A share price of Morgan Stanley [MS] is currently trading at $118.11, up 0.13%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The MS shares have gain 5.42% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -15.00%, and not 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 experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $85.01 and $142.03. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $105 within the next 12 months. Morgan Stanley [NYSE: MS] shares were valued at $118.11 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -11.1% based on the average MS price forecast.
Analyzing the MS fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS] were 103.59B which represents -7.49% decline. 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%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.13 and Total Capital is 0.06. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 3.45.
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 117.19 points at the first support level, and at 116.28 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 119.12, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 120.13.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS] is 1.39. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.84, the price to book ratio is 2.00 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 14.86.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved JAMES P GORMAN, Chairman Emeritus, that happened on Feb 27 ’25 when 50000.0 shares were purchased. Chairman Emeritus, JAMES P GORMAN completed a deal on Feb 24 ’25 to buy 100000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Client Officer CRAWLEY MANDELL sold 8312.0 shares on Jan 22 ’25.
