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

Morgan Stanley announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, July 18th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $4,700,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 5.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 net margin of 15.84% and a return on equity of 12.09%. Morgan Stanley's revenue for the quarter was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.87 earnings per share. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $57.0526 in the next year. 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).

Press coverage about MS stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a coverage optimism score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 45.37 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few 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 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 $50.27.

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.