Morgan Stanley - MS Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" MS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their MS share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $125.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $93.31 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price.
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Morgan Stanley's stock was trading at $98.16 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, MS stock has decreased by 7.2% and is now trading at $91.08.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 18th 2023.
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 14th. The financial services provider reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.51 by $0.02. The financial services provider earned $12.99 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.31 billion. Morgan Stanley had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.43% and a net margin of 20.43%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.04 earnings per share.
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Morgan Stanley declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 14th. Investors of record on Monday, October 31st will be given a dividend of $0.775 per share on Tuesday, November 15th. This represents a $3.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 28th.
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.45%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 44.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MS will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.89% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Morgan Stanley announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Monday, June 27th 2022, which authorizes the company to buyback $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 14.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

3,439 employees have rated Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James P. Gorman on Glassdoor.com. James P. Gorman has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts James P. Gorman in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (7.18%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.73%), BlackRock Inc. (5.35%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.24%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.07%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.78%). Insiders that own company stock include Alistair Darling, Andrew M Saperstein, Andrew M Saperstein, Daniel A Simkowitz, Hutham S Olayan, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Keishi Hotsuki, Sharon Yeshaya, Stanley Morgan, Stephen J Luczo and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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Shares of MS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $91.08.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has a market capitalization of $153.94 billion and generates $61.12 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $15.03 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.89 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 75,000 workers across the globe.

Morgan Stanley's mailing address is 1585 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY, 10036. The official website for the company is www.morganstanley.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (212) 761-4000 or via fax at 212-761-0086.