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Robust Trading, IB Fee Growth to Support Morgan Stanley's Q1 Earnings

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Robust Trading, IB Fee Growth to Support Morgan Stanley's Q1 Earnings Morgan Stanley MS is slated to announce first-quarter 2026 earnings on April 15 before the opening bell…
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  • Total underwriting fees are estimated at $1.06 billion, implying a 6.7% rise

    60% confidence
  • Equity trading revenues are estimated at $4.74 billion, suggesting a 15% rise from the prior-year quarter

    60% confidence
  • Equity underwriting fees are estimated at $395.2 million, suggesting 23.9% year-over-year growth

    60% confidence
  • Fixed-income trading revenues are estimated at $2.9 billion, indicating an 11.2% gain

    60% confidence
  • Morgan Stanley's Q1 2026 earnings are estimated at $3.08 per share, indicating an 18.5% increase from the prior-year quarter

    60% confidence
  • Advisory fees are expected to be $883.7 million, indicating a 51.6% year-over-year jump

    60% confidence
  • Net interest revenues are estimated at $2.58 billion, suggesting a 9.7% year-over-year rise

    60% confidence
  • Morgan Stanley's first-quarter revenues are expected to reach $19.88 billion, suggesting 12.1% year-over-year growth

    60% confidence
  • Management expects net interest income in the wealth management segment to rise modestly on a sequential basis

    60% confidence
  • Investment banking income is expected to reach $2.02 billion, indicating a 29.5% year-over-year jump

    60% confidence
  • Companies acknowledged that volatility is part of life and they will have to do business around it, unlike last year when tariff announcements led to deal drought

    60% confidence
  • Fixed-income underwriting fees are estimated at $667.3 million, indicating a 1.4% fall

    60% confidence
  • Morgan Stanley's earnings outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the trailing four quarters, with the average beat being 18.19%

    60% confidence
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