MS Congressional Stock Trades & Insider Buying (2026)

MS insider buying and selling over the past year

Insiders at MORGAN STANLEY only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 8 Form 4 sales totaling $41.61M, against no open-market purchases.

None of the 8 sales were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, meaning each one was a discretionary decision at the time of filing. Activity clustered in 2026-01 (7 trades) and 2025-10 (1 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-01-30. The average open-market sale price was $175.54; the last close of $180.57 is 2.9% above that level, so sellers left upside on the table. The single largest trade was a sale of 100,000 shares worth $16.43M on 2025-10-31. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved -1.2%, from $182.80.

Where MS trades relative to its one-year range

MORGAN STANLEY closed at $180.57 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $154.37 to $228.55. That puts the stock in the middle of its range, at 35.3% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved +12.8%, and over roughly three months -16.2%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 5,994,745 shares.

Across 52 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 62) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was -1.6%. MS is ahead of that median and beat 69% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded MS

STOCK Act disclosures show 51 trades in MS by 17 members of Congress over five years (28 purchases, 23 sales), most recently on 2026-07-10. The most active traders were Ro Khanna (D-CA), 19 trades; Julie Johnson (D-TX), 7 trades; Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), 4 trades; Val T. Hoyle (D-OR), 3 trades; Bruce Westerman (R-AR), 2 trades.

By party the trades split 39 by Democrats, 12 by Republicans; by chamber, 50 from the House, 1 from the Senate.

Compare MS with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to MS:

• CME one-year return +11.9%
• GS one-year return +16.2%
• AMP one-year return +7.1%
• NDAQ one-year return +6.9%
• ICE one-year return +5.3%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-01-30
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-07-10

MS data questions

Are MS insiders buying or selling stock?

Insiders at MORGAN STANLEY only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 8 Form 4 sales totaling $41.61M, against no open-market purchases.

What is the one-year price range for MS?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, MS traded between $154.37 and $228.55, last closing at $180.57.

Has any member of Congress traded MS stock?

Yes. 17 members disclosed 51 trades in MS over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-07-10.