Morgan Stanley stock holds near USD 202 after MarketBeat snapshot

Published on 09/21/2026 at 13:55 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Morgan Stanley stock closed at USD 202.57 on September 18, 2026, with a USD 319.51 billion market cap. MarketBeat also showed a 52-week range of USD 151.84 to USD 232.25.

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Morgan Stanley stock (ISIN US6174464486) closed at USD 202.57 on September 18, 2026, giving the bank a market capitalization of USD 319.51 billion. The same MarketBeat snapshot also showed a daily move of minus 0.47 percent and volume of 7.44 million shares.

Valuation stays elevated

The stock traded between USD 200.85 and USD 203.05 in that session, while the 52-week range ran from USD 151.84 to USD 232.25. At USD 202.57, the shares finished 12.7 percent below the 52-week high and 33.4 percent above the low.

MarketBeat listed a price target of USD 224.75 and a consensus rating of Moderate Buy, which leaves the shares about 11.0 percent below that target. The same data set puts Morgan Stanley at a trailing P/E ratio of 16.38 and a dividend yield of 2.27 percent.

Latest reported numbers

For the latest reported quarter, Morgan Stanley posted revenue of USD 18.45 billion and net income of USD 4.32 billion in Q2 2026, according to Morgan Stanley. That compared with revenue of USD 16.79 billion and net income of USD 3.08 billion in Q2 2025, a year-over-year increase of 9.9 percent and 40.3 percent, respectively.

Wealth Management and Investment Management remained the larger operating engines in that quarter, with revenues of USD 7.76 billion and USD 1.67 billion, while Equity Trading produced USD 3.59 billion and Fixed Income Trading USD 2.18 billion. For investors, the mix matters because it shows how much the result still depends on capital-markets activity as well as fee-based businesses.

What investors watch

The current setup leaves Morgan Stanley stock between a sturdy valuation and a solid latest-quarter print. On the numbers alone, the next test is whether trading, wealth fees and investment banking can keep matching the growth pace implied by Q2 2026.

Closing level

Morgan Stanley stock was last quoted at USD 202.57 on September 18, 2026, on the NYSE. The session range of USD 200.85 to USD 203.05 shows the shares stayed inside a tight band.