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 Friday, January 18th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, February 15th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 30th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley declared that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, July 18th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $4,700,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 17th. The financial services provider reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.90 by $0.17. The financial services provider had revenue of $8.55 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.32 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 17.43% and a return on equity of 12.08%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 10.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.84 earnings per share. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

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

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their predictions range from $45.00 to $65.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's stock price to reach $56.7333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Morgan Stanley.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 9 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 very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a news sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

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), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC) and Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF).

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.35%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.06%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.05%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%). 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 Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, RNC Capital Management LLC, Sit Investment Associates Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc. and New England Research & Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Daniel A Simkowitz, James P Gorman, Jonathan Pruzan and Stanley Morgan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LGT Capital Partners LTD., Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, BB&T Corp, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Westbourne Investment Advisors Inc. and F&V Capital Management 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 $42.32.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $72.80 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.