Morgan Stanley (TSX:MS) Risk Assessment


TSX:MS Morgan Stanley TSX:MS
57 GF Score
Price C$42.36
GF Value C$30.18
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
! 8 Warning Signs
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What is Morgan Stanley Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Morgan Stanley is: High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff.

Morgan Stanley  (TSX:MS) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

Morgan Stanley Risk Assessment Related Terms

TSX:MS vs GS, SCHW, HOOD: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Morgan Stanley's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Morgan Stanley Risk Assessment vs Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Morgan Stanley's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Morgan Stanley's Risk Assessment falls into.


TSX:MS
57GF Score
Morgan Stanley TSX:MS
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Is Morgan Stanley (TSX:MS) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Morgan Stanley stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of C$42.36 is trading 40.4% above its estimated GF Value™ of C$30.18. GuruFocus considers Morgan Stanley to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for TSX:MS:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: C$30.18 vs. price of C$42.36 (40.4% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 57/100 with 8 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the TSX:MS stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Morgan Stanley Business Description

Address 1585 Broadway, New York, NY, USA, 10036
Morgan Stanley is a massive global financial services firm, with offices in 42 countries and more than 82,000 employees as of year-end 2025. The firm cut its teeth in investment banking and institutional trading, where it maintains a strong presence today, but generates the lion share of its income from wealth and asset management franchises, where it boasted $9.3 trillion in client assets at the end of 2025. After reincorporation as a bank holding company in the wake of the global financial crisis, Morgan Stanley also boasts a top 10 banking franchise by deposits, with more than $400 billion in customer deposits, predominately attributable to cash sweeps from its wealth management and brokerage businesses.
57GF Score

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C$42.36
Price
C$30.18
GF Value