Morgan Stanley
MS
Market cap $229B

144.94 USD

+1.38

0.96%

At close Jul 30, 4:00 PM EDT

After hours

144.12

-0.82

0.57%

1 day

0.96%

5 days

1.73%

1 month

2.90%

3 months

25.58%

6 months

3.57%

Year to date

16.16%

1 year

39.69%

5 years

196.10%

10 years

268.80%

About: Morgan Stanley is a massive global financial services firm, with offices in 42 countries and more than 80,000 employees as of year-end 2024. The firm cut its teeth in investment banking and institutional trading, where it maintains a strong presence today, but generates the lion share of its income from wealth and asset management franchises, where it boasted $7.9 trillion in client assets at the end of its most recent fiscal year. After reincorporation as a bank holding company in the wake of the great financial crisis, Morgan Stanley also boasts a top 10 banking franchise by deposits, with nearly $400 billion in customer deposits, predominately attributable to cash sweeps from its wealth management and brokerage businesses.

Employees: 81,000

Financials Capital Markets

0

Funds holding %

of 7,323 funds

0

Analysts bullish %

of 4 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

18% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 871 | Existing positions reduced: 739

9% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 168 | Existing positions closed: 154

0.69% less ownership

Funds ownership: 84.26% [Q4 2024] → 83.57% (-0.69%) [Q1 2025]

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 2,075 [Q4 2024] → 2,051 (-24) [Q1 2025]

9% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $173B [Q4 2024] → $157B (-$15.9B) [Q1 2025]

26% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 39 [Q4 2024] → 29 (-10) [Q1 2025]

40% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.36B | Put options by funds: $3.92B

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Research analyst outlook

4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$130

10%

downside

Avg. target

$143

2%

downside

High target

$160

10%

upside

4 analyst ratings

1 positive

25%

3 neutral

75%

0 negative

0%

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods David Konrad	10%upside $160	Outperform Upgraded	9 Jul 2025
Wells Fargo Mike Mayo	0%upside $145	Equal-Weight Maintained	8 Jul 2025
Citigroup Keith Horowitz	10%downside $130	Neutral Maintained	18 Jun 2025
Goldman Sachs Richard Ramsden	6%downside $136	Neutral Maintained	10 Jun 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 78 articles about MS published over the past 30 days

CNBC Television

Starbucks CEO is accelerating the rollout of its new operating model: Morgan Stanley's Brian Harbour

Brian Harbour, Morgan Stanley U.S. restaurants and food distributors equity analyst, joins 'Squawk Box' to break down Starbucks' quarterly earnings results, status of the coffee chains' turnaround plan, competition from Luckin Coffee, and more.

Starbucks CEO is accelerating the rollout of its new operating model: Morgan Stanley's Brian Harbour

Banking giant makes bold S&P 500 prediction

Banking giant Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has issued an aggressive forecast for the S&P 500, projecting the index to reach 7,200 by mid-2026.

Banking giant makes bold S&P 500 prediction

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6 Upcoming Dividend Increases

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Delivers New Tool to Help Clients Tackle Single Stock Risk

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morgan Stanley Wealth Management's Global Investment Office (GIO) has launched the Equity Vulnerability Score, a proprietary tool that can help clients and the Financial Advisors who serve them measure and rank the susceptibility of US stocks to potential future drops in value. As a risk management tool, this can help provide important insights for investors—especially those who hold concentrated equity positions, which Morgan Stanley defines as five or fewer stocks m.

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Delivers New Tool to Help Clients Tackle Single Stock Risk

The Motley Fool

Morgan Stanley Profit Jumps 17% in Q2

Morgan Stanley Profit Jumps 17% in Q2

Morgan Stanley Profit Jumps 17% in Q2

Morgan Stanley Faces Probe Over Anti-Money Laundering Practices

Morgan Stanley is reportedly facing a regulatory investigation into its money laundering prevention measures. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has launched a probe into whether the investment banking giant property vetted customers for money laundering risks, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (July 22) evening.

Morgan Stanley Faces Probe Over Anti-Money Laundering Practices

Morgan Stanley's client-screening faces deeper FINRA probe, WSJ reports

The U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is investigating Morgan Stanley over how the firm screened clients for money-laundering risks, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Morgan Stanley's client-screening faces deeper FINRA probe, WSJ reports

Morgan Stanley's Screening of Wealth-Management Clients Draws More Scrutiny

A probe by Finra, Wall Street's self-regulator, spans the wealth unit as well as the division that houses trading.

Morgan Stanley's Screening of Wealth-Management Clients Draws More Scrutiny

Zacks Investment Research

Morgan Stanley (MS) Upgraded to Buy: What Does It Mean for the Stock?

Morgan Stanley (MS) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.

Morgan Stanley (MS) Upgraded to Buy: What Does It Mean for the Stock?

Bloomberg Markets and Finance

Bankers Alarmed over Latest PE Maneuver

Billion dollar M&A deals are back, and usually that means leveraged finance desks across Wall Street rake in a fortune. This time around though, private equity has been cutting them out of most of the most desirable deals.

Bankers Alarmed over Latest PE Maneuver

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