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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 19th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, May 15th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.01%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 27th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, June 29th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 6.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.17. The financial services provider earned $11.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.37 billion. Morgan Stanley had a return on equity of 11.10% and a net margin of 15.09%. The business's revenue was up 13.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.00 earnings per share. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 17th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Morgan Stanley.

21 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their predictions range from $38.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $56.8889 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,105,293 shares, a drop of 32.5% from the May 15th total of 14,965,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,476,992 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.1 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View Morgan Stanley's Current Options Chain.

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Media headlines about MS stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a news sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.73 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC (24.53%), BlackRock Inc. (5.98%), Northern Trust Corp (0.88%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (0.68%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.65%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.54%). 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 Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Kiltearn Partners LLP, Prudential Financial Inc., Pzena Investment Management LLC, Legal & General Group Plc, Franklin Resources Inc. and Federated Investors Inc. PA. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Westwood Holdings Group Inc., Toronto Dominion Bank, FIL Ltd, Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale and British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd. 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 $49.79.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $88.37 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.