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 ($116.23) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($44.78)

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?

Key metric: As MS is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for MS. This is calculated by dividing MS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is MS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio20.5x
EarningsUS$10.62b
Market CapUS$217.47b

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 Average38.6x
GS Goldman Sachs Group
17.2x10.9%US$191.6b
SCHW Charles Schwab
31.6x18.6%US$147.3b
INVFALC1 Inverfal PerúA
82.8xn/aS/21.1b
600030 CITIC Securities
23x14.2%CN¥444.5b
MS Morgan Stanley
20.5x8.2%US$217.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.5x) compared to the peer average (38.6x).


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
MS 20.5xIndustry Avg. 9.6xNo. of Companies9PE0612182430+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.5x) compared to the South American Capital Markets industry average (9.6x).


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 Ratio20.5x
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$116.23
US$122.91
+5.7%
10.6%US$142.00US$100.00n/a17
Nov ’25US$116.23
US$116.86
+0.5%
10.5%US$135.00US$97.00n/a18
Oct ’25US$100.65
US$105.61
+4.9%
8.0%US$121.00US$91.00n/a18
Sep ’25US$100.65
US$105.81
+5.1%
8.9%US$122.00US$91.00n/a19
Aug ’25US$97.50
US$105.91
+8.6%
9.2%US$122.00US$91.00n/a18
Jul ’25US$97.50
US$99.49
+2.0%
8.4%US$118.00US$89.00n/a21
Jun ’25US$97.50
US$99.54
+2.1%
8.3%US$118.00US$89.00n/a21
May ’25US$93.90
US$98.97
+5.4%
8.8%US$118.00US$88.00n/a21
Apr ’25US$93.90
US$95.16
+1.3%
8.7%US$116.00US$83.00n/a21
Mar ’25US$93.90
US$95.04
+1.2%
9.3%US$116.00US$83.90n/a21
Feb ’25US$93.90
US$94.80
+1.0%
9.6%US$116.00US$80.00n/a21
Jan ’25US$93.90
US$91.56
-2.5%
8.9%US$107.00US$80.00n/a22
Dec ’24US$93.90
US$89.16
-5.0%
9.6%US$105.00US$73.60n/a22
Nov ’24US$93.90
US$91.30
-2.8%
9.6%US$110.00US$73.60US$116.2322
Oct ’24US$93.90
US$97.83
+4.2%
8.8%US$112.00US$80.00US$100.6523
Sep ’24US$93.90
US$98.12
+4.5%
9.0%US$112.00US$80.00US$100.6523
Aug ’24US$93.90
US$98.55
+5.0%
9.3%US$112.00US$80.00US$97.5023
Jul ’24US$98.00
US$96.22
-1.8%
10.6%US$112.00US$80.00US$97.5023
Jun ’24US$98.00
US$97.43
-0.6%
10.2%US$112.00US$80.00US$97.5023
May ’24US$98.00
US$98.31
+0.3%
9.4%US$112.00US$80.00US$93.9023
Apr ’24US$98.00
US$102.22
+4.3%
10.6%US$125.00US$80.00US$93.9023
Mar ’24US$98.00
US$102.78
+4.9%
9.7%US$125.00US$84.00US$93.9023
Feb ’24US$96.85
US$101.81
+5.1%
9.5%US$125.00US$84.00US$93.9023
Jan ’24US$84.87
US$94.13
+10.9%
8.4%US$115.00US$79.22US$93.9024
Dec ’23US$84.87
US$93.72
+10.4%
8.4%US$115.00US$79.22US$93.9024
Nov ’23US$84.87
US$92.26
+8.7%
8.4%US$115.00US$79.22US$93.9024

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


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