Morgan Stanley (MS)’s Pretax Margin and Net Margin Explained

Morgan Stanley [MS] stock is trading at $131.04, up 1.31%. 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 10.03% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 20.10%, 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 $90.94 and $142.03 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $102.95 within the next 12 months. Morgan Stanley [NYSE: MS] shares were valued at $131.04 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -21.44% based on the average MS price forecast.

Analyzing the MS fundamentals

Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS] reported sales of 106.35B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 10.47%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.56% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.18%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.18%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.14%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.14 and Total Capital is 0.04. 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 129.59 points at the first support level, and at 128.14 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 132.03, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 133.02.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Morgan Stanley’s Current Ratio is 1.48. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.98, the price to book ratio is 2.17 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.38.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved DANIEL A. SIMKOWITZ, Affiliate, that happened on May 12 ’25 when 29013.0 shares were purchased. Co-President, SIMKOWITZ DANIEL A completed a deal on May 12 ’25 to sell 29013.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Herz Robert H sold 800.0 shares on May 02 ’25.

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