At the time of writing, Morgan Stanley [MS] stock is trading at $133.52, up 3.08%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The MS shares have gain 14.96% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 20.88%, 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 October 04, 2024, when HSBC Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $118 for it. Previously, Goldman downgraded its rating to Neutral on September 11, 2024. On August 02, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underweight and revised its price target to $95 on the stock. Oppenheimer downgraded its rating to a Perform. Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform and reduced its price target to $91 on January 17, 2024. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on January 17, 2024, and downed its price target to $87. In a note dated January 09, 2024, HSBC Securities downgraded an Hold rating on this stock but restated the target price of $96.
For the past year, the stock price of Morgan Stanley fluctuated between $73.96 and $133.52. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $102.95 within the next 12 months. Morgan Stanley [NYSE: MS] shares were valued at $133.52 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -22.9% based on the average MS price forecast.
Analyzing the MS fundamentals
According to Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS], the company’s sales were 105.48B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 11.04% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.26% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.46%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.25%, 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 0.11 and Total Capital is 0.03. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of3.86.
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 131.38 points at the first support level, and at 129.25 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 134.82, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 136.13.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS] has a current ratio of 1.53. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.06, the price to book ratio is 2.29 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 20.29.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LL, Indirectly controlled by the i, that happened on Oct 18 ’24 when 3756.0 shares were purchased. Director, LUCZO STEPHEN J completed a deal on Oct 17 ’24 to sell 60000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director LUCZO STEPHEN J bought 60000.0 shares on Oct 17 ’24.
