MS Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

BlackRock, Inc. has a net margin of 14.92% compared to Morgan Stanley's net margin of 23.35%. Morgan Stanley's return on equity of 15.16% beat BlackRock, Inc.'s return on equity of 12.41%.

Morgan Stanley has a consensus price target of $169.57, signalling downside risk potential of -2.39%. On the other hand BlackRock, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $1,328.64 which suggests that it could grow by 23.04%. Given that BlackRock, Inc. has higher upside potential than Morgan Stanley, analysts believe BlackRock, Inc. is more attractive than Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.217, which suggesting that the stock is 21.722% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison BlackRock, Inc. has a beta of 1.476, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 47.604%.

Morgan Stanley has a quarterly dividend of $1.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.22%. BlackRock, Inc. offers a yield of 1.92% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $5.21 per share. Morgan Stanley pays 44.68% of its earnings as a dividend. BlackRock, Inc. pays out 48.56% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Morgan Stanley quarterly revenues are $31.2B, which are larger than BlackRock, Inc. quarterly revenues of $6.5B. Morgan Stanley's net income of $4.7B is higher than BlackRock, Inc.'s net income of $1.5B. Notably, Morgan Stanley's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.83x while BlackRock, Inc.'s PE ratio is 28.06x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Morgan Stanley is 2.45x versus 7.30x for BlackRock, Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Citigroup, Inc. has a net margin of 14.92% compared to Morgan Stanley's net margin of 8.55%. Morgan Stanley's return on equity of 15.16% beat Citigroup, Inc.'s return on equity of 6.91%.

Morgan Stanley has a consensus price target of $169.57, signalling downside risk potential of -2.39%. On the other hand Citigroup, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $114.33 which suggests that it could grow by 7.13%. Given that Citigroup, Inc. has higher upside potential than Morgan Stanley, analysts believe Citigroup, Inc. is more attractive than Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.217, which suggesting that the stock is 21.722% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Citigroup, Inc. has a beta of 1.217, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 21.719%.

Morgan Stanley has a quarterly dividend of $1.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.22%. Citigroup, Inc. offers a yield of 2.17% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.60 per share. Morgan Stanley pays 44.68% of its earnings as a dividend. Citigroup, Inc. pays out 36.68% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Morgan Stanley quarterly revenues are $31.2B, which are smaller than Citigroup, Inc. quarterly revenues of $43.9B. Morgan Stanley's net income of $4.7B is higher than Citigroup, Inc.'s net income of $3.8B. Notably, Morgan Stanley's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.83x while Citigroup, Inc.'s PE ratio is 15.00x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Morgan Stanley is 2.45x versus 1.20x for Citigroup, Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. has a net margin of 14.92% compared to Morgan Stanley's net margin of 8.61%. Morgan Stanley's return on equity of 15.16% beat Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.'s return on equity of 5.91%.

Morgan Stanley has a consensus price target of $169.57, signalling downside risk potential of -2.39%. On the other hand Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $64.60 which suggests that it could grow by 10.6%. Given that Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. has higher upside potential than Morgan Stanley, analysts believe Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. is more attractive than Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.217, which suggesting that the stock is 21.722% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. has a beta of 1.530, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 52.958%.

Morgan Stanley has a quarterly dividend of $1.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.22%. Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. offers a yield of 2.74% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share. Morgan Stanley pays 44.68% of its earnings as a dividend. Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. pays out 43.67% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Morgan Stanley quarterly revenues are $31.2B, which are larger than Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. quarterly revenues of $2.5B. Morgan Stanley's net income of $4.7B is higher than Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.'s net income of $213.9M. Notably, Morgan Stanley's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.83x while Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.'s PE ratio is 20.12x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Morgan Stanley is 2.45x versus 1.43x for Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

The Charles Schwab Corp. has a net margin of 14.92% compared to Morgan Stanley's net margin of 33.49%. Morgan Stanley's return on equity of 15.16% beat The Charles Schwab Corp.'s return on equity of 16.88%.

Morgan Stanley has a consensus price target of $169.57, signalling downside risk potential of -2.39%. On the other hand The Charles Schwab Corp. has an analysts' consensus of $111.61 which suggests that it could grow by 18.75%. Given that The Charles Schwab Corp. has higher upside potential than Morgan Stanley, analysts believe The Charles Schwab Corp. is more attractive than Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.217, which suggesting that the stock is 21.722% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison The Charles Schwab Corp. has a beta of 0.959, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 4.051%.

Morgan Stanley has a quarterly dividend of $1.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.22%. The Charles Schwab Corp. offers a yield of 1.15% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.27 per share. Morgan Stanley pays 44.68% of its earnings as a dividend. The Charles Schwab Corp. pays out 33.48% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Morgan Stanley quarterly revenues are $31.2B, which are larger than The Charles Schwab Corp. quarterly revenues of $7B. Morgan Stanley's net income of $4.7B is higher than The Charles Schwab Corp.'s net income of $2.4B. Notably, Morgan Stanley's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.83x while The Charles Schwab Corp.'s PE ratio is 22.05x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Morgan Stanley is 2.45x versus 6.31x for The Charles Schwab Corp.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.