MORGAN STANLEY financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
MS, MS-PA, MS-PK, MS-PI, MS-PF, MS-PE, MS-PL, MS-PO, MS-PP, MS-PQ on NYSE
Location
New York, NY
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
19 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • MS - MORGAN STANLEY financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 16%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+19%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Jan 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-01-31) highlights Return On Equity 15.6%, Return On Assets 1.3%, and Operating Margin 38.6%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

58.0/100

Caution Confidence medium

Return On Equity

16%

Metric score 44.8/100

Return On Assets

1.3%

Metric score 0.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
2.05x
Quick Ratio
1.67x
Debt to Equity
4.56x

Strengths

Operating Margin, Current Ratio, and Quick Ratio

Watchpoints

Return On Assets and Debt-to-equity

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

16%

YoY: +19%

Industry median: 13% (n=28)

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Return On Assets

1.3%

YoY: +15%

Industry median: 1.7% (n=29)

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Debt-to-equity

4.56x

YoY: +3.8%

Industry median: 5.42x (n=28)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

26%

YoY:

Industry median: -6.5% (n=27)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 16% +19%
Return On Assets 1.3% +15%
Operating Margin 39%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 2.05x
Quick Ratio 1.67x
Debt-to-equity 4.56x +3.8%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
NetIncomeLoss YoY 26%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 1,587,860,206 -1.6%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 1,582,834,137 -1.5%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $20,000,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 1,574,000,000 -1.1%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 1,592,000,000 -1.2%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $21,954,000,000 +25%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $4,929,000,000 +21%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 10.32 +28%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 10.21 +28%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $111,695,000,000 +6%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $4,164,000,000 +1.2%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $6,010,000,000 -6.9%
Goodwill $16,726,000,000 +0.12%
Assets $1,420,270,000,000 +17%
Liabilities $1,307,618,000,000 +18%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $6,285,000,000 +7.8%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $115,091,000,000 +9.6%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $111,632,000,000 +6.8%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $112,652,000,000 +6.9%
Liabilities and Equity $1,420,270,000,000 +17%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 3,500,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 2,038,893,979 0%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $111,695,000,000 +6%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $229,000,000 +7%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $5,474,000,000 -2.7%
Operating Lease, Liability $4,996,000,000 +1.2%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $17,390,000,000 +34%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $6,036,000,000 +0.92%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $853,000,000 +8%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $819,000,000 +6.1%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $1,040,000,000 -0.38%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $751,000,000 +2%
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 30,000,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $1,518,000,000 +16%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $664,000,000 -7.3%
Additional Paid in Capital $31,153,000,000 +3.2%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $5,245,000,000 -3.1%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY