Morgan Stanley (MS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings, 8 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" MS shares.
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17 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their MS share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $112.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $95.34 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price.
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Morgan Stanley's stock was trading at $85.02 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MS shares have decreased by 1.3% and is now trading at $83.90.
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Morgan Stanley saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 21,840,000 shares, an increase of 17.8% from the April 15th total of 18,540,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,350,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 18th 2023.
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Morgan Stanley will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 18th at 9:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 19th. The financial services provider reported $1.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.67 by $0.03. The financial services provider earned $14.52 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $13.96 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 14.12% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.35%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.06 earnings per share.
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Morgan Stanley announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 19th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 1st will be given a dividend of $0.775 per share on Monday, May 15th. This represents a $3.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 28th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF (IAI), Invesco BuyBack Achievers ETF (PKW), iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF (IYG), Roundhill BIG Bank ETF (BIGB), Invesco Dynamic Large Cap Value ETF (PWV), iShares U.S. Financials ETF (IYF), Gabelli Financial Services Opportunities ETF (GABF) and Invesco DWA Financial Momentum ETF (PFI).

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.69%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 53.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MS will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.50% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Morgan Stanley declared that its board has approved a share buyback program on Monday, June 27th 2022, which allows the company to repurchase $20,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 14.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

3,439 employees have rated Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James P. Gorman on Glassdoor.com. James P. Gorman has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts James P. Gorman in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (6.94%), Wellington Management Group LLP (2.81%), FMR LLC (1.62%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.39%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.38%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.15%). Insiders that own company stock include Alistair Darling, Andrew M Saperstein, Andrew M Saperstein, Daniel A Simkowitz, Hutham S Olayan, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Keishi Hotsuki, Raja Akram, Sharon Yeshaya, Stanley Morgan, Stephen J Luczo, Thomas H Glocer and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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Shares of MS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $83.90.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has a market capitalization of $140.12 billion and generates $65.94 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $11.03 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.82 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 82,000 workers across the globe.

Morgan Stanley's mailing address is 1585 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY, 10036. The official website for the company is www.morganstanley.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (212) 761-4000 or via fax at 212-761-0086.