Wall Street analysts will be watching closely when Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) reports its quarterly earnings next, which is scheduled for Wed 17 Apr (In 10 Days). Looking at the latest analyst forecasts, the current earnings-per-share (EPS) consensus estimate is sitting at $1.28 per share. In the preceding quarter, the company reportedly generated EPS of $0.80 per share of its common stock. Looking at profitability indicators, this organization has an operating margin of 22.40%, a profit margin of 16.40%70.60%.
Speaking of Wall Street analysts, a number of market experts at top investment banks have recently posted their updated ratings on shares of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS). Most recently, on February 1st, 2019, Societe Generale Downgrade a Sell rating. Before that, on January 9th, 2019, Citigroup Upgrade to Buy. Barclays Reiterated a Equal Weight rating on January 2nd, 2019, Wells Fargo Upgrade an Outperform rating on October 24th, 2018, and HSBC Securities Downgrade a Hold rating on October 2nd, 2018.
At its current price point, combined with the fact that this company has 1.71B shares outstanding, the current market capitalization sits at 76.78B. In the last trading day, 8,576,053 shares of Morgan Stanley were traded, which compares to its usual volume of about 12.87M shares per day of trading.
If we compare this company’s current price to its recent pricing activity, we can see that the price has changed by $2.70 in the past five trading days, resulting in a percentage change of +6.40% and a moving average of 44.29. In the past 20 days, its price changed by $3.54 (which is +8.56%) and the stock’s moving average was 42.91. Looking back a full 50 days, shares of MS changed by $2.85 (which is +6.78%) and demonstrated a moving average of 42.32.
Staying in the same analytical area, this company’s stock has demonstrated a 9-day Stochastic %K score of 91.38%, a 14-day Stochastic %K score of 89.76% and a 20-day Stochastic %K score of 90.50%. Using a similar metric, Morgan Stanley (MS) shares showed a Stochastic %D of 91.42% over the past 9 days, a Stochastic %D score of 82.50% over the last 14 days, and a 20-day Stochastic %D of 84.34%. Meanwhile, this stock’s MACD Oscillator was 1.53 over the past 9 days, 1.74 over the past two weeks, and 1.82 in the last 20 days.
As recent trading data suggests, this company’s shares have been hovering close to the $44.90 level. Over the past 12 months, this stock has experienced a high price of $55.64 and a low of $36.74. Top market experts pay heightened attention to a stock as it is getting closer to a notable historic high price or low price.
SSgA Funds Management Inc sold more shares of this company during the last fiscal quarter, as we can observe in the latest corresponding filing from Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This specific major shareholder, at the end of the quarter, held 130,640,173 shares of the company’s stock following the subtraction of -1,403,997 to this investor’s holdings during the three-month period. This share count represents that SSgA Funds Management Inc now held 7.65% stake in Morgan Stanley (MS)’s shares.
Just in the most recent trading day, Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) experienced a high price of $45.38 and low point of $44.73. At the end of the last trading session, this stock was at 44.90 per share, following a loss of -$44.93, or -0.07% during the full day.
