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. Investors 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 dividend yield of 2.70%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, April 29th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

Morgan Stanley declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Wednesday, July 18th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $4,700,000,000.00 in 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 programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 17th. The financial services provider reported $1.33 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.16. The financial services provider had revenue of $10.29 billion for 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 firm's revenue for the quarter was down 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $56.5625 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.4% 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.

Media headlines about MS stock have been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a news sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

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), Futu (FHL) and Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR).

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), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Alibaba Group (BABA), General Electric (GE), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 purchased 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 $44.39.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $74.67 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.