$60,000 of MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC lobbying was just disclosed, from Q3 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). 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 VAL T. HOYLE sold up to $15,000 on 09/23.
- REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE has traded it 4 times. They made 4 purchases worth up to $60,000 on 09/11, 08/28, 05/14, 05/05 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 08/14, 05/15.
- REPRESENTATIVE RITCHIE TORRES sold up to $15,000 on 07/11.
- REPRESENTATIVE BRUCE WESTERMAN sold up to $15,000 on 04/21.
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 10 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 10 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MS stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- ANDREW M SAPERSTEIN (Co-President) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 83,566 shares for an estimated $10,941,526.
- DANIEL A SIMKOWITZ (Co-President) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 58,013 shares for an estimated $7,788,147.
- SHARON YESHAYA (Chief Financial Officer) sold 25,583 shares for an estimated $3,576,705
- CHARLES A SMITH (Chief Risk Officer) sold 20,000 shares for an estimated $2,805,918
- MICHAEL A. PIZZI (Head Technology & Operations) sold 18,000 shares for an estimated $2,531,077
- ERIC F GROSSMAN (Chief Legal/Admin Officer) sold 12,000 shares for an estimated $1,693,400
- ROBERT H HERZ sold 800 shares for an estimated $95,459
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
MS Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,079 institutional investors add shares of MS stock to their portfolio, and 903 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ removed 4,033,904 shares (-19.1%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $568,215,717
- MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC removed 3,698,590 shares (-87.9%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $520,983,387
- STATE STREET CORP removed 3,021,615 shares (-2.8%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $425,624,688
- BARCLAYS PLC removed 2,938,425 shares (-48.9%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $413,906,545
- FMR LLC removed 2,704,842 shares (-11.5%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $381,004,044
- MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ removed 2,591,994 shares (-15.9%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $365,108,274
- KINGSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS TEXAS, LLC removed 2,436,717 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $387,340,534
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 4 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- 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 11 analysts offer price targets for $MS in the last 6 months, with a median target of $175.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Christopher McGratty from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods set a target price of $184.0 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
- Jason Goldberg from Barclays set a target price of $183.0 on 10/16/2025
- 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
- Erika Najarian from UBS set a target price of $165.0 on 10/07/2025
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