MS Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

BlackRock has a net margin of 26.13% compared to Morgan Stanley's net margin of 29.38%. Morgan Stanley's return on equity of 13.75% beat BlackRock's return on equity of 13.88%.

Morgan Stanley has a consensus price target of $138.77, signalling downside risk potential of -0.84%. On the other hand BlackRock has an analysts' consensus of $1,162.27 which suggests that it could grow by 7.4%. Given that BlackRock has higher upside potential than Morgan Stanley, analysts believe BlackRock is more attractive than Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.299, which suggesting that the stock is 29.914% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison BlackRock has a beta of 1.412, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 41.186%.

Morgan Stanley has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.65%. BlackRock offers a yield of 1.91% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $5.21 per share. Morgan Stanley pays 45.84% of its earnings as a dividend. BlackRock pays out 48.69% 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 $16.5B, which are larger than BlackRock quarterly revenues of $5.4B. Morgan Stanley's net income of $4.3B is higher than BlackRock's net income of $1.6B. Notably, Morgan Stanley's price-to-earnings ratio is 16.41x while BlackRock's PE ratio is 26.17x. 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 3.75x versus 7.77x for BlackRock. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Citigroup has a net margin of 26.13% compared to Morgan Stanley's net margin of 18.55%. Morgan Stanley's return on equity of 13.75% beat Citigroup's return on equity of 6.71%.

Morgan Stanley has a consensus price target of $138.77, signalling downside risk potential of -0.84%. On the other hand Citigroup has an analysts' consensus of $99.12 which suggests that it could grow by 10.11%. Given that Citigroup has higher upside potential than Morgan Stanley, analysts believe Citigroup is more attractive than Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.299, which suggesting that the stock is 29.914% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Citigroup has a beta of 1.346, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 34.559%.

Morgan Stanley has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.65%. Citigroup offers a yield of 2.49% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.56 per share. Morgan Stanley pays 45.84% of its earnings as a dividend. Citigroup pays out 41% 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 $16.5B, which are smaller than Citigroup quarterly revenues of $21.7B. Morgan Stanley's net income of $4.3B is higher than Citigroup's net income of $4B. Notably, Morgan Stanley's price-to-earnings ratio is 16.41x while Citigroup's PE ratio is 13.30x. 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 3.75x versus 2.07x for Citigroup. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

The Goldman Sachs Group has a net margin of 26.13% compared to Morgan Stanley's net margin of 31.46%. Morgan Stanley's return on equity of 13.75% beat The Goldman Sachs Group's return on equity of 12.29%.

Morgan Stanley has a consensus price target of $138.77, signalling downside risk potential of -0.84%. On the other hand The Goldman Sachs Group has an analysts' consensus of $672.25 which suggests that it could fall by -5.16%. Given that The Goldman Sachs Group has more downside risk than Morgan Stanley, analysts believe Morgan Stanley is more attractive than The Goldman Sachs Group.

Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.299, which suggesting that the stock is 29.914% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison The Goldman Sachs Group has a beta of 1.355, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 35.462%.

Morgan Stanley has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.65%. The Goldman Sachs Group offers a yield of 1.69% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $3.00 per share. Morgan Stanley pays 45.84% of its earnings as a dividend. The Goldman Sachs Group pays out 31.5% 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 $16.5B, which are larger than The Goldman Sachs Group quarterly revenues of $15.1B. Morgan Stanley's net income of $4.3B is lower than The Goldman Sachs Group's net income of $4.7B. Notably, Morgan Stanley's price-to-earnings ratio is 16.41x while The Goldman Sachs Group's PE ratio is 16.45x. 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 3.75x versus 4.30x for The Goldman Sachs Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Charles Schwab has a net margin of 26.13% compared to Morgan Stanley's net margin of 34.1%. Morgan Stanley's return on equity of 13.75% beat Charles Schwab's return on equity of 14.02%.

Morgan Stanley has a consensus price target of $138.77, signalling downside risk potential of -0.84%. On the other hand Charles Schwab has an analysts' consensus of $100.53 which suggests that it could grow by 10.15%. Given that Charles Schwab has higher upside potential than Morgan Stanley, analysts believe Charles Schwab is more attractive than Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.299, which suggesting that the stock is 29.914% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Charles Schwab has a beta of 0.935, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 6.506%.

Morgan Stanley has a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.65%. Charles Schwab offers a yield of 1.14% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.27 per share. Morgan Stanley pays 45.84% of its earnings as a dividend. Charles Schwab pays out 38.29% 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 $16.5B, which are larger than Charles Schwab quarterly revenues of $5.6B. Morgan Stanley's net income of $4.3B is higher than Charles Schwab's net income of $1.9B. Notably, Morgan Stanley's price-to-earnings ratio is 16.41x while Charles Schwab's PE ratio is 27.65x. 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 3.75x versus 8.17x for Charles Schwab. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.