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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 18th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Wednesday, August 15th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 30th. This is an increase from Morgan Stanley's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

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

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.19. The financial services provider earned $10.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.05 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 15.84% and a return on equity of 12.09%. Morgan Stanley's revenue was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.87 EPS. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October, 15th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Morgan Stanley.

22 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their predictions range from $38.00 to $69.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's stock price to reach $56.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings, 11 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Some companies that are related to Morgan Stanley include Goldman Sachs Group (GS), BlackRock (BLK), Charles Schwab Co. Common Stock (SCHW), Credit Suisse Group (CS), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), MarketAxess (MKTX), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR) and Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF).

News stories about MS stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a coverage optimism score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 45.39 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.36%), Fred Alger Management Inc. (0.12%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.11%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%), Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.08%) and Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.06%). 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 Fred Alger Management Inc., Essex Investment Management Co. LLC, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Boston Advisors LLC, Hartford Investment Management Co., Sit Investment Associates Inc., Fisher Asset Management LLC and Abner Herrman & Brock LLC. 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Factory Mutual Insurance Co., Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Cullinan Associates Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc. and Oakbrook Investments 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 $50.47.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $89.50 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.