Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is -1.81% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $83.09 and a high of $136.24 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The MS stock was last observed hovering at around $127.86 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -4.41%.
Currently trading at $123.45, the stock is -2.02% and -3.27% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.83 million and changing -3.45% at the moment leaves the stock 15.58% off its SMA200. MS registered 34.10% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 17.98%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $127.6208 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $106.80465.
The stock witnessed a -3.99% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 13.22%, and is -1.07% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.22% over the week and 2.17% over the month.
Morgan Stanley (MS) has around 80000 employees, a market worth around $198.88B and $105.48B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.76 and Fwd P/E is 15.06. Profit margin for the company is 10.07%. Distance from 52-week low is 48.57% and -9.39% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.66%).
with sales reaching $15.01B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 42.94% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 11.65% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 16.39% in year-over-year returns.
Morgan Stanley (MS) Top Institutional Holders
2447.0 institutions hold shares in Morgan Stanley (MS), with institutional investors hold 81.04% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 1.61B, and float is at 1.23B with Short Float at 1.12%. Institutions hold 61.88% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC with over 377.09 million shares valued at $36.65 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 23.5531% of the MS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is STATE STREET CORP with 110.27 million shares valued at $10.72 billion to account for 6.8875 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 108.65 million shares representing 6.7864% and valued at over $10.56 billion, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 5.2697 of the shares totaling 84.37 million with a market value of $8.2 billion.
Morgan Stanley (MS) Insider Activity
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Morgan Stanley disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Oct 17 ’24 that LUCZO STEPHEN J (Director) sold a total of 60,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Oct 17 ’24 and was made at $119.17 per share for $7.15 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.14 million shares of the MS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Oct 17 ’24, LUCZO STEPHEN J (Director) Proposed Sale 60,000 shares at an average price of $118.88 for $7.13 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Morgan Stanley (MS).
