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

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

Morgan Stanley declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 18th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, February 15th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 30th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley declared 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 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 17th. The financial services provider reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.16. The financial services provider had revenue of $10.29 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.96 billion. Morgan Stanley had a return on equity of 12.02% and a net margin of 17.43%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.45 EPS. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

17 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $65.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $56.1333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Morgan Stanley.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

News stories about MS stock have trended neutral this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a media sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Morgan Stanley investors own include Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Citigroup (C), Intel (INTC), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), General Electric (GE), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Focused Investors LLC (0.14%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.08%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.07%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.06%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Alistair Darling, Daniel A Simkowitz, 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 Focused Investors LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Gibraltar Capital Management Inc., Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Gradient Investments LLC, DNB Asset Management AS and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Jeffrey S Brodsky, Paul C Wirth and Stanley Morgan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, RNC Capital Management LLC, 6 Meridian, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., LGT Capital Partners LTD., Harvey Capital Management Inc. and Quantitative Systematic Strategies 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 $48.26.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $81.39 billion and generates $50.19 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $8.75 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.61 on an earnings per share basis. Morgan Stanley employs 60,348 workers across the globe.

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.