Morgan Stanley (MS-PF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Morgan Stanley (MS-PF) reported Operating Expenses of $13.5 billion for Q1 2026, up 11.7% year-over-year from $12.1 billion in Q1 2025, and up 11.22% quarter-over-quarter from $12.1 billion in Q4 2025.

Morgan Stanley (MS-PF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Morgan Stanley (MS-PF) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $13.5 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $13.5 billion, up 11.7% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $49.8 billion (up 10.04% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $48.3 billion, up 10.12% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses rose to $13.5 billion in Q1 2026 per MS-PF's latest filing, from $12.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $13.5 billion in Q1 2026 and troughed at $9.6 billion in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $11.0 billion and a median of $10.8 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Operating Expenses slipped 4.03% in 2022, then rose 12.22% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $9.9 billion in 2022, then climbed by 9.41% to $10.8 billion in 2023, then increased by 3.75% to $11.2 billion in 2024, then grew by 8.12% to $12.1 billion in 2025, then climbed by 11.22% to $13.5 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MS-PF's Operating Expenses at $13.5 billion in Q1 2026, $12.1 billion in Q4 2025, and $12.2 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 SOL Strategies 100,773.79 Bn 100,773.79 Bn - 386,258.80
2 Morgan Stanley 331.35 Bn 197.82 Bn - 13.47 Bn
3 Goldman Sachs 317.73 Bn -619.82 Bn - 10.43 Bn
4 Schwab Charles 153.74 Bn 108.77 Bn - 3.29 Bn
5 Robinhood Markets 75.98 Bn 71.34 Bn 960.00 Mn 656.00 Mn
6 Interactive Brokers 38.91 Bn 49.50 Bn - 381.00 Mn
7 LPL Financial Holdings 22.76 Bn 21.73 Bn - 4.45 Bn
8 Tradeweb Markets 20.90 Bn 19.65 Bn - 330.51 Mn
9 Circle Internet 20.00 Bn 18.49 Bn 35.01 Mn 242.35 Mn
10 Morgan Stanley - - - 13.47 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 13.47 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 12.11 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 12.20 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 11.97 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 12.06 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 11.20 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 11.08 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 10.87 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 10.75 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 10.80 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 9.99 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 10.48 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 10.52 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 9.87 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 9.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 9.71 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 10.16 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 9.64 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 9.86 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 10.12 Bn