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 paid 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 2.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 30th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 17th. The financial services provider reported $0.73 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.17. The financial services provider earned $8.55 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.32 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 17.43% and a return on equity of 12.02%. The company's revenue was down 10.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.84 EPS. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Morgan Stanley.

16 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $56.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.7% 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 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

News coverage about MS stock has been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a daily sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (23.96%), BlackRock Inc. (6.10%), ValueAct Holdings L.P. (1.52%), FMR LLC (1.41%), Norges Bank (0.99%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.99%). 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 FMR LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Kiwi Wealth Investments Limited Partnership, BlackRock Inc., Boston Partners, 1832 Asset Management L.P., Jennison Associates LLC and Levin Capital Strategies L.P.. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, ValueAct Holdings L.P., Prudential Financial Inc., Pzena Investment Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and Geode Capital Management 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 $41.72.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $71.29 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.