Morgan Stanley (MS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Morgan Stanley, a financial holding company, provides various financial products and services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. It operates through Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment Management segments. The Institutional Securities segment offers capital raising and financial advisory services, including services related to the underwriting of debt, equity, and other securities, as well as advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, real estate, and project finance. This segment also provides equity and fixed income products comprising sales, financing, prime brokerage, and market-making services; foreign exchange and commodities; corporate and commercial real estate loans, commercial mortgage and secured lending facilities, and financing for sales and trading customers, and asset-backed and mortgage lending; and wealth management services, investment, and research services. The Wealth Management segment offers financial advisor-led brokerage, custody, administrative, and investment advisory services; self-directed brokerage services; financial and wealth planning services; workplace services, including stock plan administration; annuity and insurance products; securities-based lending, residential real estate loans, and other lending products; banking; and retirement plan services to individual investors and small to medium-sized businesses and institutions. The Investment Management segment provides equity, fixed income, alternatives and solutions, and liquidity and overlay services to benefit/defined contribution plans, foundations, endowments, government entities, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, third-party fund sponsors, corporations, and individuals through institutional and intermediary channels. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $146.30 to $147.85
• 50-Day Range: $130.11 to $148.61
• 52-Week Range: $94.09 to $149.08
• Volume: 1.28 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.59 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $235.80 billion
• P/E Ratio: 16.73
• Dividend Yield: 2.71%
• Price Target: $138.25
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Morgan Stanley Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Morgan Stanley scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 199th out of 914 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Morgan Stanley has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.47, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Morgan Stanley has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.16%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Morgan Stanley are expected to grow by 10.16% in the coming year, from $8.56 to $9.43 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Morgan Stanley is 16.65, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.68.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Morgan Stanley is 16.65, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.35.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Morgan Stanley has a PEG Ratio of 1.85. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Morgan Stanley has a P/B Ratio of 2.48. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.20% of the float of Morgan Stanley has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Morgan Stanley has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Morgan Stanley has recently decreased by 2.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Morgan Stanley pays a meaningful dividend of 2.78%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Morgan Stanley has been increasing its dividend for 12 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Morgan Stanley is 45.30%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Morgan Stanley will have a dividend payout ratio of 42.42% next year. This indicates that Morgan Stanley will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.22

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.20% of the float of Morgan Stanley has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Morgan Stanley has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Morgan Stanley has recently decreased by 2.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.12

News Sentiment

Morgan Stanley has a news sentiment score of 1.12. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 194 news articles for Morgan Stanley this week, compared to 59 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 19 people have searched for MS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 13 people have added Morgan Stanley to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -24% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Morgan Stanley insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $20,841,628.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.19% of the stock of Morgan Stanley is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

84.19% of the stock of Morgan Stanley is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

MS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have MS shares performed this year?

Morgan Stanley's stock was trading at $125.72 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, MS shares have increased by 16.9% and is now trading at $147.0230.

How were Morgan Stanley's earnings last quarter?

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 16th. The financial services provider reported $2.13 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.98 by $0.15. The company's quarterly revenue was up 11.8% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Is Morgan Stanley buying back stock?

Morgan Stanley's Board of Directors initiated a stock buyback program on Tuesday, July 1st 2025, which authorizes the company to buy back $20,000,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could reacquire up to 8.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Does Morgan Stanley have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of Morgan Stanley: Fusion Connect, Eaton Vance Management, E*Trade, Microlife Corporation, KSH Infra, Shareworks, Mesa West Capital, and others.

Who are Morgan Stanley's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Morgan Stanley include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.46%), State Street Corp (6.52%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.67%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.51%). Insiders that own company stock include Edward N Pick, Daniel A Simkowitz, Andrew M Saperstein, Eric F Grossman, James P Gorman, Stephen J Luczo, Michael A Pizzi, Sharon Yeshaya, Charles Aubrey Smith III, Charles A Smith, Thomas H Glocer, Robert H Herz, Raja Akram, Mandell Crawley, Alistair Darling and Stanley Morgan.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Morgan Stanley?

Shares of MS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Morgan Stanley own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Morgan Stanley investors own include BlackRock (BLK), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Broadcom (AVGO), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Meta Platforms (META) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/16/2025
• Record date for 8/15 Dividend: 7/31/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 8/15 Dividend: 7/31/2025
• Dividend Payable: 8/15/2025
• Today: 8/26/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/15/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: FIN - INVEST BKRS
• Sub-Industry: Investment Banking & Brokerage
• Current Symbol: NYSE:MS
• CIK: 895421
• Web: www.morganstanley.com
• Phone: (212) 761-4000
• Fax: 212-761-0086
• Employees: 80,000
• Year Founded: 1935

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Morgan Stanley: $138.25
• High Price Target: $160.00
• Low Price Target: $122.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -6.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.47
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $8.83
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.72
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.25
• P/E Growth: 1.85
• Net Income: $13.39 billion
• Net Margins: 13.06%
• Pretax Margin: 17.07%
• Return on Equity: 15.20%
• Return on Assets: 1.15%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 3.30
• Current Ratio: 0.78
• Quick Ratio: 0.78

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $107.29 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.20
• Cash Flow: $11.49 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.85
• Book Value: $59.39 per share
• Price / Book: 2.49

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,596,340,000
• Free Float: 1,593,303,000
• Market Cap: $235.72 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.32