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 announced 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 30th. This is a positive change 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 approved a share 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 purchase up to 5.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.10. The financial services provider had revenue of $10.24 billion for 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 firm's revenue was down 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.30 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.

Morgan Stanley will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 17th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

14 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Morgan Stanley's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Morgan Stanley's share price to reach $55.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 32.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Morgan Stanley.

14 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 10 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 Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Morgan Stanley earned a news impact score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media 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 stock'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 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 daily trading volume, of 9,840,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Morgan Stanley's Current Options Chain.

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

Morgan Stanley's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.04%), Hexavest Inc. (0.03%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI (0.01%). 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., Buckley Wealth Management LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., SevenBridge Financial Group LLC, Gibraltar Capital Management Inc. and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd. 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., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Denali Advisors LLC, CX Institutional, Pacer Advisors Inc., North Star Investment Management Corp., Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Co. and We Are One Seven LLC. 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 $41.93.

Morgan Stanley has a market capitalization of $69.30 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.