Morgan Stanley co-chairman Ted Pick speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, U.S., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.
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- Earnings: $1.82 per share vs $1.65 per share LSEG estimate
- Revenue: $15.02 billion versus $14.3 billion estimate
The bank said profit rose 41% from a year earlier to $3.08 billion, or $1.82 a share, on a rebound in Wall Street activity. Revenue rose 12% to $15.02 billion.
Morgan Stanley benefited in the quarter from its Wall Street-centric business model, as a rebound in trading and investment banking helped the bank’s corporate bonds division earn more revenue than its wealth management division, reversing the usual trend.
Equity trading revenue rose 18% to $3.02 billion, beating Street estimates by about $330 million. Fixed income trading revenue rose 16% to $1.99 billion, beating estimates by $130 million.
Investment banking revenue rose 51% to $1.62 billion, driven by over $220 million in fixed income underwriting activity. Morgan Stanley said it was raising debt primarily by non-investment-grade companies.
“The company delivered another strong quarter in an improving capital market environment,” CEO Ted Pick said in the release. “We continue to execute on our strategy and are well-positioned to deliver growth and long-term value to our stakeholders.”
Last week, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Citigroup each topped expectations for revenue and profit, a streak that Goldman Sachs continued on Monday, helping Wall Street activity again.
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