Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. Acquires 332,995 Shares of Morgan Stanley $MS

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 332,995 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $62,630,000.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Northern Financial Advisors Inc raised its position in Morgan Stanley by 1.3% during the third quarter. Northern Financial Advisors Inc now owns 5,543 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,043,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. Profund Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Morgan Stanley by 10.9% during the 3rd quarter. Profund Advisors LLC now owns 11,658 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $2,193,000 after purchasing an additional 1,144 shares during the last quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Morgan Stanley by 10.1% during the 3rd quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. now owns 81,456 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $15,320,000 after acquiring an additional 7,479 shares during the period. Investment Partners LTD. increased its holdings in shares of Morgan Stanley by 6.1% during the 3rd quarter. Investment Partners LTD. now owns 2,343 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $441,000 after buying an additional 134 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Summit Global Investments grew its position in Morgan Stanley by 149.7% in the third quarter. Summit Global Investments now owns 9,229 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,736,000 after acquiring an additional 5,533 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.19% of the company’s stock.

Morgan Stanley Stock Up 0.0%

Morgan Stanley stock opened at $184.38 on Monday. Morgan Stanley has a twelve month low of $152.80 and a twelve month high of $232.25. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $198.11 and its 200-day simple moving average is $194.29. The company has a current ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.65. The firm has a market capitalization of $290.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.63, a P/E/G ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 1.23.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 14th. The financial services provider reported $3.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.93 by $0.10. Morgan Stanley had a return on equity of 19.40% and a net margin of 15.63%. The firm had revenue of $20.34 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.93 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.80 earnings per share. Morgan Stanley’s revenue was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts expect that Morgan Stanley will post 12.83 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Morgan Stanley Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 13th. Investors of record on Friday, October 30th will be paid a dividend of $1.15 per share. This represents a $4.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 30th. Morgan Stanley’s dividend payout ratio is presently 36.51%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Morgan Stanley in a research report on Wednesday, October 14th. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Morgan Stanley from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 7th. HSBC boosted their target price on Morgan Stanley from $215.00 to $219.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, September 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Morgan Stanley from $195.00 to $198.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, October 16th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $230.00 price objective (down from $250.00) on shares of Morgan Stanley in a report on Thursday, October 15th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $214.62.

More Morgan Stanley News

Here are the key news stories impacting Morgan Stanley this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong deal activity supports investment-banking momentum. Morgan Stanley ranked among the leading advisers by deal value in the automotive, technology, media and telecom, and power sectors during the first three quarters of 2026. Sustained M&A activity could support advisory-fee revenue. Mitsubishi UFJ and Morgan Stanley lead automotive M&A financial advisers’ list Morgan Stanley leads TMT M&A advisers
• Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley is participating in a large AI infrastructure financing. The firm is part of a reported $63 billion financing structure involving Blackstone, Bank of America, and Citigroup to fund AI computing equipment leased to Anthropic. The transaction may create fee income and reinforce MS’s position in rapidly growing AI-related capital markets. Wall Street’s New $63 Billion AI Deal
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst visibility remains high, but investor attention is focused on valuation. Morgan Stanley was among the most-watched stocks on Zacks, while commentary questioned whether its strong multiyear rally and current valuation are justified by returns on capital and future earnings growth. Shares were recently below both their 50-day and 200-day moving averages, signaling continued technical pressure.
• Negative Sentiment: AI exposure also introduces risk concerns. Commentary on the Anthropic financing warned that lenders and investors could face losses if AI hardware becomes obsolete, utilization disappoints, or AI-related valuations decline. Such concerns may weigh on sentiment toward MS even though the deal offers potential fee opportunities. Can Morgan Stanley Justify Its Price After AI Deal Wins?

Morgan Stanley Profile

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a global financial services company that provides investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services to corporations, institutions, governments and individual investors. Founded in 1935, the company is headquartered in New York City and serves clients through operations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and other international markets.

Through its Institutional Securities segment, Morgan Stanley offers investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading, research, lending and related capital-markets services.