Morgan Stanley $MS Read from its own SEC filings · nothing written, nothing inferred
🫧 Edgar looked up MORGAN STANLEY ($MS). Last filing: 10-Q, 2026-08-04. 8 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.
🔖 Exposure: revenue $34.3B (FY2014), total debt $152.8B. Experience: revenue up 5.5% on the year, up 2.4% a year over 4 years. Soundness: equity 8.8% of assets, return on equity 5.2%, payout 24.7% of profit, dividend per share up 12 years running. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $28.2B and $41.6B next year (method v4.1: its own 6-year record of growth weighed at 63% against $10B+ filers; on a year the method never saw, 83.4% landed inside). In a shock year the stress range is $23.7B to $48.6B. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (10 filers, $50M+ revenue, security brokers, dealers & flotation companies): growth 5.5% against 18.7%.
Gold paid out, navy kept. Kept share × return on equity = the growth it can fund itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.
Cash
| Cash flow (op · inv · fin · free) | — · −$35.3B · $23.1B · — |
| Investment book (cash · short · long) | $87.6B · — · — |
The figures, as filed
| Fiscal year end | 2014-12-31 |
| Revenue | $34.3B |
| Revenue, on the year | 5.5% |
| Revenue, a year over the record | 2.4% |
| Operating margin | — |
| Operating margin, prior year | — |
| Net margin | 10.7% |
| Research and development | not filed separately |
| Total debt | $152.8B |
| Equity of assets | 8.8% |
| Return on equity | 5.2% |
| Payout of profit | 24.7% |
| Dividend per share | $3.85 · up 12 years running |
| Earnings per share | $1.64 |
| Book value per share | $35.97 |
| Revenue per share | $17.39 |
| Shares outstanding | 1,971,000,000 |
| Audited years read | 5 |
Peers: the median of 10 filers with $50M+ revenue in security brokers, dealers & flotation companies.
Health HarborMorgan Stanley sails as: New ship
Health watch · 12 monthsquiet · none of the watched events filed
Boat condition = number of warning signs: a serious warning filing in 12 months; liabilities over assets; slow and jumpy; negative operating cash; an 80% revenue range of ±25% or wider. A picture of the signs, not a rating and not investment advice.
- 10-Q · 2026-08-04
- 8-K · 2026-07-15 · 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 8-K · 2026-06-24 · 8.01 Other Events; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 8-K · 2026-05-15 · 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 10-Q · 2026-05-05
- 8-K · 2026-04-15 · 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
Figures are as filed in audited 10-K reports and can move with restatements, acquisitions, disposals or a change in fiscal year. A range set from how past company-years turned out is not a promise about the next one, and says nothing about the share price. Reporting, not investment advice. No price targets and no trading recommendations. Figures from the SEC’s own data · every filing · this page as JSON · ask about another company