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Morgan Stanley (MS)

Financial Services | Capital Markets | New York, United States | NYSE
188.82 USD +1.50 (0.801%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 188.70 -0.12 (-0.120%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 7:58 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 2:54 p.m. EDT

Morgan Stanley (MS) has shown a mixed recent performance with a price dip and some volatility. The dividend yield and consistent payouts make it an attractive option for income-focused investors. The fundamental metrics are solid, with a strong payout ratio and reasonable debt levels. However, the short-term price forecast is neutral, and the options market suggests a balanced view. Long-term investors may consider buying and holding, while short-term traders might look for opportunities in the current volatility.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.065557
AutoETS0.072541
MSTL0.077120
AutoTheta0.117906

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 43%
H-stat 13.12
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.251
Excess Kurtosis -1.21
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-04-29
Last Dividend Date 2026-01-29
Debt to Equity Ratio 455.747
Revenue per Share 46.66
Market Cap 299,819,794,432
Trailing P/E 17.09
Forward P/E 15.06
Beta 1.18
Profit Margins 24.75%
Website https://www.morganstanley.com

As of April 11, 2026, 2:54 p.m. EDT: Options activity indicates a mix of bullish and bearish sentiment. The calls show significant OI at strikes around 170-180, suggesting some traders are betting on a price increase. However, the puts also show notable OI at lower strikes, indicating potential bearish sentiment. The IV spikes at certain strikes suggest increased volatility expectations, which could be due to upcoming earnings or market events. Overall, the options market is showing a balanced view with both sides having positions.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.55% 2.69% 3.46% 3.44%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-01-30 1.00000 0.547046
2025-10-31 1.00000 0.613117
2025-07-31 1.00000 0.710118
2025-04-30 0.92500 0.816377
2025-01-31 0.92500 0.686140
2024-10-31 0.92500 0.822489
2024-07-31 0.92500 0.933730
2024-04-29 0.85000 0.970069
2024-01-30 0.85000 1.029203
2023-10-30 0.85000 1.290015
2023-07-28 0.85000 1.006608
2023-04-28 0.77500 0.942751
2023-01-30 0.77500 0.891558
2022-10-28 0.77500 1.048941
2022-07-28 0.77500 1.049793
2022-04-28 0.70000 0.952026
2022-01-28 0.70000 0.786649
2021-10-28 0.70000 0.786721
2021-07-29 0.70000 0.843341
2021-04-29 0.35000 0.488957
2021-01-28 0.35000 0.592472
2020-10-29 0.35000 0.857883
2020-07-30 0.35000 0.849587
2020-04-29 0.35000 1.026649
2020-01-30 0.35000 0.784940
2019-10-30 0.35000 0.919212
2019-07-30 0.35000 0.959098
2019-04-29 0.30000 0.763700
2019-01-30 0.30000 0.870348
2018-10-30 0.30000 0.842854
2018-07-30 0.30000 0.741941
2018-04-27 0.25000 0.610426
2018-01-30 0.25000 0.561997
2017-10-30 0.25000 0.633136
2017-07-27 0.25000 0.681778
2017-04-27 0.20000 0.593034
2017-01-27 0.20000 0.594218
2016-10-27 0.20000 0.770431
2016-07-27 0.20000 0.903241
2016-04-27 0.15000 0.719015
2016-01-27 0.15000 0.784503
2015-10-28 0.15000 0.598704
2015-07-29 0.15000 0.511944
2015-04-28 0.15000 0.545125
2015-01-28 0.10000 0.400227
2014-10-29 0.10000 0.394149
2014-07-29 0.10000 0.416366
2014-04-28 0.10000 0.454671
2014-01-29 0.05000 0.228462
2013-10-29 0.05000 0.233363
2013-07-29 0.05000 0.251314
2013-04-26 0.05000 0.321298
2013-02-01 0.05000 0.293146
2012-10-31 0.05000 0.397410
2012-07-27 0.05000 0.513514
2012-04-26 0.05000 0.404070
2012-01-27 0.05000 0.375776
2011-10-27 0.05000 0.360310
2011-07-27 0.05000 0.311211
2011-04-27 0.05000 0.275672
2011-01-27 0.05000 0.235955
2010-10-27 0.05000 0.289156
2010-07-28 0.05000 0.261756
2010-04-28 0.05000 0.233536
2010-01-27 0.05000 0.253846
2009-10-28 0.05000 0.219994
2009-07-29 0.05000 0.262093
2009-04-28 0.06700 0.453327
2009-01-28 0.27000 1.679631
2008-10-15 0.27000 2.160279
2008-07-09 0.27000 1.166633
2008-04-09 0.27000 0.866582
2008-01-09 0.27000 0.841761
2007-10-10 0.27000 0.598436
2007-07-11 0.27000 0.574253
2007-07-02 14.25000 30.134331
2007-04-11 0.27000 0.617908
2007-01-10 0.27000 0.603500
2006-10-11 0.27000 0.660495
2006-07-12 0.27000 0.791477
2006-04-11 0.27000 0.793568
2006-01-11 0.27000 0.839194
2005-10-12 0.27000 0.966694
2005-07-13 0.27000 0.944019
2005-04-13 0.27000 0.954878
2005-01-12 0.27000 0.922288
2004-10-06 0.25000 0.959322
2004-07-07 0.25000 0.955878
2004-04-06 0.25000 0.841338
2004-01-07 0.25000 0.832643
2003-10-08 0.23000 0.835099
2003-07-09 0.23000 0.943771
2003-04-09 0.23000 1.083204
2003-01-08 0.23000 1.076377
2002-10-02 0.23000 1.334211
2002-07-02 0.23000 1.102281
2002-04-03 0.23000 0.824853
2002-01-09 0.23000 0.789485
2001-10-03 0.23000 0.927675
2001-07-03 0.23000 0.730126
2001-04-04 0.23000 1.031318
2001-01-10 0.23000 0.545303
2000-10-04 0.20000 0.452483
2000-07-05 0.20000 0.471740
2000-04-12 0.20000 0.515098
2000-01-10 0.20000 0.630427
1999-10-13 0.12000 0.536577
1999-07-14 0.12000 0.492010
1999-04-14 0.12000 0.453851
1999-01-14 0.12000 0.617665
1998-10-13 0.10000 0.891162
1998-07-14 0.10000 0.443375
1998-04-13 0.10000 0.497272
1998-01-15 0.10000 0.759246
1997-10-09 0.07000 0.528001
1997-07-10 0.07000 0.644356
1997-05-22 0.07000 0.747961
1997-02-27 0.07000 0.774950
1996-11-27 0.05500 0.693166
1996-08-29 0.05500 0.936999
1996-05-30 0.05500 0.786835
1996-02-28 0.05500 0.871081
1995-11-29 0.04000 0.679614
1995-08-30 0.04000 0.690217
1995-05-25 0.04000 0.749946
1995-02-23 0.04000 0.877079
1994-11-25 0.03125 0.794737
1994-08-26 0.03125 0.681930
1994-05-25 0.03125 0.690455
1994-02-23 0.03125 0.802600
1993-11-24 0.02500 0.596984
1993-08-26 0.02500 0.573639
1993-05-25 0.02500 0.650123
Additional Data
dividendRate 4.0
dividendYield 2.12
exDividendDate 2026-04-30
trailingAnnualDividendRate 4.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.021353832
lastDividendValue 1.0
lastDividendDate 2026-01-30
dividendDate 2026-02-13

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.7762935
Address1 1,585 Broadway
All Time High 194.59
All Time Low 6.71
Ask 189.53
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 5
Average Analyst Rating 2.3 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 6,782,770
Average Daily Volume3 Month 7,638,764
Average Volume 7,638,764
Average Volume10Days 6,782,770
Beta 1.182
Bid 187.8
Bid Size 600
Board Risk 6
Book Value 64.367
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 8
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 188.82
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 191.22
Day Low 188.234
Debt To Equity 455.747
Dividend Date 1,770,940,800
Dividend Rate 4.0
Dividend Yield 2.12
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,784,145,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,784,145,600
Earnings Growth 0.319
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.29
Earnings Timestamp 1,784,118,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,784,118,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,784,118,600
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 3.036
Enterprise Value 222,122,606,592
Eps Current Year 11.76761
Eps Forward 12.54019
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 11.05
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,777,507,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 169.2348
Fifty Day Average Change 19.585205
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.115728
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 77.62935
Fifty Two Week High 194.59
Fifty Two Week High Change -5.769989
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.029652033
Fifty Two Week Low 104.78
Fifty Two Week Low Change 84.04001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.80206156
Fifty Two Week Range 104.78 - 194.59
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 730,477,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.97
Float Shares 1,198,382,600
Forward Eps 12.54019
Forward P E 15.057189
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 83,922
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.87388
Gross Profits 63,944,998,912
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.24272
Held Percent Institutions 0.63005
Implied Shares Outstanding 1,587,860,206
Industry Capital Markets
Industry Disp Capital Markets
Industry Key capital-markets
Ir Website http://www.morganstanley.com/about/ir/index.html
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,769,731,200
Last Dividend Value 1.0
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 948,931,200
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary 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, equity securities, and other products, as well as advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and project finance. It also provides equity and fixed income products comprising sales, financing, prime brokerage, and market-making services; Asia wealth management; business-related investments services; originating corporate and commercial real estate loans, secured lending facilities, and extending securities-based and other financing; and research activities. In addition, the company offers financial advisor-led brokerage, investment advisory, custody, cash management, and administrative services; self-directed brokerage services; financial and wealth planning services; stock plan administration; securities-based lending, residential real estate loans, and other lending products; banking; and retirement plan services. Further, it provides equity, fixed income, alternatives and solutions, and liquidity and overlay services to benefit/defined contribution plans, foundations, endowments, government entities, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, third-party fund sponsors, corporations, and individuals. Morgan Stanley was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Long Name Morgan Stanley
Market us_market
Market Cap 299,819,794,432
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_472898
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 17,503,000,576
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 298,335,600,000
Number Of Analyst Opinions 21
Open 189.5
Operating Margins 0.40616
Overall Risk 7
Payout Ratio 0.35549998
Peg Ratio 2.31
Phone 212 761 4000
Post Market Change -0.120010376
Post Market Change Percent -0.06355808
Post Market Price 188.7
Post Market Time 1,776,470,310
Previous Close 187.32
Price Eps Current Year 16.04574
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.933491
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.0973544
Profit Margins 0.24753
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.32
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.5
Regular Market Change Percent 0.800769
Regular Market Day High 191.22
Regular Market Day Low 188.234
Regular Market Day Range 188.234 - 191.22
Regular Market Open 189.5
Regular Market Previous Close 187.32
Regular Market Price 188.82
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,033
Regular Market Volume 6,835,604
Revenue Growth 0.163
Revenue Per Share 46.66
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 6
Shares Outstanding 1,580,000,000
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0
Shares Short 13,702
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 15,921,158
Short Name Morgan Stanley
Short Percent Of Float 0.0
Short Ratio 0.0
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol MS
Target High Price 230.0
Target Low Price 165.0
Target Mean Price 195.14285
Target Median Price 195.0
Total Cash 600,391,024,640
Total Cash Per Share 379.994
Total Debt 513,408,008,192
Total Revenue 73,173,999,616
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 4.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.021353832
Trailing Eps 11.05
Trailing P E 17.087784
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.3075
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 163.3822
Two Hundred Day Average Change 25.437805
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.15569508
Type Disp Equity
Volume 6,835,604
Website https://www.morganstanley.com
Zip 10,036