Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for MS in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Morgan Stanley (MS) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Nov 4 close
$193.99+7.90 (+4.2%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryNov 4 closeMorgan Stanley's own research desk generated most of this week's headlines rather than company-specific news about the firm itself. Analysts including Stephen Byrd discussed a path forward for data center development, while the firm flagged Texas risk for Cipher, Galaxy and MARA following a gubernatorial election result, and issued a string of price target changes on names including Fiserv, Block, Marathon Petroleum, Skyworks Solutions and Flywire. Separately, Morgan Stanley built out its wealth business, recruiting advisor teams from Merrill Lynch and RBC Wealth Management to form a new San Francisco practice managing over $3 billion in assets.
Shares closed at $193.99, up 4.2%, sitting between the 50-day average of $196.50 and the 200-day average of $194.35, a mixed trend signal. The GekkoIndex reads 57.1, placing MS in the Neutral zone, down 2.3 over five days. Price sits 4.3% below Gekko Fair Value of $202.77.
The next earnings date falls on 14 January 2027, 70 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day hold; the prior report on 14 October 2026 beat estimates with EPS of $3.03 versus $2.93 expected, though shares reacted -2.4%. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the respective windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged +5.8% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them. Consensus among 18 firms includes 8 buy, 9 hold and 1 sell ratings, with a target of $211.50.
Written by AI from the Nov 4, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Morgan Stanley price vs fair value
Close $193.99200-day averageGekko Fair Value $202.77
Morgan Stanley quick facts
- Market cap
- $306.0B
- P/E ratio
- 14.7
- Forward P/E
- 13.5
- EPS, TTM
- $12.61
- Revenue, TTM
- $79.79B
- Profit margin
- 25.6%
- Dividend yield
- 2.33%
- Beta
- 1.22
- Volume
- 7.86M avg 6.49M
- 1-year return
- +18.5%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.7%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.6%
- 50-day average
- $196.50
- 200-day average
- $194.35
- Next earnings
- Jan 14 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 1.57B
Morgan Stanley swing-trade checklist
Morgan Stanley scores 2 supportive, 3 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive3 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $193.99 sits between the 50-day ($196.50) and 200-day ($194.35) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
57.1, Neutral
Reading 57.1 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
4.3% below
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (4.3% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 70 days
Next report Jan 14, 2027, 70 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+5.8% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +5.8% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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Morgan Stanley stock chart and price history
Morgan Stanley closed at $193.99 on Nov 4, 2026, +18.5% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $152.80 to $232.25.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +1.6%
- 3 months
- −9.2%
- 6 months
- +0.3%
- 1 year
- +18.5%
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About Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a financial holding company that provides a wide range of financial services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individual clients around the world, including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. It is known for its work in capital raising, financial advisory, and wealth management, serving as a link between large institutional needs and individual investor services.
The firm runs its business through three divisions. Institutional Securities handles underwriting, mergers and acquisitions advice, corporate restructuring, real estate and project financing, and sales and trading across equity, fixed income, currency, and commodity markets, along with lending and research services. Wealth Management serves individual investors and smaller businesses and institutions, offering brokerage, financial planning, workplace stock plans, insurance and annuity products, and various lending and banking services. Investment Management develops equity, fixed income, liquidity, and alternative investment products for institutional and intermediary clients such as pension plans, foundations, endowments, governments, sovereign wealth funds, insurers, and fund sponsors.
Morgan Stanley's shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker MS.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Investment managers
- Website
- morganstanley.com
Morgan Stanley GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Morgan Stanley’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 57.1, in the Neutral zone, down 2.3 points over five sessions.
57.1Neutral
Down 2.3 points over five sessions.
Reading for Nov 4, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 26 | +2.9% | +0.8% | ||
| Accumulation | 131 | +0.1% | +3.3% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 462 | +0.8% | +2.6% | ||
| Distribution | 74 | +0.1% | +1.3% | ||
| Selling | 4 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average MS share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.0% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Morgan Stanley stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Morgan Stanley trades 4.3% below Gekko Fair Value of $202.77, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Morgan Stanley shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$202.77
Gekko Fair Value, Nov 4, 2026
4.3% below fair value · About fair value
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 7.0% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Morgan Stanley insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Morgan Stanley, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in MS were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Morgan Stanley has been buying back its own shares.
- Latest authorization
- $20.00B, Jun 24, 2026
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $1.20B
- As a share of market cap
- 0.39%
- Trailing four quarters
- $9.53B
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Sep 30
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Morgan Stanley earnings: next date and track record
Morgan Stanley reports on Jan 14, 2027, before the open (70 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Jan 14, 2027
Expected before the open, 70 days away
- EPS estimate
- $2.93
- Revenue estimate
- $20.26B
8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3.1%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Oct 14, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Morgan Stanley reported Q3 revenue of $20.3 billion and EPS of $3.03, with ROTCE of 22.6% marking five consecutive quarters above 20%. Wealth Management hit a record $9 billion in revenue with $232 billion in net new assets. Institutional Securities generated $10 billion in revenue, up 18% YoY, led by Equities at $5.8 billion. Total client assets reached a record $10.5 trillion, growing $400 billion in the quarter.
- Guidance
- Management remains positive on investment banking activity, citing high pipelines and active boardroom dialogues. Q4 outlook depends on AI ecosystem development and geopolitical risks. Firm holds 300 basis points excess CET1, providing capital flexibility.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2026 | $3.03 est $2.93 | $20.34B est $19.93B | −2.4% |
| Jul 15, 2026 | $3.46 est $2.89 | $21.35B est $19.67B | −4.1% |
| Apr 15, 2026 | $3.43 est $3.02 | $20.58B est $19.74B | +2.2% |
| Jan 15, 2026 | $2.68 est $2.40 | $17.89B est $17.74B | +4.6% |
| Oct 15, 2025 | $2.80 est $2.10 | $17.08B est $16.69B | +3.0% |
| Jul 16, 2025 | $2.13 est $1.98 | $15.60B est $16.07B | −0.5% |
| Apr 11, 2025 | $2.60 est $2.21 | $16.52B est $16.54B | +2.4% |
| Jan 16, 2025 | $2.22 est $1.69 | $15.04B est $15.03B | +5.6% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Morgan Stanley stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Morgan Stanley is $211.50, +9.0% from the last close, from 18 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$211.50consensus 12-month target, +9.0% from the last close
Now $193.99Avg $211.50
Low $129High $262
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 18 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | UBS | $240 | +23.7% |
| Oct 23 | Freedom Capital Markets | $210 | +8.3% |
| Oct 19 | BMO Capital | $210 | +8.3% |
| Oct 18 | JLPascual | $129 | −33.5% |
| Oct 16 | J.P. Morgan | $198 | +2.1% |
+2.6%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+5.8%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.7%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Morgan Stanley seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Nov 4, Morgan Stanley averaged +5.8% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +4.3% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +4.2% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +4.5% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +5.8% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +6.8% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, MS’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.6%.
Morgan Stanley market cap and key statistics
Morgan Stanley’s market cap is $306.0B, with a P/E ratio of 14.7 and revenue of $79.79B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $306.0B
- P/E ratio
- 14.7
- Forward P/E
- 13.5
- EPS, TTM
- $12.61
- Gekko Fair Value
- $202.77
Trading
- Volume
- 7.86M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 6.49M
- 52-week high
- $232.25
- 52-week low
- $152.80
- Shares outstanding
- 1.57B
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $79.79B
- Profit margin
- 25.6%
- Return on equity
- 18%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +8.2%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.22
- Typical daily move
- ±2.7%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.6%
- Dividend yield
- 2.33%
Morgan Stanley stock news this week
Coverage of Morgan Stanley this week reads positive: 9 positive, 3 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- Morgan Stanley's Stephen Byrd: If done the right way, there is a path forward for data centersCNBC, Nov 4
- Morgan Stanley flags Texas risk for Cipher, Galaxy and MARA after Hinojosa winBlockspace Media, Nov 4
- Morgan Stanley Builds $3 Billion Advisor Team With Recruits From Merrill, RBCBarron's, Nov 4
- Morgan Stanley raises Fiserv stock price target to $61 on stabilization signsInvesting.com UK, Nov 4
- Morgan Stanley raises Block stock price target to $82 on executionInvesting.com UK, Nov 4
- Morgan Stanley raises Marathon Petroleum stock price target on earnings beatInvesting.com UK, Nov 4
Morgan Stanley peers
Morgan Stanley’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| BLKBlackRock | Neutral | 1.5% above |
| UBSUBS | Neutral | 2.7% below |
| BXBlackstone | Neutral | 2.3% below |
| BNBrookfield | Distribution | 3.0% below |
| KKRKKR | Neutral | 4.6% below |
| BAMBrookfield Asset Management | Distribution | 6.9% above |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Morgan Stanley stock FAQ
What is Morgan Stanley’s market cap?
Morgan Stanley’s market cap is $306.0B at the Nov 4, 2026 close of $193.99, with 1.57B shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 14.7.
What is the Morgan Stanley stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Morgan Stanley is $211.50, +9.0% from the last close. Of the 18 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 8 rate it a buy, 9 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Morgan Stanley stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Morgan Stanley is about fair value: the Nov 4, 2026 close of $193.99 is 4.3% below Gekko Fair Value of $202.77. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Morgan Stanley report earnings next?
Morgan Stanley is expected to report on Jan 14, 2027, before the market opens (70 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $2.93 per share on revenue of $20.26B. Morgan Stanley beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.1% on average across the report.
What is Morgan Stanley’s 52-week high and low?
Morgan Stanley’s 52-week high is $232.25 and its 52-week low is $152.80; it closed at $193.99 on Nov 4, 2026, +18.5% over the past year.
Is Morgan Stanley stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (earnings risk and seasonality), 3 as mixed (trend, gekkoindex and fair value). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
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