Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is -8.26% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $85.01 and a high of $142.03 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 $111.68 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3.66%.
Currently trading at $115.34, the stock is -8.36% and -11.79% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.88 million and changing 3.28% at the moment leaves the stock 0.44% off its SMA200. MS registered 32.50% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 18.87%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $130.7526 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $114.83015.
The stock witnessed a -15.88% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.03%, and is -3.31% 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 3.64% over the week and 3.35% over the month.
Morgan Stanley (MS) has around 80000 employees, a market worth around $186.03B and $103.59B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.52 and Fwd P/E is 12.06. Profit margin for the company is 12.36%. Distance from 52-week low is 35.68% and -18.79% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.41%).
with sales reaching $16.88B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 8.98% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 6.46% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 11.54% in year-over-year returns.
Morgan Stanley (MS) Top Institutional Holders
2685.0 institutions hold shares in Morgan Stanley (MS), with institutional investors hold 81.22% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 1.61B, and float is at 1.23B with Short Float at 1.16%. Institutions hold 62.01% 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 23.6565% 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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Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 22 ’25, CRAWLEY MANDELL (Chief Client Officer) disposed off 8,312 shares at an average price of $138.06 for $1.15 million. The insider now directly holds 55,249 shares of Morgan Stanley (MS).
