$60,000 of MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC lobbying was just disclosed, from Q4 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Issues related to financial regulatory reform; financial services issues related to transportation and infrastructure; banking regulatory issues; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L.111-203) implementation. Issues related to tax reform; Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L.117-169) implementation, international taxation issues; H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L.119-21) implementation. Issues related to cybersecurity and privacy. General issues related to trade and foreign commerce."
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
MS Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $MS stock 9 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 4 have been purchases and 5 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MS stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON has traded it 3 times. They made 0 purchases and 3 sales worth up to $45,000 on 12/18, 11/13, 08/14.
- REPRESENTATIVE STEVE COHEN sold up to $100,000 on 12/17.
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 11/18, 10/17 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE VAL T. HOYLE sold up to $15,000 on 09/23.
- REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 09/11, 08/28 and 0 sales.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
MS Insider Trading Activity
MS insiders have traded $MS stock on the open market 1 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MS stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- EDWARD PICK (Chairman and CEO) sold 100,000 shares for an estimated $16,434,440
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
MS Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,057 institutional investors add shares of MS stock to their portfolio, and 937 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC added 6,985,642 shares (+62.4%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $1,110,437,652
- FMR LLC added 3,971,617 shares (+19.1%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $631,328,238
- MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC added 3,011,234 shares (+589.3%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $478,665,756
- KINGSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS TEXAS, LLC removed 2,436,717 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $387,340,534
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO removed 1,746,073 shares (-4.5%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $277,555,764
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA removed 1,542,442 shares (-16.5%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $245,186,580
- BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS added 1,470,190 shares (+81.8%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $233,701,402
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
MS Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $MS in the last several months. We have seen 6 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Barclays issued a "Overweight" rating on 01/05/2026
- Wolfe Research issued a "Outperform" rating on 11/24/2025
- Jefferies issued a "Buy" rating on 10/16/2025
- Keefe, Bruyette & Woods issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/16/2025
- Evercore ISI Group issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/16/2025
- BMO Capital issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/03/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for MS, check out Quiver Quantitative's $MS forecast page.
MS Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $MS recently. We have seen 10 analysts offer price targets for $MS in the last 6 months, with a median target of $176.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Christopher McGratty from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods set a target price of $210.0 on 01/16/2026
- Kian Abouhossein from JP Morgan set a target price of $162.0 on 01/08/2026
- Jason Goldberg from Barclays set a target price of $219.0 on 01/05/2026
- Mike Mayo from Wells Fargo set a target price of $177.0 on 10/16/2025
- Keith Horowitz from Citigroup set a target price of $170.0 on 10/16/2025
- Glenn Schorr from Evercore ISI Group set a target price of $175.0 on 10/16/2025
- Daniel Fannon from Jefferies set a target price of $186.0 on 10/16/2025
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