03:15 PM EDT, 09/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- CFRA, an independent research provider, has provided MT Newswires with the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:

We believe the capital markets and the resurgence in strategic M&A activity will lead to outsized revenue and earnings gains for MS for the rest of 2025 and 2026. Thus, we raise our 12-month target by $18 to $185 on a wider risk premium and a forward P/E of 18.3x versus three-year historical average of 18.6x normalized earnings. We raise our 2025 EPS estimate by $0.10 to $9.20 and keep 2026 at $10.10 versus consensus of $8.89 and $9.60, respectively. At a September 8 investor conference, Co-President Dan Simkowitz presented a confident outlook for MS, noting that the firm is entering a multi-year cyclical recovery in its Institutional Securities Group (ISG), while its secular growth engines in Wealth Management (WM) and Investment Management (MSIM) continue to scale effectively. This cyclical upturn is supported by a massive backlog of corporate and private equity activity, ample liquidity , and a more favorable regulatory capital environment.