Putting The Spotlight On Morgan Stanley (MS)

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) currently has a daily average trading volume of 6.84M but it saw 5203408 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 223.82B USD, the company’s current market price of $138.93 came rising about 1.58 while comparing to the previous closing price of $136.77. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $141.48 and as low as $83.09. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $136.51 while lowest mark touched by it was $139.22.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Morgan Stanley (MS) gives us an average price of $134.25, while its current price level is -1.80% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 67.20% 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 $130.63 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $110.58. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.76% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases 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 62.84 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 0.16% up while it is 10.31% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 10.51% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 59.20%.

Currently, Morgan Stanley’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.61B. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 3.29% and return on equity (ROE) at 13.16%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 17.48 while having a 14.52 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.34. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.36 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.08. Its return on asset (ROA) is 1.11% on average.