Morgan Stanley (MS): Today's Featured Financial Services Winner
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) pushed the Financial Services industry higher today making it today's featured financial services winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, Morgan Stanley rose $0.31 (1.3%) to $24.88 on average volume. Throughout the day, 22,260,825 shares of Morgan Stanley exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 19,733,600 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $24.45-$25.08 after having opened the day at $24.81 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $24.57. Other companies within the Financial Services industry that increased today were:
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), up 16.3%,
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), up 6.9%,
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), up 4.5% and
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), up 4.3%.
Morgan Stanley, a financial holding company, provides various financial products and services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals worldwide. Morgan Stanley has a market cap of $47.1 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are up 28.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Morgan Stanley a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Morgan Stanley
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, increase in net income, solid stock price performance and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.
- You can view the full Morgan Stanley Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 5.7%,
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), down 5.6%,
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), down 5.3% and
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), down 4.1% , were all laggards within the financial services industry with
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) being today's financial services industry laggard.
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) while those bearish on the financial services industry could consider
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