At the time of writing, Morgan Stanley [MS] stock is trading at $159.83, up 0.24%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The MS shares have lost -4.01% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.32%, 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 October 03, 2025, when BMO Capital Markets initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $180. Previously, Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to Outperform on July 09, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $160. On November 26, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to a Equal Weight but stick to its price target of $142 on November 15, 2024. HSBC Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy but $118 remained the price target by the analyst firm on October 04, 2024. Goldman downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on September 11, 2024. In a note dated August 02, 2024, Wells Fargo downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $99 to $95.
For the past year, the stock price of Morgan Stanley fluctuated between $94.33 and $171.77. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $175.33 within the next 12 months. Morgan Stanley [NYSE: MS] shares were valued at $159.83 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 9.7% based on the average MS price forecast.
Analyzing the MS fundamentals
According to Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS], the company’s sales were 113.09B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 13.88% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.57% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.19%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.19%, 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 0.15 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 3.77.
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 157.85 points at the first support level, and at 155.88 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 161.74, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 163.65.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS] has a current ratio of 1.56. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.25, the price to book ratio is 2.54 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.41.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved PICK EDWARD, Chairman and CEO, that happened on Oct 31 ’25 when 100000.0 shares were sold. Affiliate, EDWARD PICK completed a deal on Oct 31 ’25 to buy 100000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Indirectly controlled by the i MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LL bought 3320.0 shares on Oct 17 ’25.
