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 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 30th. This is a boost from Morgan Stanley's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

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

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 return on equity of 12.09% and a net margin of 15.84%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.87 EPS. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 16th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Morgan Stanley.

21 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their predictions range from $38.00 to $69.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's stock price to reach $57.0526 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

21 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, 10 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 coverage about MS stock has trended somewhat negative this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public 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 -0.02 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 47.17 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 bought 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 $50.27.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $88.25 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.