On Friday, Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) opened higher 0.36% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $142.5. Price fluctuations for MS have ranged from $90.94 to $145.16 over the past 52 weeks.
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A company in the Financial sector has jumped its sales by 8.89% annually for the last half of the decade. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 11.06% at the time writing. With a float of $1.22 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $1.60 billion.
In an organization with 80000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 43.3%, operating margin of 13.54%, and the pretax margin is 19.7%.
Morgan Stanley (MS) Insider Updates
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 23.59%, while institutional ownership is 62.77%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jul 17 ’25, was worth 3,576,706. In this transaction Chief Financial Officer of this company sold 25,583 shares at a rate of $139.81, taking the stock ownership to the 0 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jul 17 ’25, when Company’s Chief Risk Officer sold 20,000 for $140.30, making the entire transaction worth $2,805,918. This insider now owns 119,239 shares in total.
Morgan Stanley (MS) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 11.06% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 9.66% during the next five years compared to 8.89% 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 2.09.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 8.83, a number that is poised to hit 2.05 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 9.61 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 5.0 million. That was inferior than the volume of 6.92 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 83.36%.
During the past 100 days, Morgan Stanley’s (MS) raw stochastic average was set at 95.77%, which indicates a significant increase from 88.06% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 2.27 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 3.20 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $135.22, while its 200-day Moving Average is $126.81. However, in the short run, Morgan Stanley’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $143.57. Second resistance stands at $144.14. The third major resistance level sits at $144.90. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $142.25, it is likely to go to the next support level at $141.49. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $140.92.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Key Stats
There are currently 1,604,319K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 228.53 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 61,761 M according to its annual income of 13,390 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 16,792 M and its income totaled 3,539 M.
