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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Morgan Stanley stock logo
MS
Morgan Stanley
$115.61
+2.9%
$117.84
$90.55
$142.03
$186.46B1.36.67 million shs6.64 million shs
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MSFT
Microsoft
$387.30
+3.4%
$385.70
$344.79
$468.35
$2.88T121.29 million shs22.18 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
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MS
Morgan Stanley
+1.78%+4.12%-9.70%-18.32%+19.72%
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MSFT
Microsoft
+2.12%+0.80%-4.71%-16.15%-8.09%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
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MS
Morgan Stanley
4.7902 of 5 stars
3.13.04.22.43.22.52.5
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MSFT
Microsoft
4.947 of 5 stars
4.45.03.32.93.31.71.9
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
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MS
Morgan Stanley
2.29
Hold$130.5012.88% Upside
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MSFT
Microsoft
2.88
Moderate Buy$493.1327.33% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest MS and MSFT Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
4/24/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
The Goldman Sachs Group
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$500.00 ➝ $450.00
4/23/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
Guggenheim
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Reiterated RatingNeutral ➝ Neutral
4/23/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
Piper Sandler
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$520.00 ➝ $435.00
4/21/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
Barclays
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$475.00 ➝ $430.00
4/17/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
KeyCorp
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Reiterated RatingOverweight ➝ Sector Weight
4/16/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$530.00 ➝ $472.00
4/16/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
BMO Capital Markets
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Lower Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$490.00 ➝ $470.00
4/15/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
Bank of America
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$510.00 ➝ $480.00
4/14/2025
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MS
Morgan Stanley
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$125.00 ➝ $122.00
4/14/2025
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MS
Morgan Stanley
Wells Fargo & Company
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$130.00 ➝ $120.00
4/14/2025
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MS
Morgan Stanley
JMP Securities
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Reiterated RatingMarket Perform ➝ Market Perform
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CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
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MS
Morgan Stanley
$59.92B3.11$7.24 per share15.97$55.58 per share2.08
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MSFT
Microsoft
$261.80B11.00$13.83 per share28.01$40.72 per share9.51
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
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MS
Morgan Stanley
$13.39B$8.5214.5612.261.1812.48%14.39%1.09%N/A
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MSFT
Microsoft
$88.14B$12.4231.1826.352.2135.43%33.36%18.07%4/30/2025 (Estimated)

Latest MS and MSFT Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
4/30/2025Q3 2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
$3.20N/AN/AN/A$68.54 billionN/A
4/11/2025Q1 2025
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MS
Morgan Stanley
$2.21$2.60+$0.39$2.60$16.81 billion$17.74 billion
1/29/2025Q2 2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
$3.15$3.23+$0.08$3.23$68.86 billionN/A
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
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MS
Morgan Stanley
$3.703.20%+19.13%43.43%12 Years
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MSFT
Microsoft
$3.320.86%+10.22%26.73%23 Years

Latest MS and MSFT Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
3/11/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
quarterly$0.830.87%5/15/20255/15/20256/12/2025
4/11/2025
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MS
Morgan Stanley
quarterly$0.92503.48%4/30/20254/30/20255/15/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
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MS
Morgan Stanley
3.14
0.80
0.80
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
0.13
1.35
1.34

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
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MS
Morgan Stanley
84.19%
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
71.13%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Morgan Stanley stock logo
MS
Morgan Stanley
0.19%
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
0.03%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
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MS
Morgan Stanley
82,4001.61 billion1.61 billionOptionable
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
221,0007.43 billion7.43 billionOptionable

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Morgan Stanley NYSE:MS

$115.61 +3.30 (+2.94%)
As of 03:59 PM Eastern

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. The Institutional Securities segment offers capital raising and financial advisory services, including services related to the underwriting of debt, equity, and other securities, as well as advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, real estate, and project finance. This segment also provides equity and fixed income products comprising sales, financing, prime brokerage, and market-making services; foreign exchange and commodities; corporate and commercial real estate loans, commercial mortgage and secured lending facilities, and financing for sales and trading customers, and asset-backed and mortgage lending; and wealth management services, investment, and research services. The Wealth Management segment offers financial advisor-led brokerage, custody, administrative, and investment advisory services; self-directed brokerage services; financial and wealth planning services; workplace services, including stock plan administration; annuity and insurance products; securities-based lending, residential real estate loans, and other lending products; banking; and retirement plan services to individual investors and small to medium-sized businesses and institutions. The Investment Management segment provides equity, fixed income, alternatives and solutions, and liquidity and overlay services to benefit/defined contribution plans, foundations, endowments, government entities, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, third-party fund sponsors, corporations, and individuals through institutional and intermediary channels. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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Microsoft NASDAQ:MSFT

$387.30 +12.91 (+3.45%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services. This segment also provides LinkedIn; and dynamics business solutions, including Dynamics 365, a set of intelligent, cloud-based applications across ERP, CRM, power apps, and power automate; and on-premises ERP and CRM applications. The Intelligent Cloud segment offers server products and cloud services, such as azure and other cloud services; SQL and windows server, visual studio, system center, and related client access licenses, as well as nuance and GitHub; and enterprise services including enterprise support services, industry solutions, and nuance professional services. The More Personal Computing segment offers Windows, including windows OEM licensing and other non-volume licensing of the Windows operating system; Windows commercial comprising volume licensing of the Windows operating system, windows cloud services, and other Windows commercial offerings; patent licensing; and windows Internet of Things; and devices, such as surface, HoloLens, and PC accessories. Additionally, this segment provides gaming, which includes Xbox hardware and content, and first- and third-party content; Xbox game pass and other subscriptions, cloud gaming, advertising, third-party disc royalties, and other cloud services; and search and news advertising, which includes Bing, Microsoft News and Edge, and third-party affiliates. The company sells its products through OEMs, distributors, and resellers; and directly through digital marketplaces, online, and retail stores. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.