Morgan Stanley (MS) Asset Writedowns and Impairment (2010 - 2018)

Morgan Stanley (MS) has reported Asset Writedowns and Impairment for 9 consecutive years, with $8.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2018.

• In Q1 2018, Asset Writedowns and Impairment rose 60.0% year-over-year to $8.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2018 stood at $94.0 million (down 25.98% YoY), while the FY2017 annual figure was $91.0 million, down 30.0% from the prior year.
• Asset Writedowns and Impairment retreated to $8.0 million in Q1 2018 per MS's latest filing, from $78.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Asset Writedowns and Impairment topped out at $78.0 million in Q4 2017 and bottomed at -$22.0 million in Q4 2015.
• Historically, Asset Writedowns and Impairment has averaged $24.1 million across 5 years, with a median of $21.0 million in 2015.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2015 — Asset Writedowns and Impairment tumbled 184.62% — and 2016, when it soared 337.5%.
• Morgan Stanley's Asset Writedowns and Impairment stood at $26.0 million in 2014, then sank by 184.62% to -$22.0 million in 2015, then surged by 227.27% to $28.0 million in 2016, then surged by 178.57% to $78.0 million in 2017, then tumbled by 89.74% to $8.0 million in 2018.
• Business Quant data shows MS's Asset Writedowns and Impairment at $8.0 million in Q1 2018, $78.0 million in Q4 2017, and $7.0 million in Q3 2017.