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. Shareholders 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 2.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 29th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, July 18th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $4,700,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 17th. The financial services provider reported $1.33 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.16. The financial services provider earned $10.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.96 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 16.75% and a return on equity of 11.45%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.45 EPS. 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 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's stock price to reach $56.5625 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 28.9% 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 headlines about MS stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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 media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is very likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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), Raymond James (RJF), MarketAxess (MKTX), 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), Netflix (NFLX), Alibaba Group (BABA), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), General Electric (GE), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.89%), FMR LLC (1.54%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.04%), Northern Trust Corp (0.91%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.70%) and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (0.62%). 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, Man Group plc, Natixis, Jennison Associates LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., AQR Capital Management LLC and Clark Capital Management Group 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC, FIL Ltd, FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC and Wellington Management Group LLP. 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 $43.88.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $73.82 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.

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.