Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has a beta value of 1.35 and has seen 7.16 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $181.65B, closed the last trade at $112.28 per share which meant it gained $1.82 on the day or 1.65% during that session. The MS stock price is 0.72% off its 52-week high price of $111.47 and 38.17% above the 52-week low of $69.42. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 4.86 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 6.04 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Morgan Stanley (MS) is Hold stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.57. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 10 out of 19 have rated it as a Hold, with 9 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 1.58.
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) trade information
Sporting 1.65% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the MS stock price touched $112.28 or saw a rise of 0.14%. Year-to-date, Morgan Stanley shares have moved 20.41%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 4.31%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) have changed 14.28%. Short interest in the company has seen 16.37 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.82.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $105, which means that the shares’ value could drop -6.93% from current levels. The projected low price target is $45.0 while the price target rests at a high of $125.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -11.33% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 59.92% from current levels.
Morgan Stanley (MS) estimates and forecasts
Figures show that Morgan Stanley shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 29.07% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 27.11%, compared to 25.10% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 8.60%.
13 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 14.41B for the current quarter. 13 have an estimated revenue figure of 14.43B for the next ending quarter.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 1.84% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest 33.96% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 16.08%.
MS Dividends
Morgan Stanley is expected to release its next earnings report in November this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 3.48 at a share yield of 3.09%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 3.0%.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS)’s Major holders
Insiders own 23.57% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 61.61% with a share float percentage of 80.61%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Morgan Stanley having a total of 2377.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC with over 377.09 million shares worth more than $36.65 billion. As of 2024-06-30, MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC held 23.5531% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is STATE STREET CORP, with the holding of over 110.27 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $10.72 billion and represent 6.8875% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund . As of Jun 30, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 2.37% shares in the company for having 38.51 shares of worth $4.32 billion while later fund manager owns 32.12 shares of worth $3.61 billion as of Jun 30, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 1.98% of company’s outstanding stock.
