NYSE:MS

Morgan Stanley - MS Stock Forecast, Price & News

$78.39

-2.92 (-3.59%)

(As of 10/7/2022 03:34 PM ET)

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Today's Range: $78.39
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$81.31
50-Day Range: $79.01
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$92.02
52-Week Range: $72.05
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$109.73

Volume: 460,756 shs
Average Volume: 8.44 million shs
Market Capitalization: $134.58 billion

P/E Ratio: 10.59
Dividend Yield: 3.73%
Price Target: $99.67

Morgan Stanley MarketRank™ Forecast

Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy
2.50 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 25.1% Upside
$98.54 Price Target
Short Interest: Healthy
1.73% of Float Sold Short
Dividend Strength: Strong
Based on Four Factors
Sustainability: -0.22
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment: 0.08
Based on 51 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares
$72,309 Bought Last Quarter
Proj. Earnings Growth: 14.63%
From $6.63 to $7.60 Per Share

Overall MarketRank^™

MarketRank is calculated as an average of available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

3.40 out of 5 stars

Finance Sector

77th out of 882 stocks

Security Brokers & Dealers Industry

5th out of 25 stocks

4.2

Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Morgan Stanley has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.47, and is based on 8 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $98.54, Morgan Stanley has a forecasted upside of 25.1% from its current price of $78.78.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Morgan Stanley has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

5.0

Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted
1.73% of the float of Morgan Stanley has been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
Morgan Stanley has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in Morgan Stanley has recently decreased by 14.59%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

3.3

Dividend Strength

Dividend Leadership
Morgan Stanley is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.73%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.
Dividend Growth
Morgan Stanley has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.
Dividend Coverage
The dividend payout ratio of Morgan Stanley is 41.89%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
Dividend Sustainability
Based on earnings estimates, Morgan Stanley will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.79% next year. This indicates that Morgan Stanley will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

2.4

Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score
Morgan Stanley has received a 11.24% net impact score from Upright. Morgan Stanley seems to create the most significant positive value in categories "Taxes", "Distributing knowledge", and "Jobs". The positive contribution in the "Distributing knowledge" impact category is mostly driven by its "Equity analysis services", "Market data services", and "Securities brokerage services" products. See details.
Environmental Sustainability
The Environmental Impact score for Morgan Stanley is -0.22.

2.3

News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
Morgan Stanley has a news sentiment score of 0.08. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.44 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 51 news articles for Morgan Stanley this week, compared to 22 articles on an average week.
Social Mentions This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 5 reddit mentions for Morgan Stanley this week, compared to 18 mentions on an average week.
Search Interest
47 people have searched for MS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 34% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
Only 34 people have added Morgan Stanley to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

3.3

Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Morgan Stanley insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $72,309.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 0.26% of the stock of Morgan Stanley is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
83.36% of the stock of Morgan Stanley is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

2.5

Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Morgan Stanley are expected to grow by 14.63% in the coming year, from $6.63 to $7.60 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Morgan Stanley is 10.65, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 117.11.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Morgan Stanley is 10.65, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 159.28.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
Morgan Stanley has a PEG Ratio of 1.57. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Morgan Stanley has a P/B Ratio of 1.43. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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About Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) Stock

Morgan Stanley is the 6th largest financial institution in the US. The company is ranked 61st on the Forbes Fortune 500 list and is the 39th largest bank in the world. A financial holding company, Morgan Stanley provides a full range of financial services to clients around the world.

Morgan Stanley was formed in 1935 as a result of the Glass-Steagall Act. Glass-Steagall separated commercial and investment banking in a way that forced the then-largest bank J.P. Morgan & Co to split into two groups. J.P. Morgan & Co. chose to retain the commercial side of the business while partners Henry S. Morga, grandson of J.P., and Harold Stanley took the investment end. In its first year, Morgan Stanley did 24% of the IPO business and maintains a lion’s share of the market to this day.

The original company existed and grew through acquisitions until 1987 when it merged with Dean Witter Discover & Co. The new Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover & Co existed for 14 years until 2001 when the name was shortened back to Morgan Stanley.

The bank is credited in part with both beginning and ending the financial crisis of 2007/2008. The Process Driven Trading unit lost $300 million in one day due to a short-squeeze that popped the bubble in the housing market. After teetering on the brink of failure Morgan Stanley agreed to become a bank holding company regulated by the Federal Reserve, a key factor in the original decision to split from parent J.P. Morgan & Co. Ironically when given the chance, present-day J.P. Morgan refused to buy Morgan Stanley but that was for the better.

Today, Morgan Stanley operates through three segments via offices in 41 countries and employs more than 75,000 people. Revenue in 2021 topped $49 billion and total assets topped $1.15 trillion.

The operating segments are Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment Management segments. The Institutional Securities segment is by far the largest and most profitable. It offers a range of services and products for businesses, institutions, and entities that include capital raising, strategic advisory, underwriting, advice on M&A, restructuring, and real estate. The Wealth Management segment provides brokerage and investment advisory services for individuals and employers. The services include brokerage, financial planning, company stock-plan administration, insurance, mortgage loans, lines of credit, and retirement planning. The Investment Management segment provides investment products to a range of institutions, organizations, corporations, and governments.

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