{"id":13381,"date":"2025-04-11T18:26:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T18:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/?p=13381"},"modified":"2025-04-11T18:26:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T18:26:44","slug":"morgan-stanley-ms-q1-2025-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/?p=13381","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Stanley (MS) Q1 2025 earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108119206\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>People walk out of the Morgan Stanley global headquarters in Manhattan on March 20, 2025 in New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spencer Platt | Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p><span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-1\">Morgan Stanley<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> on Friday reported first-quarter results that topped estimates as stock trading revenue surged 45% amid rising global volatility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s what the company reported:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Earnings:<\/strong> $2.60 a share vs. $2.20 a share LSEG estimate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Revenue:<\/strong> $17.74 billion vs. expected $16.58 billion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The company said earnings rose 26% to $4.32 billion, or $2.60 per share, while revenue climbed 17% to a record $17.74 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Equity trading was the standout this quarter, as revenue jumped 45% to $4.13 billion, about $840 million more than the StreetAccount estimate.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Stanley said that its equity results were strong across its franchise, but particularly in Asia and in operations catering to hedge funds &#8220;driven by strong client activity amid a more volatile trading environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the company mostly met expectations.<\/p>\n<p>Fixed income trading rose 5% to $2.6 billion, essentially matching the StreetAccount estimate. Investment banking increased 8% to $1.56 billion, just under the $1.61 billion estimate.<\/p>\n<p>Wealth management revenue jumped 6% to $7.33 billion, matching the estimate.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of Morgan Stanley, like those of its peers, have whipsawed in recent days as President Donald Trump&#8217;s trade policies have increased concern that the U.S. was headed for a recession.<\/p>\n<p>The bank&#8217;s massive wealth management business was helped by high stock market values in the first quarter, which inflates the management fees it collects.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts will want to ask about the outlook for mergers and IPO listings, which may be curtailed amid the tensions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-relatedContent\" id=\"RegularArticle-RelatedContent-1\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-container\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-nonCollapsibleContent\">\n<h2 class=\"RelatedContent-header\">Don\u2019t miss these insights from CNBC PRO<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/04\/11\/morgan-stanley-ms-q1-2025-earnings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People walk out of the Morgan Stanley global headquarters in Manhattan on March 20, 2025 in New York City.\u00a0 Spencer Platt | Getty Images Morgan Stanley on Friday reported first-quarter results that topped estimates as stock trading revenue surged 45% amid rising global volatility. Here&#8217;s what the company reported: Earnings: $2.60 a share vs. $2.20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[196],"tags":[1095,589,590],"class_list":{"0":"post-13381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-finance-news","8":"tag-earnings","9":"tag-morgan","10":"tag-stanley"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}