Morgan Stanley Stock Forecast, Price & News

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Morgan Stanley stock.
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Morgan Stanley saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 16,260,000 shares, an increase of 33.4% from the June 30th total of 12,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 9,700,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 21st 2021.
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 14th. The financial services provider reported $1.85 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.63 by $0.22. The financial services provider had revenue of $14.76 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.99 billion. Morgan Stanley had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.22% and a net margin of 23.89%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 10.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.96 earnings per share.
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Morgan Stanley's stock was trading at $36.87 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MS stock has increased by 161.1% and is now trading at $96.28.
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Morgan Stanley announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 30th will be given a dividend of $0.70 per share on Friday, August 13th. This represents a $2.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 29th. This is a positive change from Morgan Stanley's previous quarterly dividend of $0.35.
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Morgan Stanley pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.46%. Morgan Stanley does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Morgan Stanley is 21.28%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Morgan Stanley will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.61% next year. This indicates that Morgan Stanley will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Morgan Stanley announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Monday, June 28th 2021, which permits the company to buyback $12,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 7.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

18 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $108.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's stock price to reach $95.67 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.6%.
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3,439 employees have rated Morgan Stanley CEO James P. Gorman on Glassdoor.com. James P. Gorman has an approval rating of 93% among Morgan Stanley'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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. (0.10%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.02%), TCW Group Inc. (0.02%), Deroy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel Inc. (0.02%), Moody Lynn & Lieberson LLC (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Andrew M Saperstein, Daniel A Simkowitz, Hutham S Olayan, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Robert P Rooney, Sharon Yeshaya, Stephen J Luczo and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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MS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, New England Research & Management Inc., TIAA FSB, Patten & Patten Inc. TN, Eukles Asset Management, and Deroy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Andrew M Saperstein, Daniel A Simkowitz, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Sharon Yeshaya, and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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MS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, TCW Group Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Trust Co. of Oklahoma, Freedman Financial Associates Inc., XR Securities LLC, New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, and Moody Lynn & Lieberson LLC. Company insiders that have bought Morgan Stanley stock in the last two years include Hutham S Olayan, Stephen J Luczo, and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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Shares of MS 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 $96.28.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $179.14 billion and generates $52.05 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $11.00 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.58 on an earnings per share basis.

Morgan Stanley employs 68,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Morgan Stanley: Archimedes Investments Cooperatieve U.A., CoAdvantage, E*Trade, Eaton Vance Management, Hanwha L&C, KSH Infra, MS Financing LLC, MSJL Holdings Limited, MSL Incorporated, Mesa West Capital, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley (Australia) Securities Holdings Pty Limited, Morgan Stanley (Hong Kong) Holdings Limited, Morgan Stanley Asia Holdings Limited, Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, Morgan Stanley Australia Securities Limited, Morgan Stanley Bank AG, Morgan Stanley Bank Asia Limited, Morgan Stanley Bank International Limited, Morgan Stanley Bank N.A., Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc., Morgan Stanley Capital Management LLC, Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC, Morgan Stanley Delta Holdings LLC, Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings Inc., Morgan Stanley Europe Holding SE, Morgan Stanley Europe SE, Morgan Stanley Fixed Income Ventures Inc., Morgan Stanley France Holdings I S.A.S., Morgan Stanley France S.A., Morgan Stanley Hedging Co. Ltd., Morgan Stanley Holdings LLC, Morgan Stanley Hong Kong 1238 Limited, Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., Morgan Stanley International Limited, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited, Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings Co. Ltd., Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co. Ltd., Morgan Stanley Principal Funding Inc., Morgan Stanley Private Bank National Association, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc., Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc., Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, Morgan Stanley Strategic Investments Inc., Morgan Stanley UK Limited, Morgan Stanley Uruguay Ltda., Prime Dealer Services Corp., Shareworks, Smith Barney Venture, and Zenith.

Morgan Stanley was founded in 1935.

The official website for Morgan Stanley is www.morganstanley.com.

Morgan Stanley is headquartered at 1585 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY, 10036.

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.