Morgan Stanley [MS] stock is trading at $138.71, up 0.12%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The MS shares have gain 1.99% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 8.34%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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.
Morgan Stanley [MS] stock has fluctuated between $83.09 and $139.04 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 $138.71 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -24.3% based on the average MS price forecast.
Analyzing the MS fundamentals
Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS] reported sales of 107.37B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 7.46%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.36% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.47%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.3%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.23%.
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 137.43 points at the first support level, and at 136.16 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 140.73, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 142.76.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Morgan Stanley’s Current Ratio is 1.53. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.08, the price to book ratio is 2.35 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 17.45.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved CRAWLEY MANDELL, Chief Client Officer, that happened on Jan 22 ’25 when 8312.0 shares were sold. Chief Legal/Admin Officer, GROSSMAN ERIC F completed a deal on Jan 21 ’25 to sell 13097.0 shares. Meanwhile, Co-President SIMKOWITZ DANIEL A sold 36631.0 shares on Jan 21 ’25.
