Morgan Stanley - MS Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" MS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their MS share price forecasts range from $84.00 to $125.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $96.99 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.1% from the stock's current price.
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Morgan Stanley's stock was trading at $85.02 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MS shares have increased by 13.9% and is now trading at $96.86.
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Morgan Stanley saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,400,000 shares, an increase of 19.9% from the November 30th total of 15,340,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,270,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 13th 2023.
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 17th. The financial services provider reported $1.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.06. The financial services provider earned $12.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $12.16 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 16.73% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.99%.
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Morgan Stanley announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 17th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.775 per share on Wednesday, February 15th. This represents a $3.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, January 30th.
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.21%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 50.49%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MS will have a dividend payout ratio of 38.70% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Morgan Stanley announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Monday, June 27th 2022, which permits the company to buyback $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 14.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

3,439 employees have rated Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James P. Gorman on Glassdoor.com. James P. Gorman has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts James P. Gorman in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Focused Investors LLC (0.11%), Fifth Third Bancorp (0.11%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.09%), Natixis Advisors L.P. (0.07%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.06%) and Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. (0.05%). Insiders that own company stock include Alistair Darling, Andrew M Saperstein, Andrew M Saperstein, Daniel A Simkowitz, Hutham S Olayan, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Keishi Hotsuki, Raja Akram, Sharon Yeshaya, Stanley Morgan, Stephen J Luczo and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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Shares of MS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $96.86.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has a market capitalization of $163.70 billion and generates $65.94 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $11.03 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.14 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 75,000 workers across the globe.

Morgan Stanley's mailing address is 1585 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY, 10036. The official website for the company is www.morganstanley.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (212) 761-4000 or via fax at 212-761-0086.