Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) shares, rose in value, with the stock price up by 1.32% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $138.64.
Actively observing the price movement in the recent trading, the stock is buoying the session at $136.84, falling within a range of $136.47 and $139.03. The value of beta (5-year monthly) is 1.336 whereas the PE ratio is 17.44 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $142.03, and the low was $83.69. On the whole, MS has fluctuated by 6.20% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Morgan Stanley currently standing at about $223.35 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in March. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 3.63, with its dividend yield at 2.61%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 65.79B, with a low estimate of 15.98B and a high estimate of 17.88B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 16.92B.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that MS’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 1.77, with the price of MS currently trading nearly 0.44% and 5.48% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 58.18, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 1.92% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 1.97%. Furthermore, Morgan Stanley (MS)’s beta value is 1.34, and its average true range (ATR) is 2.81.
A comparison of Morgan Stanley (MS) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. MS showed an intraday change of 1.32% in today’s session so far, and over the past year, it grew by 65.11%%.
Data on historical trading for Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 5.08 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 6.40 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 1.61 billion shares outstanding.
Nearly 23.63% of Morgan Stanley’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 61.24% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 13.77 million shares as on 2024-12-31, resulting in a short ratio of 2.35. According to the data, the short interest in Morgan Stanley (MS) stood at 112.00 of shares outstanding as of 2024-12-31; the number of short shares registered in 2024-11-29 reached 15.33 million. The stock has risen by 10.28% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the MS stock heading into the next quarter.
