Morgan Stanley, a financial holding company, provides various financial products and services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company operates through three segments: Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment Management. The Institutional Securities segment offers capital raising and financial advisory services, including services related to the underwriting of debt, equity, and other securities, as well as advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, real estate, and project finance. This segment also provides sales and trading services, such as sales, financing, and market-making services in equity securities and fixed income products consisting of foreign exchange and commodities, as well as prime brokerage services; corporate loans, commercial and residential mortgage lending, and asset-backed lending; financing for equities and commodities customers; loans to municipalities; and investment and research services. The Wealth Management segment offers various financial services and solutions covering brokerage and investment advisory services, financial and wealth planning services, annuity and insurance products, credit and other lending products, and banking and retirement plan services to individual investors and small to medium-sized businesses/institutions. The Investment Management segment provides various investment strategies and products comprising equity, fixed income, liquidity, and alternative/other products to defined benefit/defined contribution plans, foundations, endowments, government entities, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and third-party fund sponsors and corporations through a network of institutional and intermediary channels. Morgan Stanley was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Stock Exchange NYSE
Industry Security brokers & dealers
Sub-IndustryInvestment Banking & Brokerage
SectorFinance
SymbolNYSE:MS
CUSIP61744644
Phone212-761-4000
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio2.75
Current Ratio0.82
Quick Ratio0.82
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio14.04
Forward P/E Ratio10.85
P/E Growth0.92
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$43.64 billion
Price / Sales2.05
Cash Flow$5.1174 per share
Price / Cash9.88
Book Value$39.12 per share
Price / Book1.29
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$3.60
Net Income$6.11 billion
Net Margins15.09%
Return on Equity11.10%
Return on Assets0.93%
Miscellaneous
Employees57,633
Outstanding Shares1,770,260,000
Market Cap$86,565.74
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Morgan Stanley's stock symbol?
Morgan Stanley trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MS."
How often does Morgan Stanley pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Morgan Stanley?
Morgan Stanley announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 18th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Wednesday, August 15th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.37%. This is a boost from Morgan Stanley's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View Morgan Stanley's Dividend History.
How will Morgan Stanley's stock buyback program work?
Morgan Stanley declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, June 28th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $4,700,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 5.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.
How were Morgan Stanley's earnings last quarter?
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.19. The financial services provider had revenue of $10.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.05 billion. Morgan Stanley had a return on equity of 11.10% and a net margin of 15.09%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.87 EPS. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.
What price target have analysts set for MS?
21 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their predictions range from $38.00 to $69.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $56.5789 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Morgan Stanley?
21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings, 11 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
What are Wall Street analysts saying about Morgan Stanley stock?
Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Morgan Stanley stock:
- 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Morgan Stanley's shares have significantly underperformed the industry over the past six months. Yet, the company possesses an impressive earnings surprise history, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the trailing four quarters. The company’s efforts to lower balance sheet risk and strengthen wealth management operations along with cost saving initiatives will continue to support growth. Also, continued market volatility is expected to aid trading revenues. However, muted investment banking performance are expected to hurt the company’s top-line growth. Further, higher interest expenses mainly owing to rise in interest rates are expected to hurt its net interest income to some extent." (6/21/2018)
- 2. Vining Sparks analysts commented, "We believe that MS’ return-on-tangible common equity should improve by 4 to 5 percentage points in 2018E which should push its excess return-on-equity to 6 to 7 percentage points and its price-to-tangible book value to 200%. Thus, we believe MS now has more than a 20% potential total return from this its current share price level." (4/18/2018)
Who are some of Morgan Stanley's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Morgan Stanley include Goldman Sachs Group (GS), BlackRock (BLK), Charles Schwab Co. Common Stock (SCHW), Credit Suisse Group (CS), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), MarketAxess (MKTX), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR) and Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF).
Who are Morgan Stanley's key executives?
Morgan Stanley's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. James P. Gorman, Chairman & CEO (Age 59)
- Mr. Thomas Columba Kelleher, Pres (Age 61)
- Mr. Jonathan M. Pruzan, CFO & Exec. VP (Age 49)
- Mr. Daniel A. Simkowitz, Head of Investment Management
- Mr. James A. Rosenthal, Sr. Advisor (Age 64)
Has Morgan Stanley been receiving favorable news coverage?
News stories about MS stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a news impact score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.34 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.
Who are Morgan Stanley's major shareholders?
Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.36%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.11%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%), Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%) and LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.04%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Alistair Darling, Daniel A Simkowitz, Donald T Nicolaisen, Eric F Grossman, James A Rosenthal, 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.
Which institutional investors are selling Morgan Stanley stock?
MS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Essex Investment Management Co. LLC, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Boston Advisors LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Bedrijfstakpensioenfonds Voor DE Media PNO, Central Bank & Trust Co. and Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Alistair Darling, Daniel A Simkowitz, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Keishi Hotsuki and Thomas Colm Kelleher. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morgan Stanley.
Which institutional investors are buying Morgan Stanley stock?
MS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Cullinan Associates Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Oakbrook Investments LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd and FormulaFolio Investments LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morgan Stanley.
How do I buy shares of 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.
What is Morgan Stanley's stock price today?
One share of MS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.56.
How big of a company is Morgan Stanley?
Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $86.57 billion and generates $43.64 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $6.11 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.60 on an earnings per share basis. Morgan Stanley employs 57,633 workers across the globe.
How can I contact Morgan Stanley?
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.
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