MS vs. GS, SCHW, RJF, LPLA, SF, EVR, LAZ, BGC, PIPR, and OPY
Should you be buying Morgan Stanley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Stanley include The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Raymond James (RJF), LPL Financial (LPLA), Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), Lazard (LAZ), BGC Group (BGC), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), and Oppenheimer (OPY). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) and The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Morgan Stanley pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. The Goldman Sachs Group pays an annual dividend of $11.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Morgan Stanley pays out 61.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Goldman Sachs Group pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Goldman Sachs Group has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Goldman Sachs Group received 41 more outperform votes than Morgan Stanley when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.96% of users gave Morgan Stanley an outperform vote while only 60.22% of users gave The Goldman Sachs Group an outperform vote.
Morgan Stanley has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Goldman Sachs Group. The Goldman Sachs Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morgan Stanley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Morgan Stanley presently has a consensus target price of $98.30, indicating a potential downside of 0.38%. The Goldman Sachs Group has a consensus target price of $440.57, indicating a potential downside of 4.19%. Given Morgan Stanley's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Morgan Stanley is more favorable than The Goldman Sachs Group.
In the previous week, The Goldman Sachs Group had 24 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for The Goldman Sachs Group and 28 mentions for Morgan Stanley. The Goldman Sachs Group's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Morgan Stanley's score of 0.38 indicating that The Goldman Sachs Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Morgan Stanley has a net margin of 9.57% compared to The Goldman Sachs Group's net margin of 8.17%. Morgan Stanley's return on equity of 10.88% beat The Goldman Sachs Group's return on equity.
84.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of The Goldman Sachs Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of The Goldman Sachs Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Morgan Stanley beats The Goldman Sachs Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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