MS — Morgan Stanley

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About Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley, a financial holding company, provides various financial products and services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals in the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates through Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment Management segments. The company offers capital raising and financial advisory services, including services related to the underwriting of debt, e… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

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Key Metrics

Current Price$201.76
Market Cap$316.26B
Float1.20B
Shares Outstanding1.58B
P/E (Forward)16.18
P/E (TTM)18.15
Price/Sales (TTM)4.26
vs. Analyst Target+0.8% to analyst PT
Profit Margin24.75%
Operating Margin (TTM)40.62%
Revenue (TTM)$73.17B
Earnings Growth (YoY)31.90%
Dividend Rate4.0%
Analyst Target Price$203.29 (25 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $49.68B $11.00B $45.07B $18.19B
2021 $57.78B $15.03B $56.41B $23.88B
2022 $62.48B $11.03B $49.93B $18.09B
2023 $88.29B $9.09B $50.13B $16.07B
2024 $103.14B $13.39B $57.36B $22.76B
2025 $114.98B $16.86B $65.62B $26.61B

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $28.16B $3.54B
Sep 2025 $30.05B $4.61B
Dec 2025 $28.86B $4.40B
Mar 2026 $33.15B $5.64B

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership24.3%
Institutional Ownership62.7%
Short Float0.0%
% of All Funds Holding28.40%
Number of Funds Holding2,334

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$185.73Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$172.12Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$150.97Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$115.00Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$172.69Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$150.77Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$120.58Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$87.00 support 1.18x 25 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (120 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -0.20% 0.00% 48.33% 6.66% -20.45%
1 Day 0.18% 0.36% 54.17% 14.32% -24.22%
1 Week 0.01% 0.09% 51.67% 17.02% -14.91%
2 Weeks 0.09% 0.08% 50.83% 22.64% -17.27%
1 Month 0.60% 0.57% 50.83% 29.32% -34.88%

Next earnings: July 15, 2026 (49 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan4.2%66.7%33
Feb-1.3%39.4%33
Mar0.7%58.8%34
Apr2.4%61.8%34
May0.6%51.5%33
Jun0.7%48.5%33
Jul2.2%66.7%33
Aug-1.1%51.5%33
Sep-2.6%51.5%33
Oct4.3%75.8%33
Nov2.7%60.6%33
Dec2.9%69.7%33

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.04% 50.2% 1573
Tuesday 0.13% 49.1% 1718
Wednesday 0.13% 51.4% 1717
Thursday 0.07% 49.6% 1684
Friday 0.10% 50.9% 1677

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 62.7%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 24.3%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings19
Net Value-$80.1M
Net Shares Change-498,408
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings18
Clusters Detected3

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
SAPERSTEIN ANDREW M Co-President -$9.7M 1 1 sell
SIMKOWITZ DANIEL A Co-President -$8.8M 2 2 sell
GROSSMAN ERIC F Chief Legal/Admin Officer -$6.1M 2 2 sell
CRAWLEY MANDELL Chief Client Officer -$4.5M 2 2 sell
Pizzi Michael A. Head Technology and Operations -$3.7M 1 1 sell
YESHAYA SHARON Chief Financial Officer -$2.9M 1 1 sell
Peterson Douglas L. +$5,629.529 1 1 buy

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2025-07-18 – 2025-07-18 6 6 -$20.8M 6 C-suite
2026-01-22 – 2026-01-30 7 7 -$25.2M 7 C-suite
2026-04-17 – 2026-04-20 4 4 -$17.7M 4 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-04-17 SAPERSTEIN ANDREW M Co-President -$9.7M Transaction at $188.59, now +7.0%
2026-04-17 CRAWLEY MANDELL Chief Client Officer -$3.0M Transaction at $188.22, now +7.2%
2026-04-20 GROSSMAN ERIC F Chief Legal/Admin Officer -$2.1M Transaction at $190.75, now +5.8%
2026-04-17 SIMKOWITZ DANIEL A Co-President -$2.8M Transaction at $189.24, now +6.6%
2025-12-02 Peterson Douglas L. +$5,629.529 Transaction at $156.38, now +29.0%
2026-01-22 YESHAYA SHARON Chief Financial Officer -$2.9M Transaction at $185.77, now +8.6%

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