Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) shares, rose in value on Wednesday, March 26, with the stock price down by -2.40% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $122.20.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $125.20, falling within a range of $121.605 and $126.34. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.345 whereas the PE ratio was 15.38 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $142.03, and the low was $85.01. On the whole, MS has fluctuated by -5.71% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Morgan Stanley currently standing at about $197.09 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Jan-15. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 3.63, with its dividend yield at 2.97%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 66.29B, 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 16.79B.
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 Hold on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 1.55, with the price of MS currently trading nearly 1.47% and -5.98% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 47.80, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.49% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 3.31%. Furthermore, Morgan Stanley (MS)’s beta value is 1.27, and its average true range (ATR) is 3.97.
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 -2.40% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 32.90%%.
Data on historical trading for Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 7.48 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 6.95 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 1.61 billion shares outstanding.
Nearly 23.62% of Morgan Stanley’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 61.74% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 14.44 million shares as on 2025-03-14, resulting in a short ratio of 1.83. According to the data, the short interest in Morgan Stanley (MS) stood at 117.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-14; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-14 reached 13.13 million. The stock has fallen by -2.80% 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.
