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Morgan Stanley (MS) Competitors

$80.17
-1.04 (-1.28%)
(As of 12/5/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$79.59
$80.84
50-Day Range
$70.40
$82.18
52-Week Range
$69.42
$100.99
Volume
6.09 million shs
Average Volume
7.66 million shs
Market Capitalization
$131.58 billion
P/E Ratio
14.37
Dividend Yield
4.24%
Price Target
$93.43

MS vs. GS, SCHW, BLK, IBKR, RY, AXP, HDB, TD, MUFG, and PLD

Should you be buying Morgan Stanley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Stanley include The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), BlackRock (BLK), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), American Express (AXP), HDFC Bank (HDB), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), and Prologis (PLD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Morgan Stanley vs.

The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

The Goldman Sachs Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Goldman Sachs Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Goldman Sachs Group$45.53B2.45$11.26B$20.6616.54
Morgan Stanley$50.53B2.60$11.03B$5.5814.37

The Goldman Sachs Group received 28 more outperform votes than Morgan Stanley when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.28% of users gave Morgan Stanley an outperform vote while only 60.12% of users gave The Goldman Sachs Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Goldman Sachs GroupOutperform Votes
1188
60.12%
Underperform Votes
788
39.88%
Morgan StanleyOutperform Votes
1160
61.28%
Underperform Votes
733
38.72%

69.1% of The Goldman Sachs Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Morgan Stanley shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of The Goldman Sachs Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

The Goldman Sachs Group presently has a consensus target price of $393.99, suggesting a potential upside of 15.28%. Morgan Stanley has a consensus target price of $93.43, suggesting a potential upside of 16.54%. Given The Goldman Sachs Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Morgan Stanley is more favorable than The Goldman Sachs Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Goldman Sachs Group
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Morgan Stanley
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

The Goldman Sachs Group has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

The Goldman Sachs Group pays an annual dividend of $11.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Morgan Stanley pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. The Goldman Sachs Group pays out 53.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morgan Stanley pays out 60.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. The Goldman Sachs Group has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Morgan Stanley has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

In the previous week, The Goldman Sachs Group had 12 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for The Goldman Sachs Group and 18 mentions for Morgan Stanley. The Goldman Sachs Group's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Morgan Stanley's score of 0.52 indicating that Morgan Stanley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The Goldman Sachs Group
10 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Morgan Stanley
6 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Morgan Stanley has a net margin of 10.86% compared to Morgan Stanley's net margin of 7.77%. The Goldman Sachs Group's return on equity of 10.70% beat Morgan Stanley's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Goldman Sachs Group7.77% 7.37% 0.51%
Morgan Stanley 10.86%10.70%0.84%

Summary

Morgan Stanley beats The Goldman Sachs Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MS vs. The Competition

MetricMorgan StanleySecurity brokers & dealers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$131.58B$18.34B$7.50B$15.72B
Dividend Yield4.20%3.04%11.39%3.66%
P/E Ratio14.3711.5451.0026.39
Price / Sales2.602.90464.844.96
Price / Cash8.8915.9929.8515.64
Price / Book1.472.442.136.57
Net Income$11.03B$1.13B$757.69M$898.98M
7 Day Performance4.32%1.65%2.03%2.63%
1 Month Performance5.13%3.20%4.11%6.52%
1 Year Performance-10.73%226.38%9.97%4.17%

Morgan Stanley Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
2.9197 of 5 stars
$337.58
0.0%
$393.76
+16.6%
-8.2%$110.09B$68.71B16.3448,500Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
SCHW
Charles Schwab
2.938 of 5 stars
$55.82
-0.3%
$69.91
+25.2%
-24.0%$98.90B$19.88B18.6135,300Insider Selling
BLK
BlackRock
2.7701 of 5 stars
$736.90
+0.9%
$764.75
+3.8%
+6.1%$109.62B$17.87B20.6719,800
IBKR
Interactive Brokers Group
2.967 of 5 stars
$76.41
-5.5%
$112.43
+47.1%
+0.7%$32.17B$4.09B13.922,820News Coverage
High Trading Volume
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
2.766 of 5 stars
$86.42
-0.4%
$121.80
+40.9%
-8.7%$121.19B$52.08B11.2191,427Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AXP
American Express
2.5813 of 5 stars
$165.64
+1.0%
$171.42
+3.5%
+10.5%$120.71B$52.86B15.5477,300Short Interest ↑
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.8122 of 5 stars
$59.33
+0.7%
N/A-7.2%$110.35B$25.50B18.26173,222Positive News
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
2.6941 of 5 stars
$60.88
-0.2%
$88.00
+44.5%
-11.5%$109.71B$48.71B10.5594,945Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
2.566 of 5 stars
$8.72
+0.1%
N/A+54.8%$104.85B$5.77T8.00121,800News Coverage
Negative News
PLD
Prologis
2.6886 of 5 stars
$112.11
+0.2%
$139.00
+24.0%
+2.9%$103.59B$5.97B34.602,466Analyst Downgrade

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