On Monday, Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) opened lower -0.61% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $116.85. Price fluctuations for MS have ranged from $71.65 to $121.45 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Financial Sector giant was 15.18%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 40.76% at the time writing. With a float of $1.24 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $1.63 billion.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 80000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 26.26%, operating margin of 46.42%, and the pretax margin is 25.37%.
Morgan Stanley (MS) Insider Activity
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Capital Markets industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Morgan Stanley is 23.53%, while institutional ownership is 61.35%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 18 ’24, was worth 450,149. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 17 ’24, when Company’s Director sold 60,000 for $119.17, making the entire transaction worth $7,150,470. This insider now owns 138,363 shares in total.
Morgan Stanley (MS) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 40.76% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 17.30% during the next five years compared to 1.84% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Morgan Stanley (MS). In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.79.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.58, a number that is poised to hit 1.60 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.89 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Morgan Stanley (MS)
Looking closely at Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), its last 5-days average volume was 4.88 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 7.04 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 15.75%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.22.
During the past 100 days, Morgan Stanley’s (MS) raw stochastic average was set at 82.60%, which indicates a significant increase from 7.65% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 32.27% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 25.30% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $107.26, while its 200-day Moving Average is $97.46. However, in the short run, Morgan Stanley’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $117.08. Second resistance stands at $118.02. The third major resistance level sits at $118.59. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $115.57, it is likely to go to the next support level at $115.00. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $114.06.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Key Stats
There are currently 1,625,163K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 188.87 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 54,143 M according to its annual income of 9,087 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 15,383 M and its income totaled 3,188 M.
