At the time of writing, Morgan Stanley [MS] stock is trading at $143.56, up 0.70%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The MS shares have gain 2.51% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.04%, 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 July 09, 2025, when Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $160 for it. Previously, HSBC Securities downgraded its rating to Hold on November 26, 2024. On November 15, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Equal Weight but maintained its price target of $142 on the stock. HSBC Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $118 on October 04, 2024. Goldman downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to Underweight for this stock on August 02, 2024, and downed its price target to $95. In a note dated July 17, 2024, Oppenheimer downgraded an Perform rating on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Morgan Stanley fluctuated between $90.94 and $145.16. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $56.5 within the next 12 months. Morgan Stanley [NYSE: MS] shares were valued at $143.56 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -60.64% based on the average MS price forecast.
Analyzing the MS fundamentals
According to Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS], the company’s sales were 109.24B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 10.92% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.43% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.14%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.15%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.13 and Total Capital is 0.01.
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 142.42 points at the first support level, and at 141.29 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 144.37, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 145.19.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS] has a current ratio of 1.48. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.10, the price to book ratio is 2.33 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.26.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved YESHAYA SHARON, Chief Financial Officer, that happened on Jul 17 ’25 when 25583.0 shares were sold. Chief Risk Officer, SMITH CHARLES A completed a deal on Jul 17 ’25 to sell 20000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Co-President SIMKOWITZ DANIEL A sold 29000.0 shares on Jul 17 ’25.
