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Morgan Stanley (MS -1.27%) reported fiscal 2025 second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, July 16, posting $16.8 billion in revenue (up 12% year over year), $2.13 in earnings per share, and an 18.2% return on return on tangible common equity (ROTCE). Wealth and Investment Management client assets reached $8.2 trillion, with net new assets of $59 billion, and fee-based flows reached a record $43 billion.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 16, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Edward N. Pick - CEO & Chairman of the Board Sharon Yeshaya - Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Daniel Thomas Fannon - Jefferies LLC, Research Division Devin Patrick Ryan - Citizens JMP Securities, LLC, Research Division Ebrahim Huseini Poonawala - BofA Securities, Research Division Erika Najarian - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Glenn Paul Schorr - Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, Research Division Michael Lawrence Mayo - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division Operator Good morning.

Pre-market futures are climbing into the green this morning, following a cooler-than-expected wholesale inflation report and better-than-expected financial Q2 earnings numbers out before the bell today. After starting off roughly -0.1% across the board, we're currently up +160 points on the Dow, +13 points on the S&P 500 and +14 on the Nasdaq.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) reported second quarter results that topped analyst estimates, driven by growth in trading revenue. However, rising provisions for credit losses, which jumped to $196 million from $76 million in the year-ago quarter, saw Morgan Stanley's shares move lower following the report.

Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. Goldman Sachs Results Are out 7:54 am by Eric Bleeker Need-to-Know Numbers: Revenue: $14.58 billion (tops estimates of $13.58 billion) EPS: $10.91 (tops estimates of $9.62) Goldman Sachs reported its second quarter 2025 earnings, revealing net revenues of $14.58 billion and net earnings of $3.72 billion. The diluted earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter was $10.91, a notable increase from $8.62 in the same quarter last year, but a decrease from $14.12 in the previous quarter. The firm also announced an increase in its quarterly dividend to $4.00 per common share, effective in the third quarter. The annualized return on average common shareholders’ equity was 12.8% for the quarter. The company’s book value per common share rose by 1.6% during the quarter to $349.74. Despite a slight decline in net revenues compared to the first quarter of 2025, Goldman Sachs showed a strong performance in its Globa

Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. Upgrades and Downgrades for Bank Stocks 9:23 am Ticker Company Analyst Firm Rating (Unchanged) New Price Target (Old) Reasons C Citigroup Barclays Overweight $100 ($95) Q2 earnings beat estimates; NII ahead, though fees worse; pointed to 2025 revenues at high-end of guidance, offset by slight expense increase. C Citigroup Morgan Stanley Overweight $107 ($103) High-quality EPS beat; raised guidance; doubled share repurchases to at least $4B in Q3; expects 10% ROTCE in 2026. C Citigroup Piper Sandler Overweight $104 ($84) Increasing EPS estimates post-Q2; story checks all right boxes as a winner this quarter. JPM JPMorgan Morgan Stanley Equal Weight $298 ($296) Strong 11% EPS beat vs. consensus; raised NII guidance; highlighted potential uses of excess capital, including inorganic opportunities (high bar). BK BNY Mellon Morgan Stanley Overweight $101 ($95) 11% EPS beat driven by fees and NII; sixth straight qu

MS tops Q2 estimates with strong trading and wealth management, while investment banking stays weak.

Bank of America has been working on stablecoins like the rest of the industry and investors can expect the lender to move forward on this, CEO Brian Moynihan said on Wednesday, without giving a timeline.

Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick, who runs one of Wall Street's biggest dealmakers, said his own firm was considering acquisitions and would set a high bar for purchases.

Although the revenue and EPS for Morgan Stanley (MS) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended June 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.