NYSE:MSMorgan Stanley Stock Price, Forecast & News

Morgan Stanley's stock was trading at $36.87 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MS shares have increased by 40.4% and is now trading at $51.78.
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23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 15th 2020.
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.12 by $0.84. The financial services provider earned $13.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.39 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 17.78% and a return on equity of 11.90%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 30.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.23 earnings per share.
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Morgan Stanley announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 16th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 30th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, May 15th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 29th.
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23 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their forecasts range from $43.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $54.05 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.4% from the stock's current price.
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News stories about MS stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.
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Morgan Stanley saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,380,000 shares, an increase of 25.3% from the December 31st total of 14,670,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 9,190,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's stock are short sold.
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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 Greenhaven Associates Inc. (0.60%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (0.47%), LSV Asset Management (0.39%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.33%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (0.29%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.28%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Andrew M Saperstein, Daniel A Simkowitz, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Robert P Rooney, Stanley Morgan, Stephen J Luczo and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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MS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pzena Investment Management LLC, Prudential PLC, Sound Shore Management Inc CT , Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Andrew M Saperstein, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Robert P Rooney, and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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MS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Greenhaven Associates Inc., Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd, Cullen Capital Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have bought Morgan Stanley stock in the last two years include Daniel A Simkowitz, Stephen J Luczo, and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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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 $51.78.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $81.64 billion and generates $53.82 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $9.04 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.98 on an earnings per share basis. Morgan Stanley employs 60,431 workers across the globe.

The official website for Morgan Stanley is 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.