Morgan Stanley’s recent filing unveils that its Indirectly controlled by the i MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LL acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.32 million on Apr 16 ’25. In the deal valued at $108.84 per share,2,960 shares were bought.
Then, GROSSMAN ERIC F sold 10,068 shares, generating $1,124,093 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $111.65, the Chief Legal/Admin Officer now owns 199,274 shares.
Before that, ERIC F GROSSMAN bought 10,068 shares. Morgan Stanley shares valued at $1,124,092 were divested by the Affiliate at a price of $111.65 per share.
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 Monday, Morgan Stanley [NYSE:MS] saw its stock fall -2.64% to $106.30. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -1.68%. Morgan Stanley shares have fallen nearly -15.45% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 18.01% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $142.03 was reached on 02/07/25, a 52-week low of $89.74 was recorded on 04/07/25. SMA at 50 days reached $120.78, while 200 days put it at $116.86.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For MS Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 104.61, which if violated will result in even more drops to 102.92. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 108.16. A further resistance level may holdings at 110.02. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 41.51, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.31, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 54.00%. Stochastics %K at 53.38% 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 2025-03-31, growing by 0.58 million shares to a total of 14.87 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-28 was 14.29 million shares. There was a rise of 3.88%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
