Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is -4.87% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $90.94 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 $120.22 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.62%.
Currently trading at $119.60, the stock is 7.32% and 2.72% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.54 million and changing -0.52% at the moment leaves the stock 1.80% off its SMA200. MS registered 30.65% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 1.42%.
The stock witnessed a 10.81% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.80%, and is 3.25% 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 2.38% over the week and 4.56% over the month.
Morgan Stanley (MS) has around 80000 employees, a market worth around $192.90B and $106.39B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.03 and Fwd P/E is 12.91. Profit margin for the company is 12.87%. Distance from 52-week low is 31.52% and -15.79% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.39%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 8.82% this year.
Morgan Stanley (MS) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 1.61B, and float is at 1.23B with Short Float at 1.19%.
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
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Herz Robert H, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Herz Robert H sold 800 shares of the company’s common stock on May 02 ’25 at a price of $119.32 per share for a total of $95459.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 96760.0 shares.
Morgan Stanley disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 02 ’25 that SAPERSTEIN ANDREW M (Co-President) sold a total of 40,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 02 ’25 and was made at $120.00 per share for $4.8 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.34 million shares of the MS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 02 ’25, ROBERT HERZ (Affiliate) Proposed Sale 800 shares at an average price of $119.32 for $95459.0. The insider now directly holds shares of Morgan Stanley (MS).
