MORGAN STANLEY (MS)

Every FINRA and SEC series the site collects for MORGAN STANLEY: short interest with days to cover, daily short sale volume, fails to deliver and Form 4 insider trades. Listed on NYSE, classified by the SEC as security brokers, dealers & flotation companies.

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13.9M

Short interest

settlement 2026-08-14

3.1

Days to cover

+4.1% vs prior

21.8%

Short share of volume

2026-09-11

Fails to deliver

settlement 2026-08-11

-$212K

Insider flow, 90 days

0 buys, 1 sells

As of 2026-09-11.

Short interest

FINRA, twice a month; the last 12 months shown, all 48 settlements in the JSON

As of 14 August 2026, short interest in MS is 13,893,636 shares, down 3,330,857 shares over the last month. Over the last 48 readings it ranged from 12,595,077 shares (15 January 2025) to 18,277,241 shares (29 May 2026). At the reported average volume of 4.5M shares a day that is 3.1 days to cover.

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Settlement	Shares short	Change	Avg daily volume	Days to cover
2026-08-14	13,893,636	+4.1%	4,545,693	3.06
2026-07-31	13,347,497	-22.5%	5,999,143	2.22
2026-07-15	17,224,493	-2.6%	5,493,832	3.14
2026-06-30	17,686,436	-1.3%	7,181,220	2.46
2026-06-15	17,919,619	-2.0%	5,901,275	3.04
2026-05-29	18,277,241	+19.1%	5,958,349	3.07
2026-05-15	15,346,174	+5.0%	5,193,739	2.95
2026-04-30	14,608,865	-5.7%	5,265,942	2.77
2026-04-15	15,494,661	-4.8%	6,407,850	2.42
2026-03-31	16,282,811	-8.7%	7,640,360	2.13
2026-03-13	17,831,534	+12.0%	7,180,270	2.48
2026-02-27	15,921,158	-3.6%	7,318,058	2.18
2026-02-13	16,523,284	+17.2%	9,172,019	1.80
2026-01-30	14,098,500	-11.5%	8,089,116	1.74
2026-01-15	15,928,487	+1.1%	6,062,353	2.63
2025-12-31	15,749,255	+0.5%	4,772,766	3.30
2025-12-15	15,670,281	+15.8%	5,476,818	2.86
2025-11-28	13,529,580	-3.0%	5,994,511	2.26
2025-11-14	13,949,748	-1.7%	5,313,618	2.63
2025-10-31	14,187,742	-6.0%	5,496,038	2.58
2025-10-15	15,098,399	+3.6%	6,101,864	2.47
2025-09-30	14,573,942	-10.2%	6,066,681	2.40
2025-09-15	16,224,917	+10.5%	5,133,280	3.16
2025-08-29	14,685,837	-3.9%	4,036,322	3.64

Daily short volume

FINRA Reg SHO, last 60 sessions. JSON

As of 11 September 2026, the short share of MS volume is 21.8%, down 24.1 points over the last five sessions. Over the last 52 readings it ranged from 21.6% (28 July 2026) to 57.3% (13 July 2026). The latest reading sits at the bottom of that range. The latest reading is 14.3 points below the 30-session average of 36.1%, on 1.4M shares reported.

Date	Short volume	Total volume	Short share	Exempt
2026-09-11	295K	1.4M	21.8%	13
2026-09-10	550K	1.1M	48.0%	0
2026-09-09	259K	864K	29.9%	31
2026-09-08	462K	919K	50.3%	968
2026-09-04	409K	968K	42.2%	1,672
2026-09-03	686K	1.5M	45.9%	15
2026-09-02	304K	1.2M	25.5%	518
2026-09-01	411K	1.1M	36.5%	4,721
2026-08-31	324K	800K	40.5%	238
2026-08-28	397K	1.1M	35.7%	185
2026-08-27	295K	767K	38.4%	719
2026-08-26	296K	1.3M	23.5%	203
2026-08-25	302K	832K	36.3%	87
2026-08-24	425K	988K	43.0%	106
2026-08-21	419K	1.3M	31.5%	1,177
2026-08-20	460K	1.7M	27.2%	482
2026-08-19	767K	1.9M	39.7%	19
2026-08-18	356K	964K	37.0%	35
2026-08-17	346K	1.1M	32.3%	1,162
2026-08-14	582K	1.4M	40.9%	415
2026-08-13	532K	1.1M	49.5%	203
2026-08-12	638K	1.5M	42.6%	275
2026-08-11	476K	1.1M	45.3%	456
2026-08-10	426K	1.1M	40.5%	468
2026-08-07	409K	1.4M	29.1%	984
2026-08-06	381K	1.1M	35.2%	19
2026-08-05	403K	1.7M	24.3%	138
2026-08-04	734K	3.0M	24.8%	4,176
2026-08-03	491K	1.8M	27.9%	492
2026-07-31	667K	1.8M	37.4%	2,331

Fails to deliver

SEC, by settlement date. JSON

As of 11 August 2026, the fails-to-deliver balance in MS is 24 shares, down 176 shares over the last settlement date. Over the last 52 readings it ranged from 5 shares (6 April 2026) to 77,967,776 shares (29 June 2026). The latest reading sits at the bottom of that range.

Settlement	Shares failed	Price	Value
2026-08-11	24	$215.33	$5K
2026-08-10	200	$216.33	$43K
2026-08-05	87	$217.04	$19K
2026-08-03	48	$210.42	$10K
2026-07-31	200	$210.06	$42K
2026-07-24	100	$215.18	$22K
2026-07-23	100	$218.50	$22K
2026-07-22	4,419	$216.40	$956K
2026-07-21	11,943	$210.94	$2.5M
2026-07-20	11,943	$215.50	$2.6M
2026-07-17	56	$218.37	$12K
2026-07-13	319	$222.28	$71K
2026-07-10	132	$222.13	$29K
2026-07-09	14,823	$218.07	$3.2M
2026-07-02	421	$211.86	$89K
2026-06-30	138	$211.72	$29K
2026-06-29	77,967,776	$212.03	$16.53B
2026-06-26	4,206	$221.04	$930K
2026-06-24	40,776	$226.03	$9.2M
2026-06-22	273,209	$223.17	$61.0M
2026-06-15	4,168	$214.04	$892K
2026-06-02	55	$211.01	$12K
2026-06-01	3,393	$208.00	$706K
2026-04-30	10,000	$187.08	$1.9M
2026-04-21	100	$190.70	$19K
2026-04-20	8,488	$188.82	$1.6M
2026-04-15	12	$183.34	$2K
2026-04-14	15,154	$181.14	$2.7M
2026-04-13	500	$177.64	$89K
2026-04-06	5	$165.81	$829

Insider trades

SEC Form 4, newest first, 50 of 100 shown. JSON

Insiders at MS reported 1 open-market sell worth $212K in the last 90 days and no open-market buys. Sells alone are a weak signal; insiders sell for tax, diversification and estate reasons all the time. Latest filing: MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC on 2026-07-30.

Date	Insider	Title	Type	Shares	Price	Value	Owned after
2026-07-30	MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC	n/a	Disposition	414K	$213.28	$88.4M	376.7M
2026-07-28	SCHAPIRO MARY L	n/a	Gift	2K	$0.00	$0	39K
2026-07-28	SCHAPIRO MARY L	n/a	Sell	1K	$212.06	$212K	41K
2026-06-01	NALLY DENNIS M	n/a	Grant	345	$209.96	$72K	47K
2026-06-01	NALLY DENNIS M	n/a	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	47K
2026-06-01	WILKINS RAYFORD JR	n/a	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	78K
2026-06-01	TRAQUINA PERRY M	n/a	Grant	369	$209.96	$78K	91K
2026-06-01	TRAQUINA PERRY M	n/a	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	91K
2026-06-01	Peterson Douglas L.	n/a	Grant	274	$209.96	$57K	12K
2026-06-01	Peterson Douglas L.	n/a	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	11K
2026-06-01	Miscik Judith A	n/a	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	66K
2026-06-01	SCHAPIRO MARY L	n/a	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	42K
2026-06-01	Leibowitz Shelley B	n/a	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	48K
2026-06-01	James Erika H	n/a	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	13K
2026-06-01	Herz Robert H	n/a	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	103K
2026-06-01	GOOD LYNN J	n/a	Grant	274	$209.96	$57K	4K
2026-06-01	GOOD LYNN J	n/a	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	3K
2026-06-01	GLOCER THOMAS H	n/a	Grant	512	$209.96	$108K	125K
2026-06-01	GLOCER THOMAS H	n/a	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	124K
2026-06-01	BUTLER MEGAN	n/a	Tax withholding	190	$209.96	$40K	6K
2026-06-01	BUTLER MEGAN	n/a	Grant	1K	$0.00	$0	6K
2026-04-20	GROSSMAN ERIC F	Chief Legal/Admin Officer	Sell	6K	$190.00	$1.1M	175K
2026-04-17	SIMKOWITZ DANIEL A	Co-President	Sell	15K	$189.24	$2.8M	366K
2026-04-17	SIMKOWITZ DANIEL A	Co-President	Gift	8K	$0.00	$0	380K
2026-04-16	SAPERSTEIN ANDREW M	Co-President	Sell	600	$192.12	$115K	282K
2026-04-16	SAPERSTEIN ANDREW M	Co-President	Sell	3K	$191.30	$610K	283K
2026-04-16	SAPERSTEIN ANDREW M	Co-President	Sell	1K	$190.44	$267K	286K
2026-04-16	SAPERSTEIN ANDREW M	Co-President	Sell	6K	$189.15	$1.2M	287K
2026-04-16	SAPERSTEIN ANDREW M	Co-President	Sell	34K	$188.37	$6.3M	294K
2026-04-16	SAPERSTEIN ANDREW M	Co-President	Sell	7K	$187.20	$1.2M	327K
2026-04-16	YESHAYA SHARON	Chief Financial Officer	Gift	9K	$0.00	$0	142K
2026-04-16	CRAWLEY MANDELL	Chief Client Officer	Gift	1K	$0.00	$0	61K
2026-04-16	CRAWLEY MANDELL	Chief Client Officer	Sell	300	$189.05	$57K	63K
2026-04-16	CRAWLEY MANDELL	Chief Client Officer	Sell	13K	$188.38	$2.5M	63K
2026-04-16	CRAWLEY MANDELL	Chief Client Officer	Sell	3K	$187.25	$477K	76K
2026-03-12	YESHAYA SHARON	Chief Financial Officer	Tax withholding	10K	$160.89	$1.5M	152K
2026-03-12	YESHAYA SHARON	Chief Financial Officer	Grant	17K	$0.00	$0	161K
2026-03-12	SIMKOWITZ DANIEL A	Co-President	Tax withholding	18K	$160.89	$2.9M	388K
2026-03-12	SIMKOWITZ DANIEL A	Co-President	Grant	33K	$0.00	$0	407K
2026-03-12	SAPERSTEIN ANDREW M	Co-President	Tax withholding	27K	$160.89	$4.3M	334K
2026-03-12	SAPERSTEIN ANDREW M	Co-President	Grant	53K	$0.00	$0	361K
2026-03-12	Pizzi Michael A.	Head Technology & Operations	Tax withholding	8K	$160.89	$1.3M	145K
2026-03-12	Pizzi Michael A.	Head Technology & Operations	Grant	16K	$0.00	$0	153K
2026-03-12	PICK EDWARD	Chairman and CEO	Tax withholding	34K	$160.89	$5.4M	666K
2026-03-12	PICK EDWARD	Chairman and CEO	Grant	61K	$0.00	$0	700K
2026-03-12	GROSSMAN ERIC F	Chief Legal/Admin Officer	Tax withholding	12K	$160.89	$1.9M	186K
2026-03-12	GROSSMAN ERIC F	Chief Legal/Admin Officer	Grant	23K	$0.00	$0	198K
2026-03-12	CRAWLEY MANDELL	Chief Client Officer	Tax withholding	5K	$160.89	$794K	79K
2026-03-12	CRAWLEY MANDELL	Chief Client Officer	Grant	10K	$0.00	$0	84K
2026-02-19	YESHAYA SHARON	Chief Financial Officer	Tax withholding	10K	$176.59	$1.7M	144K

Form 4 filings are due within two business days of the trade. Insiders sell for many reasons that say nothing about the company; open-market buys are the rarer, stronger signal.

Planned sales (Form 144)

Newest first. JSON

4 Form 144 notices on file for MS worth $9.8M at the prices reported; 4 in the last 90 days worth $9.8M. Latest: MARY L SCHAPIRO REV TRUST filed on 2026-07-28 to sell 1,000 shares ($212K) from 2026-07-28.

Filed	Seller	Shares	Market value	Of outstanding	Sale from	Broker
2026-07-28	MARY L SCHAPIRO REV TRUSTAffiliate	1K	$212K	0.000%	2026-07-28	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services
2026-07-20	MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLCIndirectly controlled by the issuer	4K	$869K	0.000%	2026-07-20	Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
2026-07-17	MICHAEL A. PIZZI REVOCABLE TRUSTAffiliate	24K	$5.2M	0.002%	2026-07-17	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services
2026-07-16	SHARON YESHAYAAffiliate	16K	$3.5M	0.001%	2026-07-16	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services

Large holders (13D and 13G)

One row per reporting person, newest filing first. JSON

1 holder above 5% has filed on MS, 1 on Schedule 13D (active intent). The largest reported stake is MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. at 24.1% of the class (380,511,118 shares), filed 2026-07-15 for an event on 2026-07-15.

Filed	Form	Holder	Shares	Of class	Event
2026-07-15	13D/Ano. 23	MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.corporation	380.5M	24.1%	2026-07-15

13F holders

Tracked managers holding MS at their latest 13F. JSON

10 of the 30 tracked managers held MS at their latest 13F, $8.33B in total at quarter-end prices. Fisher Asset Management is the largest at $5.47B (1.6% of its portfolio) as of 2026-06-30. Over the prior quarter 3 added shares and 5 cut.

Fund	Quarter	Shares	Value	Of portfolio	Change in shares
Fisher Asset Management	2026-06-30	26.2M	$5.47B	1.63%	+573K
Citadel Advisors	2026-06-30	5.0M	$1.04B	0.12%	-2.3M
Two Sigma Investments	2026-06-30	3.4M	$718.2M	0.52%	-318K
Viking Global Investors	2026-06-30	1.6M	$339.2M	0.97%	new or n/a
Millennium Management	2026-06-30	1.2M	$251.6M	0.09%	-2.1M
D. E. Shaw & Co.	2026-06-30	1.2M	$250.4M	0.12%	-847K
AQR Capital Management	2026-06-30	916K	$191.4M	0.07%	+354K
Point72 Asset Management	2026-06-30	269K	$56.3M	0.06%	-1.2M
Soros Fund Management	2026-06-30	19K	$4.0M	0.05%	new or n/a
Bridgewater Associates	2026-06-30	19K	$3.9M	0.02%	+4K

Only the 30 tracked managers on the funds hub; a 13F reports long positions in US listed stock at quarter end, 45 days late, and says nothing about shorts or positions sold since.

Financials

SEC XBRL, as filed. JSON

In FY 2025 it generated -$17.89B of operating cash flow and spent $6.59B on dividends. As of 2026-06-30, cash was $160.13B against $383.16B of debt.

Cash: $160.13B
Debt: $383.16B
Equity: $116.33B
Total assets: $1675.06B
Shares outstanding: 1,570,566,292

Quarterly, last 8 quarters

Quarter	Period end	Revenue	Net income	Margin	Diluted EPS
Q2 2026	2026-06-30	n/a	$5.58B	n/a	3.46
Q1 2026	2026-03-31	n/a	$5.57B	n/a	3.43
Q4 2025derived	2025-12-31	n/a	$4.40B	n/a	n/a
Q3 2025	2025-09-30	n/a	$4.61B	n/a	2.80
Q2 2025	2025-06-30	n/a	$3.54B	n/a	2.13
Q1 2025	2025-03-31	n/a	$4.32B	n/a	2.60
Q4 2024derived	2024-12-31	n/a	$3.71B	n/a	n/a
Q3 2024	2024-09-30	n/a	$3.19B	n/a	1.88

Fiscal years, with buybacks and dividends

Fiscal year	Ends	Revenue	Net income	Operating cash flow	Capex	Buybacks	Dividends
FY 2025	2025-12-31	n/a	$16.86B	-$17.89B	n/a	n/a	$6.59B
FY 2024	2024-12-31	n/a	$13.39B	$1.36B	n/a	n/a	$6.14B
FY 2023	2023-12-31	n/a	$9.09B	-$33.54B	n/a	n/a	$5.76B
FY 2022	2022-12-31	n/a	$11.03B	-$6.40B	n/a	n/a	$5.40B
FY 2021	2021-12-31	n/a	$15.03B	$33.97B	n/a	n/a	$4.17B

Quarters are the three-month figures the company reports; a fourth quarter marked derived is the fiscal year less the three reported quarters, since companies report it only inside the 10-K. Fiscal years are the annual figures. Buybacks are cash paid to repurchase common stock in the year (XBRL PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock), not authorizations. Balance sheet lines are as of 2026-06-30; shares outstanding as of 2026-07-31 from the cover page.

What this page is

MORGAN STANLEY in the regulatory record

Regulators publish company data in separate files that never sit next to each other: FINRA's twice-monthly short interest, its daily short sale volume, the SEC's fails-to-deliver counts, and each insider's Form 4. A company page pulls every series the site collects for one ticker onto one URL, keyed by the SEC's own ticker list, so the short position, the daily flow, the settlement fails and what insiders are doing can be read together.

Each section has its own history table, a summary sentence built from the rows (last value, change, range with dates) and its own JSON and CSV links. Nothing on the page is written by a model; the sentences change only when the data does. A page exists only for companies with data in at least two series, and every section says when its source last updated.

This page follows MORGAN STANLEY (MS), SEC CIK 895421, listed on NYSE, classified by the SEC as security brokers, dealers & flotation companies. The cross-market tables live on the short interest and insider transactions hubs.

Source and method

Short interest: FINRA consolidated short interestTwice a month, about eight business days after settlement. Latest 2026-08-14.JSON and CSV
Daily short volume: FINRA Reg SHO daily filesEvery trading day, loaded the following morning. Latest 2026-09-11.JSON and CSV
Fails to deliver: SEC fails-to-deliver dataTwice a month, a few weeks after the half month ends. Latest 2026-08-11.JSON and CSV
Planned sales: SEC EDGAR Form 144EDGAR read every 30 minutes; a notice is filed on or before the sell order. Latest 2026-07-28.JSON and CSV
Large holders: SEC EDGAR Schedule 13D and 13GEDGAR read every 30 minutes; 13D within five business days of crossing 5%, 13G on the passive schedule. Latest 2026-07-15.JSON and CSV
13F holders: SEC EDGAR Form 13F-HRQuarterly, filed within 45 days of quarter end; 30 tracked managers. Latest 2026-06-30.JSON and CSV
Financials: SEC XBRL company factsRefreshed weekly from the SEC's structured data; values are as filed in the 10-Q and 10-K. Latest 2026-06-30.JSON and CSV
Insider trades: SEC EDGAR Form 4EDGAR read every 30 minutes; filings are due two business days after the trade. Latest 2026-07-30.JSON and CSV
Company record: EDGAR filing index for CIK 895421Ticker, name and exchange from the SEC's company list, refreshed weekly.
Rate limits: 30 requests a minute without a key, 120 a minute with a key from a free account.

Data checks. Every dataset is checked against its source once a day. This dataset passed the last run, 12 Sep 05:40 UTC.

How to read it

Read the position against the flow: rising short interest with a high daily short share is new shorting; rising short interest with a normal short share is old shorts holding on.
Insider buys next to a crowded short are the combination that has historically preceded squeezes; insider sells next to a crowded short are common and mean little.
Fails to deliver matter relative to the float, not in absolute shares; a million failed shares in a mega cap is noise.

Analysis of what the data shows, not advice. XOOMAR does not recommend buying, selling or holding anything.

Datasets

Frequently Asked Questions

How much of MS is sold short?

13,893,636 shares were held short at the 2026-08-14 settlement, 3.1 days of average volume. FINRA publishes the next count about eight business days after the 15th and the last business day of the month.

What is MS's daily short volume?

On 2026-09-11, 295,484 of the 1,355,215 MS shares reported to FINRA were sold short, 21.8% of the day's reported volume. Short volume is a flow for one day, not a position.

Does MS have fails to deliver?

The SEC's latest file shows 24 MS shares failed to deliver at settlement 2026-08-11. Fails are reported per settlement date and published twice a month with a lag.

Are MS insiders buying or selling?

Have MS insiders filed to sell?

Who owns more than 5% of MS?

What did MS report last quarter?

In FY 2025 it generated -$17.89B of operating cash flow and spent $6.59B on dividends. As of 2026-06-30, cash was $160.13B against $383.16B of debt.

Which funds hold MS?

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MORGAN STANLEY (MS)

Short interest

Daily short volume

Fails to deliver

Insider trades

Planned sales (Form 144)

Large holders (13D and 13G)

13F holders

Financials

Quarterly, last 8 quarters

Fiscal years, with buybacks and dividends

MORGAN STANLEY in the regulatory record

Source and method

How to read it

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Datasets

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