NYSE · Financial · Capital Markets · USA
Morgan Stanley is a mega cap company (market value over $200 billion) in the Capital Markets industry.
Morgan Stanley is a financial services firm that offers advisory, trading, and asset management services across three main business divisions. It serves corporations, governments, financial institutions and individuals globally from headquarters in New York and major offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
From its FY2025 annual report (Form 10-K)
Intrinsic value, DCF valuation, financial health and value investing analysis for the Morgan Stanley stock.
Overvalued: intrinsic value $141.34 per share, market price $178.47, margin of safety -26.3% (as of 2026-10-19).
Book value at 1.92x, the multiple a 18.0% return on equity justifies, blended with earnings, values the shares at $141.34; the price of $178.47 is 26% above that value.
Leak Score: 44/100 on 11 of 12 signals (On Watch).
17 more funds hold it; the full list is part of the paid plan.
16 more in this industry show a wider margin of safety.
MS is overvalued (as of the 2026-10-19 close). Book value at 1.92x, the multiple a 18.0% return on equity justifies, blended with earnings, values the shares at $141.34; the price of $178.47 is 26% above that value.
$141.34 per share (as of the 2026-10-19 close), against a market price of $178.47. That is a margin of safety of -26.3%. The value is the average of the valuation methods that apply to this company, recomputed every night after the US close.
The price needs the bank to earn more on its equity than it does today. Return on equity the price needs: 23.4%. Return on equity it earns: 18.0%.
44 out of 100, which we rate "On Watch", on 11 of 12 value investing signals.