Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) improved on last year’s poor results in the first round of the latest Federal Reserve stress tests, a sign they may have more flexibility to boost payouts to shareholders. In figures posted Friday by the Fed, the pair didn’t come as close to breaching regulatory minimums as they did last year, offering hope they will escape limits on dividends and stock buybacks imposed back then. All 18 banks in the exam demonstrated an ability to withstand a hypothetical financial shock. The second and final round next week determines whether firms win approval to boost capital payouts.
Technical Stock Analysis
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), a Financial sector firm, traded 18.44 Million shares in last trading session and stock soared 0.28% with closing price of $43.58 per share. Company gross margins represents its total sales revenue minus its cost of goods sold (COGS), divided by the total sales revenue earned by the company, expressed as a percentage. And its good to know that the higher that percentage, the more the company retains on each dollar of sales, to service its other costs and the debt obligations, and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS)’s gross margin stands at 68.30%.
Investment Worthy Stock or not?
For personal guess ROI is usually expressed as a percentage and is typically used for taking any financial decisions, for the purpose of comparing a Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS)’s profitability or to compare the efficiency of different investments, hence, MS return on investment (ROI) is 1.80%.
52-Week Range
52-Week Range are valuable stats for watching Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS)’s past year fluctuation as that gives investors an idea of how much the security has moved in the last year and whether it is trading near the top, middle or bottom of the range. Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS)’s stock value has moved between $36.62 – 51.27 in last one year.
Analyst’s Views
Analysts mean target price for Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) is $54.24 while analysts mean recommendation is 2.00.
Stock Performance
Its weekly performance is 1.77% while year to date (YTD) performance is 9.91%.
EPS Growth
Earnings per share growth is defined as the percentage change in normalised earnings per share over the previous 12 month period to the latest year end. It gives a good picture of the rate at which a company has grown its profitability. Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS)’s EPS growth this year is 26.60%. For best decision making investors should look at Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS)’s EPS growth for next year stands at 8.60%.
