Morgan Stanley’s recent filing unveils that its Chairman Emeritus JAMES P GORMAN acquired Company’s shares for reported $6.6 million on Feb 27 ’25. In the deal valued at $132.00 per share,50,000 shares were bought.
Then, JAMES P GORMAN bought 100,000 shares, generating $13,000,000 in total proceeds.
Before that, CRAWLEY MANDELL sold 8,312 shares. Morgan Stanley shares valued at $1,147,555 were divested by the Chief Client Officer at a price of $138.06 per share. As a result of the transaction, CRAWLEY MANDELL now holds 55,249 shares, worth roughly $6.53 million.
HSBC Securities downgraded its Morgan Stanley [MS] rating to a Hold from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Wells Fargo’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid November from “an Underweight” to “an Equal weight”. HSBC Securities also remained covering MS and has increased its forecast on October 04, 2024 with a “Buy” recommendation from previously “Hold” rating. Goldman revised its rating on September 11, 2024. It rated MS as “a Neutral” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of MS
On Tuesday, Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS] saw its stock jump 0.13% to $118.11. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 5.42%. Morgan Stanley shares have fallen nearly -6.05% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 32.56% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $142.03 was reached on 02/07/25, a 52-week low of $85.01 was recorded on 03/10/25. SMA at 50 days reached $130.46, while 200 days put it at $115.03.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For MS Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 117.19, which if violated will result in even more drops to 116.28. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 119.12. A further resistance level may holdings at 120.13. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 40.27, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -2.61, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 64.10%. Stochastics %K at 31.97% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Morgan Stanley?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Morgan Stanley stocks on 2025-02-28, growing by 0.54 million shares to a total of 14.29 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-01-31 was 13.75 million shares. There was a rise of 3.76%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
