Morgan Stanley Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:MS)

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

Morgan Stanley announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 31st will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, November 15th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.09%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 30th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan 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 stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 17th. The financial services provider reported $1.27 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.17. The financial services provider had revenue of $10.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.63 billion. Morgan Stanley had a return on equity of 10.91% and a net margin of 15.99%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.17 earnings per share. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Morgan Stanley.

13 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their predictions range from $45.00 to $69.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's stock price to reach $54.92 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Morgan Stanley.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

News articles about MS stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring 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 news sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 13,440,000 shares, an increase of 15.5% from the August 30th total of 11,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,840,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's shares are short sold. View Morgan Stanley's Current Options Chain.

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

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Focused Investors LLC (0.14%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.09%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.08%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.07%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.07%) 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, Thomas Colm Kelleher and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gradient Investments LLC, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Strs Ohio, Oakbrook Investments LLC and Exane Derivatives. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Jeffrey S Brodsky, Paul C Wirth, Stanley Morgan and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., PGGM Investments, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Calamos Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Denali Advisors LLC, Essex Investment Management Co. LLC and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Morgan Stanley stock in the last two years include Daniel A Simkowitz and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.38.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $75.00 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.View Additional Information About Morgan Stanley.

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.