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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 18th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.79%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, April 29th. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

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

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 17th. The financial services provider reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.16. The financial services provider earned $10.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.96 billion. Morgan Stanley had a return on equity of 11.45% and a net margin of 16.75%. Morgan Stanley's revenue for the quarter was down 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $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.

17 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $56.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.0% 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, 7 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

Media coverage about MS stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a media sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,435,600 shares, an increase of 5.7% from the April 30th total of 9,869,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 10,750,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Morgan Stanley's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Morgan Stanley include BlackRock (BLK), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Credit Suisse Group (CS), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), MarketAxess (MKTX), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR) and Futu (FHL).

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), Netflix (NFLX), General Electric (GE), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.89%), FMR LLC (1.54%), Northern Trust Corp (0.91%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (0.62%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (0.53%) and WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST (0.51%). 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, Jennison Associates LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Clark Capital Management Group Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Lazard Asset Management LLC and Envestnet Asset Management 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC, FIL Ltd, FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Marshall Wace LLP and Neuberger Berman Group LLC. 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 $43.07.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $72.45 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.View Additional Information About Morgan Stanley.

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.