Historical annual and monthly returns for Morgan Stanley (MS).
For Morgan Stanley (MS), the strongest completed calendar year was 2009, when the stock returned 87.9%, while its weakest was 2008, with a return of -68.8%. Across the 26 completed calendar years from 2000 through 2025, its average annual return was 13.3% and its compounded annual return was 6.4%. MS posted positive returns in 16 of those 26 years (62%). In 2025, the latest completed year, it returned 45.2%. In 2026 year to date, MS has returned 10.9%.
Returns are calculated from the adjusted daily closing prices for Morgan Stanley (MS). Annual returns measure the percentage change between the final available trading prices of consecutive calendar years. Monthly returns use the corresponding month-end observations. Adjusted prices account for stock splits and distributions when supplied by the market-data provider. Results are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.
