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Morgan Stanley (MS) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Morgan Stanley (MS) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.25% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales rose 2.0% to 0.25% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.24%, a 2.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.24%, up 2.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales was 0.25% for Q4 2025 at Morgan Stanley, down from 0.26% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.27% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.12% in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.22% and a median of 0.22% in 2025 define the central range for Return on Sales.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: decreased -8bps in 2022, then increased 11bps in 2024.
  • Morgan Stanley's Return on Sales stood at 0.26% in 2021, then crashed by -31bps to 0.18% in 2022, then tumbled by -33bps to 0.12% in 2023, then soared by 92bps to 0.23% in 2024, then increased by 8bps to 0.25% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MS's Return on Sales are 0.25% (Q4 2025), 0.26% (Q3 2025), and 0.21% (Q2 2025).