At the time of writing, Morgan Stanley [MS] stock is trading at $165.21, down -0.49%. 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 3.76% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.51%, 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.
For the past year, the stock price of Morgan Stanley fluctuated between $94.33 and $166.77. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $146.5 within the next 12 months. Morgan Stanley [NYSE: MS] shares were valued at $165.21 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -11.32% based on the average MS price forecast.
Analyzing the MS fundamentals
According to Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS], the company’s sales were 113.07B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 13.80% 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 0.03. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 4.04.
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 164.02 points at the first support level, and at 162.82 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 166.77, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 168.32.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS] has a current ratio of 1.49. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.33, the price to book ratio is 2.62 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.96.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LL, Indirectly controlled by the i, that happened on Oct 17 ’25 when 3320.0 shares were purchased. Chief Financial Officer, YESHAYA SHARON completed a deal on Jul 17 ’25 to sell 25583.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Risk Officer SMITH CHARLES A sold 20000.0 shares on Jul 17 ’25.
