Morgan Stanley Valuation

Is MS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: MS ($92.74) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($70.73)

Significantly Below Fair Value: MS is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MS?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

MS key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenuen/a
Enterprise Value/EBITDAn/a
PEG Ratio1.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does MS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for MS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average22x
GS Goldman Sachs Group
15.6x10.1%US$164.0b
SCHW Charles Schwab
26.9x17.9%US$118.4b
600030 CITIC Securities
22x10.3%CN¥398.5b
IBKR Interactive Brokers Group
23.6x3.1%US$62.5b
MS Morgan Stanley
17.7x9.1%US$174.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.7x) compared to the peer average (22x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the South American Capital Markets Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a16.0%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.7x) compared to the South American Capital Markets industry average (9.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio17.7x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate MS's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst MS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$92.74
US$106.44
+14.8%
8.3%US$121.00US$91.00n/a18
Sep ’25US$92.74
US$105.81
+14.1%
8.9%US$122.00US$91.00n/a19
Aug ’25US$92.74
US$105.91
+14.2%
9.2%US$122.00US$91.00n/a18
Jul ’25US$92.74
US$99.49
+7.3%
8.4%US$118.00US$89.00n/a21
Jun ’25US$92.74
US$99.54
+7.3%
8.3%US$118.00US$89.00n/a21
May ’25US$92.74
US$98.97
+6.7%
8.8%US$118.00US$88.00n/a21
Apr ’25US$92.74
US$95.16
+2.6%
8.7%US$116.00US$83.00n/a21
Mar ’25US$92.74
US$95.04
+2.5%
9.3%US$116.00US$83.90n/a21
Feb ’25US$92.74
US$94.80
+2.2%
9.6%US$116.00US$80.00n/a21
Jan ’25US$91.29
US$91.56
+0.3%
8.9%US$107.00US$80.00n/a22
Dec ’24US$71.84
US$89.16
+24.1%
9.6%US$105.00US$73.60n/a22
Nov ’24US$71.84
US$91.30
+27.1%
9.6%US$110.00US$73.60n/a22
Oct ’24US$82.12
US$97.83
+19.1%
8.8%US$112.00US$80.00US$92.7423
Sep ’24US$83.00
US$98.12
+18.2%
9.0%US$112.00US$80.00US$92.7423
Aug ’24US$86.79
US$98.55
+13.6%
9.3%US$112.00US$80.00US$92.7423
Jul ’24US$86.79
US$96.22
+10.9%
10.6%US$112.00US$80.00US$92.7423
Jun ’24US$90.45
US$97.43
+7.7%
10.2%US$112.00US$80.00US$92.7423
May ’24US$90.45
US$98.31
+8.7%
9.4%US$112.00US$80.00US$92.7423
Apr ’24US$88.08
US$102.22
+16.1%
10.6%US$125.00US$80.00US$92.7423
Mar ’24US$99.71
US$102.78
+3.1%
9.7%US$125.00US$84.00US$92.7423
Feb ’24US$96.60
US$101.81
+5.4%
9.5%US$125.00US$84.00US$92.7423
Jan ’24US$90.25
US$94.13
+4.3%
8.4%US$115.00US$79.22US$91.2924
Dec ’23US$90.25
US$93.72
+3.8%
8.4%US$115.00US$79.22US$71.8424
Nov ’23US$80.37
US$92.26
+14.8%
8.4%US$115.00US$79.22US$71.8424
Oct ’23US$88.00
US$95.63
+8.7%
9.1%US$115.00US$73.00US$82.1224

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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