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 Friday, January 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, February 15th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.49%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 30th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

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

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) released its quarterly earnings data 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 analyst estimates of $9.96 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 17.43% and a return on equity of 12.02%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.45 earnings per share. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

17 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their predictions range from $45.00 to $65.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's stock price to reach $56.1333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Morgan Stanley.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

News coverage about MS stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a daily sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

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

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Focused Investors LLC (0.14%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.08%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.07%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.06%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%). 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 Focused Investors LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Gibraltar Capital Management Inc., Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Gradient Investments LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and First Hawaiian Bank. 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 Calamos Advisors LLC, 6 Meridian, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., LGT Capital Partners LTD., Harvey Capital Management Inc., Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC and Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV. 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 $48.26.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $81.39 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.