NYSE:MS - Morgan Stanley Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Morgan Stanley declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 31st will be given 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 2.39%. This is a boost from Morgan Stanley's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, June 28th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $4,700,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 5.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.19. The financial services provider had revenue of $10.61 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.05 billion. Morgan Stanley had a return on equity of 11.10% and a net margin of 15.09%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business 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.

21 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $69.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $56.3158 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings, 11 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Some companies that are related to Morgan Stanley include Goldman Sachs Group (GS), BlackRock (BLK), Charles Schwab Co. Common Stock (SCHW), Credit Suisse Group (CS), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), MarketAxess (MKTX), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR) and Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF).

News stories about MS stock have trended positive this week, according to Accern. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a media sentiment score of 0.25 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 45.70 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.36%), Fred Alger Management Inc. (0.12%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.11%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%), Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.08%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Alistair Darling, Daniel A Simkowitz, Donald T Nicolaisen, 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 Fred Alger Management Inc., Essex Investment Management Co. LLC, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Boston Advisors LLC, Sit Investment Associates Inc., Fisher Asset Management LLC, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC and Bedrijfstakpensioenfonds Voor DE Media PNO. 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 Bank of Montreal Can, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Cullinan Associates Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Oakbrook Investments LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd and FormulaFolio Investments LLC. 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 $50.15.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $87.06 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.