Morgan Stanley

MS Financial Capital Markets

Morgan Stanley’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $119.7 billion, up 11.5% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to September 2026, revenue grew 6.69%, EPS grew 13.4%, free cash flow fell 132.2% and total debt rose 19.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five.

180.57 1.53 −0.84%
Market cap
$286.0B
P/E
14.0×
Fwd P/E
17.9×
Dividend yield
2.30%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 51.74
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — 7 — — 4 — — 3 — — —
Insider Ownership 23.13%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 286,000.00
Revenue 130,885.00
Net Income 20,370.00
Free Cash Flow (18,582.00)
Net Debt (78,453.00)
Current Ratio 0.79
Debt/Equity 3.34
P/E ratio 14.00
Fwd P/E 17.90
P/S ratio 2.14
P/B ratio 2.60
Past 5Y EPS Growth 9.59%
This Y EPS Growth 25.80% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 7.18%
Next Y revenue growth (31.51%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 13.58%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 58.57%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 65.87%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 92.89%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.33
Annual Dividend Rate 4.15
Annual Dividend Yield 2.30%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 4.30
1.00
1.00
1.15
2025 3.85
0.93
0.93
1.00
1.00
2024 3.55
0.85
0.85
0.93
0.93
2023 3.25
0.78
0.78
0.85
0.85
2022 2.95
0.70
0.70
0.78
0.78
2021 2.10
0.35
0.35
0.70
0.70
2020 1.40
0.35
0.35
0.35
0.35
2019 1.30
0.30
0.30
0.35
0.35
2018 1.10
0.25
0.25
0.30
0.30
2017 0.90
0.20
0.20
0.25
0.25
2016 0.70
0.15
0.15
0.20
0.20
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 321,063 347,810 383,846 471,009
Receivables 298,745 324,311 392,814 453,385
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
619,808 672,121 776,660 924,394
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 208,148 175,938 226,519 279,070
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other 621,831 644,886 732,164 885,991
829,979 820,824 958,683 1,165,061

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 12.19% 17.86% 21.98%
Cash Flow 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings 11.10% 9.13% 15.52%
Book Value 3.99% 1.78% 3.63%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 33,150 34,470 33,276 — —
’25 29,134 29,350 31,189 29,989 119,662
’24 26,270 26,481 27,372 27,162 107,285
’23 22,151 22,360 23,422 23,829 91,762
’22 15,235 14,462 16,577 19,662 65,936
’21 16,128 15,106 15,041 14,846 61,121
’20 11,926 14,418 12,291 13,971 52,606
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (7,098) (2,747) — — —
’25 (23,976) 11,829 (3,332) (2,410) (17,889)
’24 4,360 2,525 (17,323) 11,800 1,362
’23 (9,865) (9,666) 3,747 (17,752) (33,536)
’22 239 14,913 (7,553) (13,996) (6,397)
’21 26,879 4,615 2,128 349 33,971
’20 23,836 (16,810) (6,867) (25,390) (25,231)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (7,852) (3,566) — — —
’25 (24,689) 11,066 (4,045) (3,119) (20,787)
’24 3,544 1,674 (18,239) 10,921 (2,100)
’23 (10,584) (10,517) 2,834 (18,681) (36,948)
’22 (413) 14,114 (8,410) (14,766) (9,475)
’21 26,354 4,101 1,509 (301) 31,663
’20 23,482 (17,238) (6,990) (25,929) (26,675)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3.43 3.46 3.17 — —
’25 2.60 2.13 2.80 2.68 10.21
’24 2.02 1.82 1.88 2.22 7.95
’23 1.70 1.24 1.38 0.85 5.18
’22 2.02 1.39 1.47 1.26 6.15
’21 2.19 1.85 1.98 2.01 8.03
’20 1.01 1.96 1.66 1.81 6.46
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 21.16 40.06 36.74 38.76 27.20 66.85 72.05 69.42 83.09 94.33

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 44.04 54.25 59.38 51.44 68.97 105.95 109.73 100.99 136.24 182.34
People
People Employees 55,311 57,633 60,348 60,431 68,000 75,000 82,000 80,000 80,000 82,992
Revenue/emp, $m 0.69 0.76 0.83 0.89 0.77 0.81 0.80 1.15 1.34 1.44
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 37,949 43,642 50,193 53,942 52,606 61,121 65,936 91,762 107,285 119,662
Gross margin, % 94.94 95.20 95.23 95.38 94.43 94.53 94.76 96.21 96.14 96.09
EBT 8,848 10,403 11,237 11,301 14,418 19,668 14,089 11,813 17,596 21,954
EBT margin, % 23.32 23.84 22.39 20.95 27.41 32.18 21.37 12.87 16.40 18.35
Net income 6,123 6,216 8,883 9,237 11,179 15,120 11,179 9,230 13,529 17,025
Depreciation 1,736 1,753 1,844 2,643 3,769 4,216 3,998 4,256 5,161 4,658
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 20.52 24.52 29.39 33.36 32.82 34.24 38.99 56.36 67.43 76.02
Earnings 2.98 3.16 4.81 5.26 6.55 8.16 6.23 5.24 8.04 10.32
Cash flow 2.91 (2.53) 4.28 25.22 (15.74) 19.03 (3.78) (20.60) 0.86 (11.37)
Capex (0.69) (0.92) (1.09) (1.13) (0.90) (1.29) (1.82) (2.10) (2.18) (1.84)
Free cash flow 2.22 (3.45) 3.19 24.09 (16.64) 17.74 (5.60) (22.70) (1.32) (13.21)
Book value 41.74 44.08 47.66 51.14 64.35 59.72 59.86 61.41 66.27 71.57
Shares, m 1,849 1,780 1,708 1,617 1,603 1,785 1,691 1,628 1,591 1,574
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 14.40 16.57 8.26 9.72 10.51 12.03 13.80 17.99 15.62 17.20
P/S 2.10 2.13 1.35 1.53 2.09 2.87 2.20 1.67 1.86 2.34
P/B 1.14 1.33 0.93 1.11 1.17 1.77 1.57 1.68 2.09 2.72
EV/Sales (1.56) (0.07) (0.89) (0.03) (0.14) 0.51 0.12 1.04 1.31 2.04
EV/FCF (14.42) 0.52 (8.21) (0.04) 0.28 0.98 (0.80) (2.59) (67.16) (11.76)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 5,383 (4,505) 7,305 40,773 (25,231) 33,971 (6,397) (33,536) 1,362 (17,889)
Capex (1,276) (1,629) (1,865) (1,826) (1,444) (2,308) (3,078) (3,412) (3,462) (2,898)
Free cash flow 4,107 (6,134) 5,440 38,947 (26,675) 31,663 (9,475) (36,948) (2,100) (20,787)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (126,797) (131,709) (111,555) (156,878) (213,021) (186,826) (173,209) (210,171) (148,703) (182,023)
Total debt 165,716 192,582 189,662 192,627 217,079 233,127 238,058 263,732 288,819 348,935
Net debt (138,835) (96,081) (112,369) (84,317) (117,200) (144,310) (137,350) (57,331) (58,991) (34,911)
Shareholders’ equity 77,177 78,466 81,406 82,697 103,149 106,598 101,231 99,982 105,428 112,652
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 0.69 0.67 0.96 0.97 1.04 1.26 0.89 0.72 1.06 1.23
ROIC 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 72.44 84.95 57.06
ROE 7.96 8.01 11.51 11.58 12.49 15.11 11.02 9.29 13.70 16.37
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Sep 2026 · fundamentals updated 15 Oct 2026

Charts ten years each

Morgan Stanley vs peers in Capital Markets (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
MS Morgan Stanley $286.0B 14.0× 17.9× +6.69% (above 0%: growing) +13.42% (above 0%: growing) −132.22% (below 0%: shrinking) 95.59% 58.35%
GS The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. $259.5B 12.4× 17.5× +23.02% (above 0%: growing) +43.95% (above 0%: growing) +5.62% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 37.49% Compare
SCHW The Charles Schwab Corporation $162.8B 15.5× 15.1× +16.89% (above 0%: growing) +33.47% (above 0%: growing) +34.96% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 57.89% Compare
HOOD Robinhood Markets, Inc. $93.5B 42.8× 44.5× +32.25% (above 0%: growing) +40.91% (above 0%: growing) −80.06% (below 0%: shrinking) 95.26% 43.88% Compare
IBKR Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. $39.0B 32.7× 34.0× +28.11% (above 0%: growing) +37.25% (above 0%: growing) −13.01% (below 0%: shrinking) 92.51% 77.32% Compare
NMR Nomura Holdings Inc ADR $27.1B 9.4× 10.7× +10.87% (above 0%: growing) +106.67% (above 0%: growing) +688.81% (above 0%: growing) 94.58% 70.80% Compare
TW Tradeweb Markets Inc. $26.2B 27.0× 29.3× +8.96% (above 0%: growing) +18.06% (above 0%: growing) −5.23% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 43.88% Compare
LPLA LPL Financial Holdings Inc. $25.8B 25.5× 15.2× +35.24% (above 0%: growing) +38.89% (above 0%: growing) +259.62% (above 0%: growing) 31.38% 11.90% Compare
CRCL Circle Internet Group, Inc. $22.2B 43.0× 97.9× +6.57% (above 0%: growing) n/m +113.54% (above 0%: growing) 41.19% 4.90% Compare
Median of peers $33.1B 26.3× 23.4× +19.96% +38.89% +20.29% 94.92% 43.88%

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MS metrics, ten years each

Morgan Stanley (MS) key facts

  • Strength: Morgan Stanley’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $119.7 billion, up 11.5% from fiscal 2024.
  • Morgan Stanley (MS) is a Capital Markets company in the Financial sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, MS traded at $180.57, a market capitalization of $286.0 billion.
  • Morgan Stanley pays an annual dividend of $4.15 per share, a yield of 2.30%, with a payout ratio of 32.6%.
  • Return on equity was 16.4% and debt-to-equity 3.34.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 15, 2026.

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