Morgan Stanley [MS] stock is trading at $160.02, down -1.62%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The MS shares have gain 2.40% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 1.66%, 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 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.
Morgan Stanley [MS] stock has fluctuated between $94.33 and $166.77 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $143 within the next 12 months. Morgan Stanley [NYSE: MS] shares were valued at $160.02 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -10.64% based on the average MS price forecast.
Analyzing the MS fundamentals
Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS] reported sales of 113.07B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 13.80%. 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 0.03. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of4.04.
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 157.74 points at the first support level, and at 155.47 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 163.52, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 167.03.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Morgan Stanley’s Current Ratio is 1.49. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.26, the price to book ratio is 2.54 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.42.
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.
