BlackRock vs Morgan Stanley
BLK and MS side by side, both in security brokers, dealers, and flotation. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BLK and MS compare
BlackRock is the larger company, worth 1.3 times as much as Morgan Stanley ($398B against $299B).
On earnings, Morgan Stanley is cheaper: it trades at 15.1× trailing earnings, against 27.9× for BlackRock.
BlackRock grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (24.7% versus 16.2% for Morgan Stanley).
Morgan Stanley keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 25.5% compared with 24.2% at BlackRock.
Both pay dividends: BlackRock yields 1.8% and Morgan Stanley 1.7%.
Morgan Stanley scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 12 for BlackRock), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BLK | MS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $398B | $299B |
| Share price | $1226.31 | $190.61 |
| Change, 1 year | 13.3% | 15.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 34.0% | 96.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.33 | 1.20 |
| Employees | 25K | 83K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 27.9× | 15.1× (better) |
| P/S | 14.0× | 3.7× (better) |
| P/B | 6.9× | 2.6× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 35.8× | – |
| P/FCF | 83.3× | – |
| PEG | 21.48 | 0.82 (better) |
| FCF yield | 1.2% | – |
| Fair value | $673.83 | $193.06 |
| Margin of safety | −82.0% | 1.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 24.7% (better) | 16.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.4% (better) | 7.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 13.4% | 26.4% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 13.1% | 29.2% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 2.1% | 9.6% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 32.5% | – |
| Net margin | 24.2% | 25.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | 16.8% | – |
| Return on equity | 12.2% | 18.0% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 15.6% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Interest coverage | 17.1× | – |
| Altman Z-score | 2.50 (better) | 0.27 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.8% (better) | 1.7% |
| Payout ratio | – | 34.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 3 | 12 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 22.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.8% (better) | 1.7% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 37.0% | 85.9% |
| Held by insiders | 0.93% | 24.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$192M | −$52.2M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 0.66% | 1.3% |
Go deeper
- BLK stock overview
- BLK income statement
- BLK valuation and score
- MS stock overview
- MS income statement
- MS valuation and score
Other comparisons
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.