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. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 31st will be given 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 3.27%. 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 allows the company to buyback $4,700,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.16. The financial services provider had revenue of $9.87 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.55 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 16.06% and a return on equity of 11.04%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.93 EPS. View Morgan Stanley's Earnings History.

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

12 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their predictions range from $45.00 to $69.00. On average, they anticipate Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $55.09 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 28.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Morgan Stanley.

12 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 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Morgan Stanley.

News coverage about MS stock has been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a daily sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 13,440,000 shares, an increase of 15.5% from the August 30th total of 11,640,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,840,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's shares are sold short. 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), Alibaba Group (BABA), General Electric (GE), Netflix (NFLX) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.07%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.04%), Hexavest Inc. (0.03%), PGGM Investments (0.02%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%). 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 Gradient Investments LLC, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Exane Derivatives, Buckley Wealth Management LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Wealthfront Advisers LLC and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., PGGM Investments, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Denali Advisors LLC, CX Institutional, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, United Capital Management of KS Inc. and Pacer Advisors Inc.. 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 $42.79.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $70.72 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.