MS

Morgan Stanley
Investment Banking & Brokerage · Financials · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$190.19
-0.1% on the session
1-year return
+25.3%
+15.4% over six months
Volatility
28.5%
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 +25.3%, against -13.9% over three months and -12.4% over one. It sits 1.2% below its 200-day average, close enough that the trend is undecided. Annualized volatility of 28.5% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -18.8%, and it has traded a median $902M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.64 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it follows the index loosely.

Where it ranks
Within Financials#58 of 74
Stronger than 22% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#255 of 496

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-0.1%
1 week-1.8%
1 month-12.4%
3 months-13.9%
6 months+15.4%
1 year+25.3%
12-1 momentum+43.0%
Volatility (1y, annualized)28.5%
Max drawdown (1y)-18.8%
Distance vs 200-day average-1.2%
Return per unit of risk0.89
Median daily dollar volume$902M
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