Morgan Stanley [MS] stock is trading at $102.34, down -0.23%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The MS shares have gain 3.06% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 0.01%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Morgan Stanley [NYSE: MS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 11, 2024, when Goldman downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Previously, Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to Underweight on August 02, 2024, and dropped its price target to $95. On July 17, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Perform. Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform and decreased its price target to $91 on January 17, 2024. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to a Neutral and reduced its price target to $87 on January 17, 2024. HSBC Securities downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on January 09, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $96. In a note dated November 28, 2023, Societe Generale downgraded an Hold rating on this stock.
Morgan Stanley [MS] stock has fluctuated between $69.42 and $109.11 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $102.6 within the next 12 months. Morgan Stanley [NYSE: MS] shares were valued at $102.34 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 0.25% based on the average MS price forecast.
Analyzing the MS fundamentals
Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS] reported sales of 102.76B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 12.45%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.6% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.25%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.24%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.19%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.02. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of3.72.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 101.77 points at the first support level, and at 101.20 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 102.86, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 103.37.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Morgan Stanley’s Current Ratio is 1.45. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.61, the price to book ratio is 1.80 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.85.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved CRAWLEY MANDELL, Chief Human Resources Officer, that happened on Jul 26 ’24 when 3500.0 shares were sold. Affilliate, MANDELL L CRAWLEY & ALISON JIM completed a deal on Jul 26 ’24 to buy 3500.0 shares. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Financial Officer AKRAM RAJA sold 7500.0 shares on Jul 18 ’24.
