NYSE:MS - Morgan Stanley Stock Price, Forecast & News

Morgan Stanley's stock was trading at $36.87 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MS stock has decreased by 7.8% and is now trading at $34.01. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 15th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.20 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.22. The financial services provider had revenue of $10.86 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.72 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 16.80% and a return on equity of 11.70%. The company's revenue was up 27.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.80 earnings per share. View Morgan Stanley's earnings history.

Morgan Stanley declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. View Morgan Stanley's dividend history.

Morgan Stanley announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, July 18th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $4,700,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

18 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $53.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 56.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Morgan Stanley.

Media coverage about MS stock has trended very negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutMorgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 50,936,500 shares, an increase of 33.3% from the February 27th total of 38,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 13,300,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.8 days. Approximately 4.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Morgan Stanley's Current Options Chain.

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

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (23.64%), State Street Corp (7.43%), FMR LLC (1.16%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.13%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.02%) and ValueAct Holdings L.P. (0.93%). Company insiders that own Morgan Stanley stock include Daniel A Simkowitz, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Robert P Rooney, Stanley Morgan, Stephen J Luczo 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 ValueAct Holdings L.P., Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Morgan Stanley company stock in the last year include Keishi Hotsuki, Paul C Wirth, Robert P Rooney, and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. View insider buying and selling activity for Morgan Stanley.

MS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, FMR LLC, FIL Ltd, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Fred Alger Management LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Eaton Vance Management, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have bought Morgan Stanley stock in the last two years include Daniel A Simkowitz, Stephen J Luczo, and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $34.01.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $54.39 billion and generates $53.82 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $9.04 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.98 on an earnings per share basis. Morgan Stanley employs 60,431 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.