Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is -7.87% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $90.55 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 $116.01 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.18%.
Currently trading at $115.83, the stock is 5.30% and -2.17% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.17 million and changing -0.16% at the moment leaves the stock -1.15% off its SMA200. MS registered 23.42% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -2.07%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $118.3996 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $117.183.
The stock witnessed a -2.66% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -15.24%, and is 8.97% up 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 3.27% over the week and 5.01% over the month.
Morgan Stanley (MS) has around 80000 employees, a market worth around $186.82B and $101.28B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 13.59 and Fwd P/E is 12.50. Profit margin for the company is 13.52%. Distance from 52-week low is 27.92% and -18.45% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.39%).
with sales reaching $16.13B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 8.62% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 6.07% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 7.41% in year-over-year returns.
Morgan Stanley (MS) Top Institutional Holders
2672.0 institutions hold shares in Morgan Stanley (MS), with institutional investors hold 81.78% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 1.61B, and float is at 1.23B with Short Float at 1.19%. Institutions hold 62.40% 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 6.9177 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 108.65 million shares representing 6.8162% 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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Morgan Stanley disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 15 ’25 that GROSSMAN ERIC F (Chief Legal/Admin Officer) sold a total of 10,068 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 15 ’25 and was made at $111.65 per share for $1.12 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.2 million shares of the MS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 15 ’25, ERIC F GROSSMAN (Affiliate) Proposed Sale 10,068 shares at an average price of $111.65 for $1.12 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Morgan Stanley (MS).
