NYSE:MS - Morgan Stanley Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Morgan Stanley declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 17th. Investors of record on Friday, January 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.49%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 30th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, July 18th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $4,700,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.20 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.22. The financial services provider earned $10.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.72 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 16.80% and a return on equity of 11.70%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 27.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.80 EPS. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 15th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Morgan Stanley.

16 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Morgan Stanley's stock price to reach $56.42 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Morgan Stanley.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

Media stories about MS stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 18,380,000 shares, an increase of 25.3% from the January 15th 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 shares of the company are short sold. View Morgan Stanley's Current Options Chain.

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Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (23.64%), State Street Corp (7.43%), FMR LLC (1.16%), ValueAct Holdings L.P. (0.93%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.85%) and Pzena Investment Management LLC (0.54%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Daniel A Simkowitz, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Robert P Rooney, Stanley Morgan and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including ValueAct Holdings L.P., Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and CI Investments Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Robert P Rooney and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, FIL Ltd, Fred Alger Management LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Eaton Vance Management, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Alliancebernstein L.P. and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Morgan Stanley stock in the last two years include Daniel A Simkowitz and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $56.31.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $91.14 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 60,348 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Morgan Stanley.

The official website for Morgan Stanley is http://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.