Bowling Portfolio Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Jeffrey S Brodsky, Paul C Wirth and Stanley Morgan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, RNC Capital Management LLC, 6 Meridian, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., LGT Capital Partners LTD., Harvey Capital Management Inc. and Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC. 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 $47.55.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $80.19 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.

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.