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Morgan Stanley (MS) EBIT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Morgan Stanley has reported EBIT Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 99.83% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBIT Margin rose 216.0% to 99.83% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 100.46% through Dec 2025, down 174.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 100.46% for FY2025, 174.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin was 99.83% for Q4 2025 at Morgan Stanley, down from 104.22% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBIT Margin peaked at 105.38% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 33.29% in Q2 2021.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 91.27% (2023), against an average of 75.88%.
  • Year-over-year, EBIT Margin plummeted -730bps in 2021 and then skyrocketed 5165bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 35.84% in 2021, then soared by 112bps to 76.14% in 2022, then surged by 33bps to 101.03% in 2023, then decreased by -3bps to 97.67% in 2024, then increased by 2bps to 99.83% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MS's EBIT Margin are 99.83% (Q4 2025), 104.22% (Q3 2025), and 102.31% (Q2 2025).