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 announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Wednesday, August 15th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.47%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, July 30th. This is an increase from Morgan Stanley's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley announced that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Wednesday, July 18th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $4,700,000,000.00 in 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 usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.19. The financial services provider earned $10.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.05 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 15.84% and a return on equity of 12.04%. Morgan Stanley's revenue was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.87 EPS. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 16th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Morgan Stanley.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $69.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's stock price to reach $57.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Morgan Stanley.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings, 9 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 13,710,633 shares, an increase of 25.9% from the July 13th total of 10,891,136 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,467,541 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Morgan Stanley's Current Options Chain.

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News coverage about MS stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a news impact score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the financial services provider an impact score of 47.42 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.25%), FMR LLC (2.63%), ValueAct Holdings L.P. (1.07%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.67%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.66%) and Pzena Investment Management LLC (0.47%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Alistair Darling, Daniel A Simkowitz, 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Voya Investment Management LLC, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Toronto Dominion Bank, Fred Alger Management Inc. and Jupiter Asset Management Ltd.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, BlackRock Inc., FMR LLC, Natixis, ValueAct Holdings L.P., Putnam Investments LLC, Boston Partners and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc.. 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 $48.54.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $84.40 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.