Morgan Stanley Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:MS)

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

Morgan Stanley declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 18th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Thursday, August 15th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 30th. This is an increase from Morgan Stanley's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.

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

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.10. The financial services provider earned $10.24 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.02 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 16.06% and a return on equity of 11.04%. The business's revenue was down 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.30 earnings per share. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 15th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Morgan Stanley.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their predictions range from $45.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Morgan Stanley's stock price to reach $57.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Morgan Stanley.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

Media stories about MS stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a media sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,947,500 shares, an increase of 10.8% from the July 31st total of 9,883,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,550,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Morgan Stanley's Current Options Chain.

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), MarketAxess (MKTX), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Stifel Financial (SF), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Navient (NAVI), Futu (FHL) and Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR).

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

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (23.65%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.08%), BlackRock Inc. (5.93%), BlackRock Inc. (5.93%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.60%) and Invesco Ltd. (1.31%). 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, Thomas Colm Kelleher and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Natixis, Natixis, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Westwood Holdings Group Inc. and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Jeffrey S Brodsky, Paul C Wirth, Stanley Morgan and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Eminence Capital LP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P. and Invesco Ltd.. Company insiders that have bought Morgan Stanley stock in the last two years include Daniel A Simkowitz and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.67.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $72.18 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.