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 declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley announced that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Wednesday, July 18th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $4,700,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.20 EPS for the quarter, beating 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%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 27.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.80 earnings per share. 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.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $69.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's stock price to reach $56.77 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Morgan Stanley.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

Media stories about MS stock have trended positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring 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 media sentiment score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley saw a drop in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 16,620,000 shares, a drop of 9.6% from the January 30th total of 18,380,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,710,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the company 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), Alibaba Group (BABA), Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Netflix (NFLX) and Wells Fargo & Co (WFC).

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (23.64%), State Street Corp (7.43%), FMR LLC (1.16%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.13%), ValueAct Holdings L.P. (0.93%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.85%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Daniel A Simkowitz, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Robert P Rooney, Stanley Morgan, Stephen J Luczo 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 ValueAct Holdings L.P., Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and CI Investments Inc.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, FIL Ltd, Fred Alger Management LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Eaton Vance Management, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Alliancebernstein L.P. and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Morgan Stanley stock in the last two years include Daniel A Simkowitz, Stephen J Luczo 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 $45.03.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $72.89 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.