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. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 30th. 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 allows the company to repurchase $4,700,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) posted its earnings results on Thursday, January, 17th. The financial services provider reported $0.73 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.17. The financial services provider had revenue of $8.55 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.32 billion. Morgan Stanley had a return on equity of 12.08% and a net margin of 17.43%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 10.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.84 earnings per share. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Morgan Stanley.

16 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their predictions range from $45.00 to $65.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's stock price to reach $56.7333 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Morgan Stanley.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

Media headlines about MS stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

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

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.35%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.06%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.05%) and Strs Ohio (0.04%). 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 Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, RNC Capital Management LLC, Sit Investment Associates Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc. and New England Research & Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Daniel A Simkowitz, James P Gorman, Jonathan Pruzan and Stanley Morgan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LGT Capital Partners LTD., Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, BB&T Corp, Deltec Asset Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, DNB Asset Management AS and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. 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 $42.15.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $72.50 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 57,633 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.