Morgan Stanley MS
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As of: Nov 2, 2026 · 3:59 PM EST

Morgan Stanley (MS) Return on Assets [ROA] (2011 - 2026)

Updated

Morgan Stanley (MS) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 1.23% for Q3 2026, up 0.03 percentage points from 1.20% a year earlier but down 0.02 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Morgan Stanley (MS) Return on Assets [ROA] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For FY2025, Morgan Stanley posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 1.29%, up 0.17 percentage points from FY2024.

  • Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of +0.18 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • By year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 1.12% in FY2024 (+0.35 pp), 0.78% in FY2023 (-0.17 pp), 0.94% in FY2022 (-0.37 pp) and 1.31% in FY2021 (+0.20 pp).
  • Five-year quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] spans a low of 0.78% in Q4 2023 and a high of 1.27% in Q4 2021.
  • Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] has now increased in each of the last nine quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.19 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was Q1 2025 (a gain of 0.35 percentage points); the low point was Q1 2023 (a drop of 0.33 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 1.25% (Q2 2026), 1.22% (Q1 2026) and 1.22% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROA (Qtr)
1 Jpmorgan Chase 918.86 Bn 918.86 Bn - -
2 Bank Of America 355.02 Bn -2,021.04 Bn - 0.96%
3 Hsbc Holdings 299.60 Bn -1,803.99 Bn - 0.82%
4 Morgan Stanley 288.82 Bn 288.82 Bn - 1.23%
5 Royal Bank Of Canada 288.46 Bn -541.58 Bn - 0.93%
6 Goldman Sachs 269.80 Bn 269.80 Bn - -
7 Wells Fargo & Company 258.84 Bn 258.84 Bn - 1.03%
8 Mitsubishi Ufj Financial 244.75 Bn -96.64 Bn 10.89 Bn 0.52%
9 American Express 221.16 Bn 20.64 Bn - 3.96%
10 Toronto Dominion Bank 216.17 Bn -459.71 Bn - 0.77%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2026 1.23%
Jun 30, 2026 1.25%
Mar 31, 2026 1.22%
Dec 31, 2025 1.22%
Sep 30, 2025 1.20%
Jun 30, 2025 1.12%
Mar 31, 2025 1.15%
Dec 31, 2024 1.09%
Sep 30, 2024 0.92%
Jun 30, 2024 0.86%
Mar 31, 2024 0.80%
Dec 31, 2023 0.78%
Sep 30, 2023 0.85%
Jun 30, 2023 0.86%
Mar 31, 2023 0.88%
Dec 31, 2022 0.96%
Sep 30, 2022 1.08%
Jun 30, 2022 1.14%
Mar 31, 2022 1.22%
Dec 31, 2021 1.27%
API Access

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