NYSE:MS - Morgan Stanley Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.50%. 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 of Directors has approved a stock repurchase 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 repurchase up to 5.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.19. The financial services provider earned $10.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.05 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 15.84% and a return on equity of 12.04%. Morgan Stanley's quarterly revenue was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.87 earnings per share. 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Morgan Stanley's stock price to reach $57.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.4% 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 during 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 trading volume, of 9,467,541 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Morgan Stanley's Current Options Chain.

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News headlines about MS stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.19 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.25 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 bought 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 $48.0055.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $84.43 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.