Galaxy Digital vs Morgan Stanley
GLXY 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 GLXY and MS compare
Morgan Stanley is the larger company, worth 53 times as much as Galaxy Digital ($299B against $5.6B).
Morgan Stanley grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (16.2% versus −43.8% for Galaxy Digital).
Morgan Stanley keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 25.5% compared with −1.2% at Galaxy Digital.
Morgan Stanley pays a dividend yielding 1.7%; Galaxy Digital does not pay one.
Morgan Stanley scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 2 for Galaxy Digital), 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 | GLXY | MS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $5.6B | $299B |
| Share price | $14.38 | $190.65 |
| Change, 1 year | −54.0% | 12.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −49.7% | 96.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 2.77 | 1.20 |
| Employees | 700 | 83K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 2 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 15.1× |
| P/S | 0.2× (better) | 3.7× |
| P/B | 2.9× | 2.6× (better) |
| PEG | – | 0.82 |
| FCF yield | −38.1% | – |
| Fair value | – | $192.09 |
| Margin of safety | – | 0.75% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −43.8% | 16.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 7.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −229% | 26.4% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −159% | 29.2% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 9.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | −1.2% | 25.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | −5.8% | – |
| Return on equity | −25.1% | 18.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 3.30 (better) | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.70 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 2.88 (better) | 0.27 |
| Piotroski F-score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.7% |
| Payout ratio | – | 34.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 12 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 22.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 1.7% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 37.2% | 85.9% |
| Held by insiders | 51.7% | 24.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$5.4M (better) | −$52.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 17.6% | 1.3% |
Go deeper
- GLXY stock overview
- GLXY income statement
- GLXY valuation and score
- MS stock overview
- MS income statement
- MS valuation and score
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