NYSE:MSMorgan Stanley Stock Price, Forecast & News

Morgan Stanley's stock was trading at $36.87 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MS shares have increased by 32.4% and is now trading at $48.82. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 16th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.01 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.07 by $0.06. The financial services provider had revenue of $9.49 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.82 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 16.01% and a return on equity of 10.62%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 7.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.33 EPS. View Morgan Stanley's earnings history.

Morgan Stanley announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 16th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, May 15th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 29th. View Morgan Stanley's dividend history.

Morgan Stanley declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, July 18th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $4,700,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

21 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $63.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $49.42 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Morgan Stanley.

News coverage about MS stock has trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news 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 news sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage 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 effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 61,730,000 shares, a drop of 5.1% from the June 15th total of 65,040,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 15,190,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.1 days. Currently, 5.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Morgan Stanley's Current Options Chain.

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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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY (0.01%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.00%), Courier Capital LLC (0.00%), Fulton Bank N. A. (0.00%) and First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.00%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Daniel A Simkowitz, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Robert P Rooney, Stanley Morgan, Stephen J Luczo 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 Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Fulton Bank N. A., and Courier Capital LLC. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Jeffrey S Brodsky, Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Robert P Rooney, and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. View insider buying and selling activity for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, First Financial Bank Trust Division, Park National Corp OH, Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY, and Ellevest Inc.. 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. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $48.82.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $76.92 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.