NYSE:MS - Morgan Stanley Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Morgan Stanley announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 19th. Investors of record on Monday, April 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, May 15th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 27th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Thursday, June 28th 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 5.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.17. The financial services provider had revenue of $11.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.37 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 15.09% and a return on equity of 11.10%. The business's revenue was up 13.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.00 EPS. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 18th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Morgan Stanley.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $56.5789 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings, 11 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Morgan Stanley saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,105,293 shares, a decrease of 32.5% from the May 15th total of 14,965,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,476,992 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.1 days. Currently, 0.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Morgan Stanley's Current Options Chain.

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News headlines about MS stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a coverage optimism score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.05 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC (24.53%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.36%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.11%), Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%) and LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.04%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Alistair Darling, Daniel A Simkowitz, Donald T Nicolaisen, Eric F Grossman, James A Rosenthal, 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 Pennsylvania Trust Co, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Bremer Trust National Association, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Alistair Darling, Daniel A Simkowitz, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Keishi Hotsuki and Thomas Colm Kelleher. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Cullinan Associates Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, FormulaFolio Investments LLC, New England Research & Management Inc. and Private Trust Co. NA. 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 $48.90.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $85.11 billion and generates $43.64 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $6.11 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.60 on an earnings per share basis. Morgan Stanley employs 57,633 workers across the globe.

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.