Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) currently has a daily average trading volume of 6.53M but it saw 2902782 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 208.99B USD, the company’s current market price of $127.06 came rising about 2.10 while comparing to the previous closing price of $124.45. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $136.24 and as low as $83.09. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $124.59 while lowest mark touched by it was $127.22.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Morgan Stanley (MS) gives us an average price of $127.87, while its current price level is -6.74% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 52.92% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $125.99 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $104.98. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.51% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.06%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 51.27 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
Wells Fargo upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Equal Weight” from “Underweight” on November 15, 2024 while assigning a price target of $142. HSBC Securities issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock is $118.
Over the week, MS’s stock price is moving -0.43% down while it is -5.57% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 36.40% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 37.64%.
Currently, Morgan Stanley’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.61B. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 2.66% and return on equity (ROE) at 11.04%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 19.31 while having a 15.81 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.35. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.18 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.98. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.92% on average.
