Can Morgan Stanley’s (MS) drop of -1.97% in a week be considered a lucky break?

On Friday, Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) opened lower -0.40% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $127.91. Price fluctuations for MS have ranged from $83.09 to $136.24 over the past 52 weeks.

A company in the Financial sector has jumped its sales by 15.18% annually for the last half of the decade. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 41.80% at the time writing. With a float of $1.23 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $1.61 billion.

In an organization with 80000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 9.38%, operating margin of 45.19%, and the pretax margin is 26.33%.

Morgan Stanley (MS) Insider and Institutional Ownership

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 23.63%, while institutional ownership is 61.63%. 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) Latest Financial update

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.16 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 41.80% 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 1.94. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 8.17.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.58, a number that is poised to hit 1.61 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.03 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Morgan Stanley (MS)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 6.57 million. That was inferior than the volume of 7.02 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 19.59%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.39.

During the past 100 days, Morgan Stanley’s (MS) raw stochastic average was set at 80.49%, which indicates a significant increase from 11.24% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 10.16% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 30.51% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $123.78, while its 200-day Moving Average is $103.67. However, in the short run, Morgan Stanley’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $128.57. Second resistance stands at $129.74. The third major resistance level sits at $130.67. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $126.47, it is likely to go to the next support level at $125.54. The third support level lies at $124.37 if the price breaches the second support level.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Key Stats

There are currently 1,611,036K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 204.43 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.