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Morgan Stanley insider trading

Morgan Stanley files with the SEC as a Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies company headquartered in New York, NY. Every time one of its executives or directors buys or sells the stock, the filing appears here the moment it reaches the SEC — with grants and option exercises set apart from the trades that cost the insider their own money.

From SEC filings

Recent MS insider transactions

7 insiders traded MS on the open market between Apr 16, 2026 and Jul 28, 2026 — 17 sales worth $26.6M.

Bought
—
Sold
$26.6M

none on a 10b5-1 plan

Net
−$26.6M
Insiders
7

Open-market purchases (code P) and sales (code S) from Morgan Stanley's own SEC Form 4 filings. Grants and option exercises are excluded — they are compensation, not decisions. Share counts are derived from the reported value and price. Verify any figure against the original filing before acting on it; this is monitoring, not advice.

Filing history last read from EDGAR on Sep 22, 2026. The live dashboard shows new filings the moment they clear.

Every MS Form 4 on SEC.gov

SEC Form 4 data, Q3 2024 to Q2 2026

MS insider trading by quarter

Between Jul 01, 2024 and Jun 30, 2026, 12 insiders traded MS on the open market: 0 purchases and 57 sales worth $142.2M. In the last four quarters alone: 0 purchases and 36 sales ($80.1M), by 8 insiders.

QuarterBoughtSold
Q2 2026—−$17.7M12 sales
Q1 2026—−$25.2M16 sales
Q4 2025—−$16.4M1 sale
Q3 2025—−$20.8M7 sales
Q2 2025—−$9.7M4 sales
Q1 2025—−$17M9 sales
Q4 2024—−$7.2M1 sale
Q3 2024—−$28.2M7 sales
Largest sale
−$21M of MS by Gorman James P (Executive Chairman · Director) on Jul 17, 2024.

Open-market transactions through Jun 30, 2026most recent first

  • Simkowitz Daniel A

    Co-President

    −$2.8M

    Apr 17, 2026

    14,690 sh · $189.24

  • Saperstein Andrew M

    Co-President

    −$6.3M

    Apr 16, 2026

    33,541 sh · $188.37

  • Crawley Mandell

    Chief Client Officer

    −$2.5M

    Apr 16, 2026

    13,283 sh · $188.38

  • Saperstein Andrew M

    Co-President

    −$1.2M

    Apr 16, 2026

    6,584 sh · $187.20

  • Saperstein Andrew M

    Co-President

    −$1.2M

    Apr 16, 2026

    6,353 sh · $189.15

  • Saperstein Andrew M

    Co-President

    −$610.2K

    Apr 16, 2026

    3,190 sh · $191.30

  • Crawley Mandell

    Chief Client Officer

    −$476.7K

    Apr 16, 2026

    2,546 sh · $187.25

  • Saperstein Andrew M

    Co-President

    −$266.6K

    Apr 16, 2026

    1,400 sh · $190.44

  • Saperstein Andrew M

    Co-President

    −$115.3K

    Apr 16, 2026

    600 sh · $192.12

  • Crawley Mandell

    Chief Client Officer

    −$56.7K

    Apr 16, 2026

    300 sh · $189.05

  • Simkowitz Daniel A

    Co-President

    −$6M

    Jan 30, 2026

    32,968 sh · $182.61

  • Grossman Eric F

    Chief Legal/Admin Officer

    −$4M

    Jan 20, 2026

    21,555 sh · $184.00

  • Pizzi Michael A.

    Head Technology & Operations

    −$3.7M

    Jan 20, 2026

    20,000 sh · $184.55

  • Yeshaya Sharon

    Chief Financial Officer

    −$2.9M

    Jan 20, 2026

    15,838 sh · $185.77

  • Saperstein Andrew M

    Co-President

    −$2.1M

    Jan 20, 2026

    11,430 sh · $181.85

From SEC's quarterly Form 3, 4 and 5 data sets: code P purchases and code S sales of common stock, by the date the trade happened. Where a fund and the people who control it each report the same block, it is counted once. Trades made in the last days of Q2 2026 but filed after it closed arrive with SEC's next quarterly release.

Morgan Stanley company record

SEC industry classification
Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies
Headquarters
New York, NY
Incorporated in
DE
Listed on
NYSE
SEC Central Index Key
0000895421
Previously filed as
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO

Sourced from this company's own SEC submissions record. The industry label is SEC's Standard Industrial Classification, which is more specific than the Financials sector shown above.

After insiders bought MS

What the stock actually did in the 90 days following each open-market purchase

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How to read MS insider activity

Open-market purchase (code P)
An insider spending their own money at market price. This is the only buy code that reliably carries signal — it is a decision, not compensation.
Grants and option exercises (codes A, M)
Scheduled compensation. Most "insider buying" headlines are really this, which is why InsiderPulse weights it at a fraction of a real purchase.
Cluster buy
Two or more different insiders buying on the open market in the same window. One executive buying can mean anything; three is much harder to explain away.

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Questions

Are MS insiders buying or selling?
Between Apr 16, 2026 and Jul 28, 2026, 7 Morgan Stanley insiders made no open-market purchases and 17 sales worth $26.6M, a net sale of $26.6M.
How much MS stock have insiders bought and sold in the last two years?
Between Jul 01, 2024 and Jun 30, 2026, 12 Morgan Stanley insiders made no open-market purchases and 57 sales worth $142.2M. In the four quarters to Jun 30, 2026: no purchases and 36 sales ($80.1M). The largest sale was Gorman James P selling $21M on Jul 17, 2024.
What was the largest recent MS insider trade?
Saperstein Andrew M (Co-President) sold $6.3M of MS stock on Apr 16, 2026 at about $188.37 a share.
When did an insider last buy MS shares?
No open-market purchase by a Morgan Stanley insider appears in the filings from Apr 16, 2026 to Jul 28, 2026 — every recorded open-market transaction in that period was a sale.
Where does MS insider trading data come from?
From the Form 4 filings Morgan Stanley's officers, directors and 10% owners must send the SEC within two business days of a trade. Each row on this page links to its original filing on SEC EDGAR. Share grants and option exercises are kept apart from open-market purchases and sales, because only the latter cost the insider their own money.

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