NYSE:MSMorgan Stanley Stock Price, Forecast & News

Morgan Stanley's stock was trading at $36.87 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MS stock has increased by 41.8% and is now trading at $52.30.
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23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 15th 2020.
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.84. The financial services provider earned $13.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.39 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 17.78% and a return on equity of 11.90%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 30.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.23 EPS.
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Morgan Stanley announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 16th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, May 15th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 29th.
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23 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their forecasts range from $43.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $54.05 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.3% from the stock's current price.
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News stories about MS stock have been trending neutral recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a media sentiment score of 0.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.
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Morgan Stanley saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,380,000 shares, an increase of 25.3% from the December 31st total of 14,670,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,190,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Morgan Stanley trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MS."

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (6.26%), BlackRock Inc. (6.03%), FMR LLC (1.06%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.91%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.68%) and Greenhaven Associates Inc. (0.60%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Andrew M Saperstein, Daniel A Simkowitz, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Robert P Rooney, Stanley Morgan, Stephen J Luczo and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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MS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Man Group plc, FMR LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., AJO LP, Pzena Investment Management LLC, and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Andrew M Saperstein, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Robert P Rooney, and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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MS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Greenhaven Associates Inc., Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc, FIL Ltd, Nordea Investment Management AB, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, New York State Common Retirement Fund, EJF Capital LLC, and Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd. Company insiders that have bought Morgan Stanley stock in the last two years include Daniel A Simkowitz, Stephen J Luczo, and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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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 $52.30.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $82.46 billion and generates $53.82 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $9.04 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.98 on an earnings per share basis. Morgan Stanley employs 60,431 workers across the globe.

The official website for Morgan Stanley is 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.