Morgan Stanley

MS stock score: 59/100

$183.97 · -1.63% · Scored Oct 22, 2026

Technical
54
Fundamental
65
News
38

The reading

Morgan Stanley (MS) scores 59 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 57% of Financial Services stocks and 73% of the 4,161 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 54, fundamentals 65.

Among the fundamentals, Price Target at 100 and Gross Margins at 96 score highest, while Debt to Equity at 1 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 33 and contrarian oscillators 64 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is negative at 38; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 57 to 67, and it is down 8 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward MS’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

65

Pulling it up

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • Gross Margins96

    Gross margins show profitability after cost of goods sold.

  • Operating Margins95

    Operating margins measure profitability after operating expenses.

Holding it back

  • Debt to Equity1

    Debt-to-Equity ratio measures financial leverage by comparing total debt to shareholder equity.

  • Quick Ratio15

    Quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet short-term obligations with liquid assets.

  • Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)19

    Return on Invested Capital measures the operating profit a company earns on all the capital invested in it, debt and equity alike.

37 weighted scorers; 4 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

36

Pulling it up

  • MACD (12)85

    Moving Average Convergence Divergence tracks the relationship between two exponential moving averages.

  • Chaikin Money Flow (20)84

    Chaikin Money Flow (20-period) measures buying and selling pressure over 20 periods.

  • Bollinger Bands (50)84

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

Holding it back

  • Ichimoku Cloud0

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)0

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • SMA 100 Cross Up3

    SMA 100 Cross Up identifies when shorter averages cross above the 100-period SMA.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Social Sentiment (3D)
52
Social Sentiment (1W)
52
Global News
21

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly541
Daily363
Weekly482
Monthly682
Quarterly722

Composite score, last 90 days

05010059Jul 25, 2026Oct 22, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 67Jul 26, 2026: 66Jul 27, 2026: 67Jul 28, 2026: 65Jul 29, 2026: 66Jul 30, 2026: 67Jul 31, 2026: 64Aug 1, 2026: 59Aug 2, 2026: 59Aug 3, 2026: 61Aug 4, 2026: 62Aug 5, 2026: 63Aug 6, 2026: 61Aug 7, 2026: 66Aug 8, 2026: 66Aug 9, 2026: 66Aug 10, 2026: 66Aug 11, 2026: 66Aug 12, 2026: 67Aug 13, 2026: 67Aug 14, 2026: 66Aug 15, 2026: 66Aug 16, 2026: 66Aug 17, 2026: 67Aug 18, 2026: 65Aug 19, 2026: 65Aug 20, 2026: 64Aug 22, 2026: 66Aug 23, 2026: 66Aug 24, 2026: 66Aug 25, 2026: 67Aug 26, 2026: 66Aug 27, 2026: 66Aug 28, 2026: 65Aug 29, 2026: 66Aug 30, 2026: 66Aug 31, 2026: 65Sep 1, 2026: 66Sep 2, 2026: 66Sep 3, 2026: 67Sep 4, 2026: 67Sep 5, 2026: 67Sep 6, 2026: 67Sep 7, 2026: 67Sep 8, 2026: 67Sep 9, 2026: 65Sep 10, 2026: 64Sep 11, 2026: 65Sep 12, 2026: 65Sep 13, 2026: 65Sep 14, 2026: 62Sep 15, 2026: 62Sep 16, 2026: 62Sep 17, 2026: 62Sep 18, 2026: 62Sep 19, 2026: 63Sep 20, 2026: 63Sep 21, 2026: 64Sep 22, 2026: 62Sep 23, 2026: 63Sep 24, 2026: 62Sep 25, 2026: 62Sep 26, 2026: 62Sep 27, 2026: 62Sep 28, 2026: 61Sep 29, 2026: 61Sep 30, 2026: 59Oct 1, 2026: 60Oct 2, 2026: 61Oct 3, 2026: 61Oct 4, 2026: 61Oct 5, 2026: 60Oct 6, 2026: 62Oct 7, 2026: 61Oct 8, 2026: 60Oct 9, 2026: 61Oct 10, 2026: 61Oct 11, 2026: 61Oct 12, 2026: 62Oct 13, 2026: 60Oct 14, 2026: 58Oct 15, 2026: 58Oct 16, 2026: 57Oct 17, 2026: 58Oct 18, 2026: 58Oct 19, 2026: 57Oct 20, 2026: 58Oct 21, 2026: 60Oct 22, 2026: 59
Show the daily numbers
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Key facts

Market cap
$288.9B
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Capital Markets
Beta
1.21
Risk grade (1–10)
6
Next earnings
Jan 14, 2027

Capital Markets peers

CompanyMarket capScore
GS The Goldman Sachs Group$259.5B60
SCHW The Charles Schwab$158.1B59
IBKR Interactive Brokers Group$140.2B61
HOOD Robinhood Markets$86.8B60
NMR Nomura$26.4B61
TW Tradeweb Markets$26.3B70

Questions

What is MS's stock score today?

MS scores 59/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 22, 2026: technical 54, fundamental 65, and news sentiment 38, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is MS a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 59 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the MS score calculated?

99 weighted scorers feed it today: 37 fundamental, scored against Financial Services ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.