Morgan Stanley (MS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morgan Stanley in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings, 9 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" MS shares.
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16 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Morgan Stanley's stock. Their MS share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $112.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $95.94 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.4% from the stock's current price.
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Morgan Stanley's stock was trading at $85.02 at the start of the year. Since then, MS shares have increased by 3.2% and is now trading at $87.70.
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Morgan Stanley saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 16,390,000 shares, a decline of 18.6% from the June 30th total of 20,140,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,380,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 13th 2023.
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.04. The financial services provider had revenue of $13.46 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $13.02 billion. Morgan Stanley had a net margin of 12.19% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.99%. The business's revenue was up 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.44 EPS.
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Morgan Stanley declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 18th. Investors of record on Monday, July 31st will be given a dividend of $0.85 per share on Tuesday, August 15th. This represents a $3.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.88%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 28th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF (IAI), Invesco KBW Bank ETF (KBWB), Invesco BuyBack Achievers ETF (PKW), Invesco Dynamic Large Cap Value ETF (PWV), iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF (IYG), Roundhill BIG Bank ETF (BIGB), InfraCap Equity Income Fund ETF (ICAP) and Core Alternative ETF (CCOR).

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.88%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 59.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MS will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.62% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Morgan Stanley declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Friday, June 30th 2023, which permits the company to buyback $20,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 12.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

3,439 employees have rated Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James P. Gorman on Glassdoor.com. James P. Gorman has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts James P. Gorman in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.47%), Capital Research Global Investors (1.69%), Capital International Investors (1.48%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.43%), Capital World Investors (1.39%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.19%). Insiders that own company stock include Alistair Darling, Andrew M Saperstein, Andrew M Saperstein, Charles Aubrey Smith III, Daniel A Simkowitz, Edward N Pick, Hutham S Olayan, James P Gorman, Jeffrey S Brodsky, Jonathan Pruzan, Raja Akram, Sharon Yeshaya, Stanley Morgan, Stephen J Luczo, Thomas H Glocer and Ufj Financial Group Mitsubishi.
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Shares of MS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.70.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has a market capitalization of $145.32 billion and generates $65.94 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $11.03 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.67 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 82,000 workers across the globe.

Morgan Stanley's mailing address is 1585 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY, 10036. The official website for the company is www.morganstanley.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (212) 761-4000 or via fax at 212-761-0086.