Morgan Stanley [MS] stock prices are down -1.00% to $127.74 at the moment. 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 0.75% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.71%, and not 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 November 26, 2024, when HSBC Securities downgraded its rating to a Hold. Previously, Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to Equal Weight on November 15, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $142. On October 04, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $118 on the stock. Goldman downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Underweight and reduced its price target to $95 on August 02, 2024. Oppenheimer downgraded its rating to Perform for this stock on July 17, 2024. In a note dated January 17, 2024, Keefe Bruyette downgraded an Mkt Perform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $102 to $91.
The stock price of Morgan Stanley [MS] has been fluctuating between $83.09 and $136.24 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $105 within the next 12 months. Morgan Stanley [NYSE: MS] shares were valued at $127.74 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -17.8% based on the average MS price forecast.
Analyzing the MS fundamentals
The Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS] reported sales of 105.48B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 11.04%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.09% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.45%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.26%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.2%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.11 and Total Capital is 0.02. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of3.05.
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 127.05 points at the first support level, and at 126.35 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 128.57, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 129.39.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS]’s Current Ratio is 1.53. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.95, the price to book ratio is 2.19 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.42.
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.
