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 Thursday, April 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 30th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Wednesday, May 15th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 29th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Wednesday, July 18th 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 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 17th. The financial services provider reported $1.33 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.16. The financial services provider earned $10.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.96 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 16.75% and a return on equity of 11.45%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.45 earnings per share. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

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

18 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $56.5625 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Morgan Stanley.

18 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 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

News coverage about MS stock has trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a news impact score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,435,600 shares, an increase of 5.7% from the April 30th total of 9,869,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 10,750,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View Morgan Stanley's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Morgan Stanley include Goldman Sachs Group (GS), BlackRock (BLK), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Credit Suisse Group (CS), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), MarketAxess (MKTX), Raymond James (RJF), Nomura (NMR), SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR) and Futu (FHL).

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), Netflix (NFLX), General Electric (GE), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.89%), FMR LLC (1.54%), Northern Trust Corp (0.91%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (0.62%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (0.53%) and WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST (0.51%). 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 BlackRock Inc., Investec Asset Management LTD, Jennison Associates LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Clark Capital Management Group Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Lazard Asset Management LLC and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC, FIL Ltd, FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Marshall Wace LLP and Neuberger Berman Group 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 $43.34.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $72.91 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.View Additional Information About Morgan Stanley.

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.