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Morgan Stanley (XNYS:MS) In-Depth Stock/Fundamental/Options Analysis Today

Primary Facts

MS

Name:

MORGAN STANLEY (XNYS:MS)

Sector:

- 413000.00K

Industry:

Capital Markets

CEO:

Mr. James Gorman

Total Employees:

78,000

Our Technological Advancement Rating

Our Rating:

D

Technological advancement compared to industry is -111.94% lower

ANALYSIS OF ALL CRITICAL FACTORS & RISKS RELATED TO THE STOCK & FUNDAMENTAL/LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF MORGAN STANLEY(MS) AS PER DATA ANALYSIS OF LAST 3 YEARS AND COMPARISON WITH COMPETITORS/PEERS, AND CAPITAL MARKETS INDUSTRY. DATE: 07/09/2022

Primary Targets/Price Insights

Previous Close ($) :

86.4

One Month Price Target:

$87.06

Six Month Price Target :

$90.36

Likely Price in One Year's Time:

Ticker:

$94.32

Likely Trading Range Today Under (Normal Volatility)
 

$86.12

Price Upper limit ($) :

$86.88

Price Lower limit ($) :

Crash Risk Prep/Key Price Levels (High Volatility/Risk)

Price, as per data analysis, isn't likely to fall below:

Today:

$81.85

                                                               This week:

$76.23

                                                        This month :

$66.07

Other Primary facts

Market Cap:

146.15B

Market Cap Classification:

Large Cap

Number of Shares

IPO Date:

1.72B

Best/Worst Daily Performance (Last 3+ Years)
 

Highest Daily Appreciation:

19.77%

-15.6%

Worst Daily Decline:

Our Options Trading Entry Points

Iron Condor entry points for options expiring in 1 week's time

Low risk (<2%) entry points

Buy Call:

Sell Call:

Buy Put:

Sell Put:

$107.47

$97.67

$65.33

$75.13

Medium risk (<10%) entry points

Buy Call

Sell Call

$94.48

Buy Put:

Sell Put:

$92.38

$78.30

$80.42

These entry points can be used for other strategies, such as butterflies, straddles, etc.

Risk-Adjusted returns (Sharpe Ratio) of

MS

Sharpe Ratio:

4.06%

Comparison:

MS, is amongst the top 20% stocks with highest risk-adjusted returns

Sharpe ratio is 16.29% higher than the industry

& ratio is 78.28% higher than the market/S&P 500 average

Average Returns/Yield of

MS

Daily returns:

0.12%

Weekly returns:

0.58%

Monthly returns:

2.30%

Yearly returns:

25.05%

Comparison of returns:

Average annual returns/yield (last 3 years) is 10.40% above industry average

Classification:

MS, is amongst the top 20% highest yielding stocks in terms of daily returns

Results of T-Test of Returns:

0.83

Statistical test of Returns:

MS has not yielded statistically significant higher returns when compared to the market

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Volatility (measured by Standard Deviation)

Daily Volatility:

2.62%

Weekly Volatility:

5.85%

Monthly Volatility:

11.71%

Yearly Volatility:

40.56%

Volitlilty of last five days (Measured by Standard Deviation) 

Average Volatility of this Week:

0.99%

Volatility in last five trading days has been -62.01% below long-term volatility

Value at Risk Analysis (VaR)

Daily VaR:

-5.26%

Weekly VaR:

-11.77%

Monthly VaR:

-23.53%

How Much Can the price of

MS

Decline in a Recession?

Likely price decline in a recession: 

Base case (decline):

-19%

Worst case (decline):

-81.51%

This translates to price declining to:

$69.57

This translates to price declining to:

$15.97

Severe Crash Probability

Risk of crash in next 6/12 months: Very high (>70%)

What is Value at Risk (VaR)?

VaR explained figure

Risk Fundamentals

MS is a 66.08% riskier investment compared to the market/S&P 500 & is 42.28% riskier than Nasdaq (IXIC)

Risk (measured by volatility) is -4.71% below industry average

Overall, it is amongst the top 50% most risky stocks

Beta Examination of

MS

Beta in relation to market/S&P 500--1.36

Expected beta in 1 year's time:

0.939

Expected beta in 3 year's time:

1.328

Unlevered (debt free) Beta:

0.498

Beta in relation to Nasdaq (XNAS):

0.957

Beta in relation to all global stocks::

1.038

Beta Comparison & Analysis

Beta of competitors/peers::

1.003

Beta is 35.94% higher than peers

Average Industry Beta: 

1.144

Beta is 19.16% above industry average

Sustainable Growth Rate Analysis

Sustainable growth rate for this stock/firm:

10.21%

Sustainable growth rate is -55.50% below industry average

Alpha provided | Alpha Analysis 

Alpha provided:

0.152

Alpha is 7.84% above industry average alpha yield

Alpha is 965% higher than market/& is unsustainably high

Analysis of Cost of Capital of

MS

Equity cost of capital:

0.125

Equity cost of capital is 13.67% above industry mean WACC

Unlevered (without debt) cost of capital:  

4.56%

Before-tax cost of debt:

0.58%

After-tax cost of debt:

0.46%

Overall debt rating:

Highest AAA investment grade

Weighted average cost of capital (WACC):

0.46%

WACC is 3.69% above industry mean WACC

Key Per-Share Metrics & Analysis

Revenue per share:

$32.34

Revenue growth rate per share of (3Y):

1.43

Annual revenue growth rate is -37.75% below industry average

EPS:

$7.86

Expected Annual growth rate of  EPS (3Y):

15.14%

Expected future EPS growth rate is -71.15% lower than the Capital Markets industry

Free cash flow (FCF) per share:

$2.80

Balance sheet equity growth per share: 71.31%

Equity growth rate per share is -28.72% lower than the industry

Debt per share

$134.38

EBITDA per share

$13.71

Valuation Analysis Today of

MS

P/E Ratio:

11.68

P/E Ratio of Competitors/Peers:

14.52

P/E ratio is -19.57% lower than main peers & is -41.58% lower than the industry

Stock price/value with industry average P/E ratio: $157.15

MS is -45.02% undervalued if valued using industry average P/E ratio

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P/S (Price to Sales ratio):

2.67

Price to sales ratio is -37.66% below the industry mean

P/B (Price to book value ratio):

1.43

Price to free cash flow: 30.86

Price to free cash flow ratio is -79.84% lower than the industry

Net income growth rate (3Y):

67.64%

Net income growth rate is -155.96% lower than the industry average net income growth rate

Dividend Analysis

Dividend payout rate: 9.01%

Dividend yeild: 3.24%

Previous Dividend: $0.70

Previous adjusted dividend: $0.70

Previous Dividend: $2.80

Expected next dividend best case: $1.66

Expected next dividend worst case: -$0.26

Average dividend payment (long-term): $0.83

Average dividend increase/decrease (growth rate) % per period: 102.05%

Expected next dividend payment date: 08/11/2022

Expected next dividend record date: 28/07/2022

Expected next dividend declaration date: 13/07/2022

Previous dividend payment date: 13/05/2022

Previous dividend record date: 29/04/2022

Previous dividend declaration date: 14/04/2022

Dividend History:

2022-04-28--$0.70

2021-10-28--$0.70

2021-04-29--$0.35

2022-01-28--$0.70

2021-07-29--$0.70

2021-01-28--$0.35

Dividend growth rate is 243.80% higher than the average industry

In-depth Debt & Leverage Analysis

Debt to equity ratio:

224.20%

Net debt to equity ratio:

139.80%

Debt to assets ratio:

18.88%

Net debt to assets ratio:

11.77%

Debt-to-asset ratio is -74.55% below industry average

Ability to repay debt:

Interest coverage ratio:

16.93

Interest coverage ratio is -66.85% less than industry average

Looking forward:

Debt growth rate:

-100.00%

Annual debt growth is -554% lower than industry average debt growth rate

Debt repayment rate in last quarter: 4.59%

Analysis of Key Statistics  

Correlation of price movement with the market:

0.795

Statistical significance of correlation:

MS has a statistically significant correlation with the market

Average Correlation of  the industry with the market:

0.637

Stock price is 24.78% more correlated with the market, compared to the industry average correlation

R Squared (percentage of price movement explained by movement of the market): 

0.637

Correlation of price movement with Nasdaq (^IXIC):

0.006

Covariance  of price movement with the market:

0.009

Kurtosis 

12.583

Returns have severe fat-tails (leptokurtic), i.e., returns considerably higher or lower than the mean returns are considerably more likely, compared to assets with normally distributed returns

Skewness of returns:

0.623

Returns are right (positive) skewed; mean returns are greater than median and mode returns

Fundamental Analysis & Dupont Analysis of

MS

Gross Profit Margin Ratio:

-

Operating Profit Margin Ratio:

0.00%

-

Net Profit Margin Ratio:

-

Effective Tax Rate:

22.45%

Effective tax rate is 12.97% higher than the industry

Dupont Method

Net Profit Margin

Return on Equity Ratio (ROE):

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ROA

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14.17%

Return on equity (ROE) is -41.85% lower than the industry

Financial Leverage

Asset Turnover Ratio (ROA):

1.19%

Return on assets (ROA) is -78.26% lower than the industry

Financial Leverage:

1.2x

Current Ratio:

0

-

Cash Conversion Cycle (days):

0

-

The remaining useful life of property plant & equipment is: 11.5 years

Stock based compensation to net income ratio:

2.96%

In-depth Efficiency  Analysis

Revenue generated per employee:

711.8K

Each employee generates -61% less revenue than industry average revenue per employee

EBITDA generated per employee: 

301.9K

Each employee generates 7% more EBITDA than industry average revenue per employee

Profit generated per employee: 

186.9K

Each employee generates 9% more net income/profit than industry average revenue per employee

Free cash flow (FCF) generated per employee: 

- 5.3K

Each employee generates -77% less free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee

Assets/Capital per employee

5.0M

Each employee generates -77% less free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee

Research & Development (R&D) Analysis

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Competitors/Peer firms of 

MS

THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION (XNYS:SCHW)

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA (XNYS:RY)

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (XNYS:WFC)

BLACKROCK, INC. (XNYS:BLK)

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY (XNYS:AXP)

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC (XNYS:HSBC)

THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. (XNYS:GS)

HDFC BANK LIMITED (XNYS:HDB)

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Current Analyst Ratings

Strong buy�13%

Buy�58%

Hold�38%

Sell�0%

Strong sell�4%

Overall analyst sentiment is: Buy

Income Statement

Period:

TTM

Date:

3/31/22

Revenue:

55.52B

Cost of Revenue:

Gross Profit:

R&D Expense

General & Admin Expenses:

Selling, General & Admin Expenses

Sales and Marketing Expenses

Other Expenses :

Operating Expenses :

Cost & Expenses :

Interest Income:

Interest Expenses:

Depreciation & Amortization:

EBITDA:

Operating Income:

Other Income Expenses:

Income Before Tax:

Income Tax Expense:

Net Income:

Balance Sheet

Date:

Calendar Year:

Period:

Cash & Cash Equivalents:

Short Term Investments:

Cash & Short Term Investments:

Net Receivables:

Inventory:

Other Current Assets:

Total Current Assets:

PP&E:

Goodwill: 

Intangible Assets: 

Long Term Investments: 

Tax Assets: 

Other Non-Current Assets: 

Total Non-Current Assets: 

Other Assets: 

Total Assets: 

Accounts Payable: 

Short Term Debt:

Tax Payables:

Deferred Revenue:

Other Current Liabilities:

Total Current Liabilities:

Long Term Debt:

Other Non-Current Liabilities:

Total Non Current Liabilities:

Other Liabilities:

Total Liabilities:

Common Stock:

Retained Earnings:

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss:

Other Total Stockholders' Equity:

Total Stockholders' Equity:

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:

Total Investments:

Total Debt:

Net Debt:

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24.00B

24.67B

672.00M

-

-

9.62B

1.39B

3.33B

23.55B

-

14.58B

18.91B

4.25B

14.58B

Statement of Cash Flow

Date:

Period:

942.00M

Differed Income Tax :

-

Stock Based Compensation :

431.00M

Change in Working Capital :

- 4957000.00K

Accounts Receivables:

1.23B

Other Working Capital:

- 14290000.00K

Other Non-Cash Items:

108.00M

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:

239.00M

Investments in PP&E:

-

Net Acquisitions:

-

Purchases of Investments:

- 17459000.00K

Sales/Maturities of Investments:

Other Investing Activities:

​Net Cash Used for Investing Activities:

Debt Repayment:

Common Stock Issued:

Common Stock Repurchased:

Dividend Paid:

Other Financing Activities:

Net Cash Used Provided by Financing Activities:

Effect of FOREX on Changes in Cash:

Net Changes in Cash:

Cash at End of Period:

Cash at Beginning of Period:

Operating Cash Flow:

Capital Expenditure:

Free Cash Flow (FCF):

3/31/22

2022

Q1

94.77B

90.35B

185.13B

94.80B

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4.00M

16.83B

8.24B

362.62B

-

-

387.70B

1609.93B

1222.23B

243.61B

7.92B

-

-

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251.53B

230.70B

-

230.70B

1097.33B

1118.16B

20.00M

91.72B

- 4902000.0K

8.31B

March 31, 2022 at 6:00:00 AM

-

102.90B

1221.06B

452.98B

238.63B

143.9B

25.87B

- 8255000.00K

158.00M

- 11094000.00K

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- 3681000.00K

- 1314000.00K

25.38B

9.29B

- 1327000.00K

8.36B

136.09B

127.73B

239.00M

- 652000.00K

- 413000.00K

Our Proprietary Portfolio Rating

Our Rating:

D

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Price Forecast/Expected Price in Next 5 Years of

MS

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

$118.24

$129.07

$140.90

$153.81

$167.90

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