Morgan Stanley Q1 EPS Estimate Increased by Zacks Research

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Morgan Stanley in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 6th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $2.01 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.98. The consensus estimate for Morgan Stanley’s current full-year earnings is $7.29 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Morgan Stanley’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.94 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.15 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.97 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.86 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.84 EPS.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.88 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.31. The company had revenue of $15.38 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $14.27 billion. Morgan Stanley had a return on equity of 12.58% and a net margin of 10.64%.

MS has been the topic of several other reports. Oppenheimer lowered Morgan Stanley from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 17th. Citigroup raised their price target on Morgan Stanley from $98.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 17th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on Morgan Stanley from $95.00 to $107.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on Morgan Stanley from $106.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised their price target on Morgan Stanley from $108.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $109.24.

Morgan Stanley Price Performance

MS opened at $133.52 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $109.23 and its 200 day simple moving average is $102.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.14, a current ratio of 0.80 and a quick ratio of 0.78. Morgan Stanley has a 1 year low of $74.55 and a 1 year high of $133.99. The firm has a market cap of $215.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.24, a PEG ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.34.

Morgan Stanley Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 31st will be paid a $0.925 dividend. This represents a $3.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 31st. Morgan Stanley’s payout ratio is presently 56.32%.

Insider Activity

In other Morgan Stanley news, Director Stephen J. Luczo sold 60,000 shares of Morgan Stanley stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $119.17, for a total transaction of $7,150,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 138,363 shares in the company, valued at approximately $16,488,718.71. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 0.24% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in MS. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of Morgan Stanley by 17.5% in the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,656,079 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $172,630,000 after purchasing an additional 247,171 shares during the last quarter. Tradewinds LLC. raised its stake in shares of Morgan Stanley by 4.8% in the third quarter. Tradewinds LLC. now owns 57,814 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $6,027,000 after purchasing an additional 2,662 shares during the last quarter. German American Bancorp Inc. raised its stake in shares of Morgan Stanley by 8.0% in the third quarter. German American Bancorp Inc. now owns 77,420 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $8,070,000 after purchasing an additional 5,738 shares during the last quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Morgan Stanley by 1.8% in the third quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 50,254 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $5,238,000 after purchasing an additional 903 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. raised its stake in shares of Morgan Stanley by 5.3% in the third quarter. BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. now owns 179,126 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $18,672,000 after purchasing an additional 9,076 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.19% of the company’s stock.

Morgan Stanley Company Profile

Morgan Stanley, a financial holding company, provides various financial products and services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. It operates through Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment Management segments.