Morgan Stanley Stock Forecast, Price & News

20 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Morgan Stanley stock.
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Morgan Stanley saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totaling 22,230,000 shares, a drop of 12.6% from the July 29th total of 25,430,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,310,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 14th 2021.
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Morgan Stanley will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 14th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 404-537-3406 with passcode "3958264".

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 14th. The financial services provider reported $1.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.63 by $0.22. The financial services provider earned $14.76 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $13.99 billion. Morgan Stanley had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.86% and a net margin of 23.89%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 10.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.96 earnings per share.
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Morgan Stanley's stock was trading at $36.87 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MS stock has increased by 176.0% and is now trading at $101.75.
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Morgan Stanley declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 15th. Investors of record on Friday, July 30th will be given a dividend of $0.70 per share on Friday, August 13th. This represents a $2.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.75%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 29th. This is an increase from Morgan Stanley's previous quarterly dividend of $0.35.
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Morgan Stanley pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.73%. The dividend payout ratio of Morgan Stanley is 42.55%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Morgan Stanley will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.16% next year. This indicates that Morgan Stanley will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Morgan Stanley announced that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Monday, June 28th 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback $12,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 7.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

20 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $108.00. On average, they expect Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $95.67 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.0%.
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3,439 employees have rated Morgan Stanley CEO James P. Gorman on Glassdoor.com. James P. Gorman has an approval rating of 93% among Morgan Stanley's employees. This puts James P. Gorman in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (7.11%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.61%), BlackRock Inc. (6.61%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.20%), FMR LLC (2.44%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.32%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Andrew M Saperstein, Daniel A Simkowitz, Hutham S Olayan, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Robert P Rooney, Sharon Yeshaya, Stephen J Luczo and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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MS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Greenhaven Associates Inc., 1832 Asset Management L.P., 1832 Asset Management L.P., State Street Corp, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Primecap Management Co. CA, and Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Andrew M Saperstein, Daniel A Simkowitz, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Sharon Yeshaya, and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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MS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Jefferies Group LLC, Macquarie Group Ltd., Amundi, AMF Pensionsforsakring AB, Bank of Montreal Can, BlackRock Inc., and Franklin Resources Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Morgan Stanley stock in the last two years include Hutham S Olayan, Stephen J Luczo, and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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One share of MS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $101.75.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $185.65 billion and generates $52.05 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $11.00 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.58 on an earnings per share basis.

Morgan Stanley employs 68,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Morgan Stanley: Archimedes Investments Cooperatieve U.A., CoAdvantage, E*Trade, Eaton Vance Management, Hanwha L&C, KSH Infra, MS Financing LLC, MSJL Holdings Limited, MSL Incorporated, Mesa West Capital, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley (Australia) Securities Holdings Pty Limited, Morgan Stanley (Hong Kong) Holdings Limited, Morgan Stanley Asia Holdings Limited, Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, Morgan Stanley Australia Securities Limited, Morgan Stanley Bank AG, Morgan Stanley Bank Asia Limited, Morgan Stanley Bank International Limited, Morgan Stanley Bank N.A., Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc., Morgan Stanley Capital Management LLC, Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC, Morgan Stanley Delta Holdings LLC, Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings Inc., Morgan Stanley Europe Holding SE, Morgan Stanley Europe SE, Morgan Stanley Fixed Income Ventures Inc., Morgan Stanley France Holdings I S.A.S., Morgan Stanley France S.A., Morgan Stanley Hedging Co. Ltd., Morgan Stanley Holdings LLC, Morgan Stanley Hong Kong 1238 Limited, Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., Morgan Stanley International Limited, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited, Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings Co. Ltd., Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co. Ltd., Morgan Stanley Principal Funding Inc., Morgan Stanley Private Bank National Association, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc., Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc., Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, Morgan Stanley Strategic Investments Inc., Morgan Stanley UK Limited, Morgan Stanley Uruguay Ltda., Prime Dealer Services Corp., Shareworks, Smith Barney Venture, and Zenith.

Morgan Stanley was founded in 1935.

The official website for Morgan Stanley is www.morganstanley.com.

Morgan Stanley is headquartered at 1585 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY, 10036.

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.