MS

Morgan Stanley
Investment Banking & Brokerage · Financials · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$214.23
-1.5% on the session
1-year return
+51.3%
+22.6% over six months
Volatility
27.7%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-18.8%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Morgan Stanley is a investment banking & brokerage name in the financials sector. Over the past year it returned +51.3%, against +13.6% over three months and -0.5% over one. It trades 15.1% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 27.7% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -18.8%, and it has traded a median $1.1B a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.63 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it follows the index loosely.

Where it ranks
Within Financials#10 of 76
Stronger than 88% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#100 of 500

How MS scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 5 others in Investment Banking & Brokerage.

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Full metrics
1 day-1.5%
1 week-1.6%
1 month-0.5%
3 months+13.6%
6 months+22.6%
1 year+51.3%
12-1 momentum+52.0%
Volatility (1y, annualized)27.7%
Max drawdown (1y)-18.8%
Distance vs 200-day average+15.1%
Return per unit of risk1.85
Median daily dollar volume$1.1B
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