MS vs. TSLA, BAC, C, GS, JPM, SCHW, UBS, UNH, USB, and WFC
Should you be buying Morgan Stanley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Stanley include Tesla (TSLA), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Charles Schwab (SCHW), UBS Group (UBS), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), U.S. Bancorp (USB), and Wells Fargo & Company (WFC).
Morgan Stanley vs. Its Competitors
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Tesla had 142 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley. MarketBeat recorded 336 mentions for Tesla and 194 mentions for Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Tesla's score of 0.69 indicating that Morgan Stanley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tesla presently has a consensus price target of $303.31, suggesting a potential downside of 9.21%. Morgan Stanley has a consensus price target of $138.25, suggesting a potential downside of 6.86%. Given Morgan Stanley's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Morgan Stanley is more favorable than Tesla.
Tesla has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Morgan Stanley has a net margin of 13.06% compared to Tesla's net margin of 6.54%. Morgan Stanley's return on equity of 15.20% beat Tesla's return on equity.
66.2% of Tesla shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.7% of Tesla shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Morgan Stanley has higher revenue and earnings than Tesla. Morgan Stanley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tesla, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Morgan Stanley beats Tesla on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:MS) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
