Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) kicked off on Tuesday, up 0.22% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $163.65. Over the past 52 weeks, MS has traded in a range of $94.33-$167.13.
During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Financial Sector giant was 8.89%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 23.75%. With a float of $1.22 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $1.59 billion.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 80000 employees.
Morgan Stanley (MS) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Capital Markets Industry. The insider ownership of Morgan Stanley is 23.59%, while institutional ownership is 62.22%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 31 ’25, was worth 16,434,440. In this transaction Chairman and CEO of this company sold 100,000 shares at a rate of $164.34, taking the stock ownership to the 574,986 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 31 ’25, when Company’s Affiliate proposed sale 100,000 for $164.34, making the entire transaction worth $16,434,440.
Morgan Stanley (MS) Earnings and Forecasts
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 12/31/2024, the organization reported 2.22 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 1.69) by 0.53. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.79 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 23.75% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 13.23% during the next five years compared to 8.89% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Morgan Stanley’s (MS) current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.32. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 25.31.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 9.74, a number that is poised to hit 2.38 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 10.51 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 5.14 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 6.37 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 66.50%.
During the past 100 days, Morgan Stanley’s (MS) raw stochastic average was set at 91.86%, which indicates a significant increase from 68.52% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 3.33 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 2.75 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $157.29, while its 200-day Moving Average is $136.90. However, in the short run, Morgan Stanley’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $167.01. Second resistance stands at $170.00. The third major resistance level sits at $173.08. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $160.93, it is likely to go to the next support level at $157.86. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $154.86.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 261.82 billion has total of 1,596,336K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 61,761 M in contrast with the sum of 13,390 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 18,224 M and last quarter income was 4,610 M.
