NYSE:MS - Morgan Stanley Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Morgan Stanley announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley declared that its board has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, July 18th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $4,700,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 5.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) issued its earnings results on Thursday, January, 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.20 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.22. The financial services provider earned $10.86 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.72 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 16.80% and a return on equity of 11.70%. Morgan Stanley's revenue was up 27.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.80 EPS. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 15th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Morgan Stanley.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $69.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's stock price to reach $56.42 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Morgan Stanley.

17 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 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

News articles about MS stock have trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a news impact score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 14,670,000 shares, a decrease of 14.7% from the December 15th total of 17,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 8,790,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Approximately 1.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View Morgan Stanley's Current Options Chain.

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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), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Alibaba Group (BABA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) and Netflix (NFLX).

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Focused Investors LLC (0.15%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.08%), Hexavest Inc. (0.06%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.04%) and LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.04%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Daniel A Simkowitz, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Robert P Rooney, Stanley Morgan and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Calamos Advisors LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. and LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Robert P Rooney and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Focused Investors LLC, PGGM Investments, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, KAMES CAPITAL plc, Advisors Capital Management LLC, Diversified Trust Co and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. Company insiders that have bought Morgan Stanley stock in the last two years include Daniel A Simkowitz and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.53.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $89.88 billion and generates $53.82 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $9.04 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.98 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.