Morgan Stanley [MS] stock is trading at $181.87, up 0.12%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The MS shares have gain 5.15% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 9.94%, 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 24, 2025, when Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to an Outperform. Previously, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock with Outperform rating on October 03, 2025, and set its price target to $180. On July 09, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform but maintained its price target of $160 on the stock. HSBC Securities downgraded its rating to a Hold. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to an Equal Weight but $142 remained the price target by the analyst firm on November 15, 2024. HSBC Securities upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on October 04, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $118. In a note dated September 11, 2024, Goldman downgraded a Neutral rating on this stock.
Morgan Stanley [MS] stock has fluctuated between $94.33 and $182.00 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $185.5 within the next 12 months. Morgan Stanley [NYSE: MS] shares were valued at $181.87 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 2.0% based on the average MS price forecast.
Analyzing the MS fundamentals
Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS] reported sales of 113.09B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 13.88%. 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 181.20 points at the first support level, and at 180.53 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 182.44, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 183.01.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Morgan Stanley’s Current Ratio is 1.56. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.56, the price to book ratio is 2.89 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.67.
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.
