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 $119.00 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -3.67%.
Currently trading at $115.33, the stock is -3.11% and -10.98% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.35 million and changing -3.08% at the moment leaves the stock -0.56% off its SMA200. MS registered 26.35% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 12.69%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $129.5546 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $115.9826.
The stock witnessed a -10.76% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.23%, and is -4.00% 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 2.78% over the week and 3.37% over the month.
Morgan Stanley (MS) has around 80000 employees, a market worth around $186.01B and $103.59B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.51 and Fwd P/E is 12.05. Profit margin for the company is 12.36%. Distance from 52-week low is 35.67% and -18.80% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.41%).
with sales reaching $16.76B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 9.21% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 7.17% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 10.73% in year-over-year returns.
Morgan Stanley (MS) Top Institutional Holders
2685.0 institutions hold shares in Morgan Stanley (MS), with institutional investors hold 81.37% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 1.61B, and float is at 1.23B with Short Float at 1.17%. Institutions hold 62.13% 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 5.2929 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).
