Which is more profitable, BlackRock or Morgan Stanley?

Morgan Stanley keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, BlackRock or Morgan Stanley?

BlackRock grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, BlackRock or Morgan Stanley?

Morgan Stanley costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, BlackRock or Morgan Stanley?

BlackRock would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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BlackRock vs Morgan Stanley stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

BlackRock grows faster and has less debt. Morgan Stanley is more profitable and is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	BlackRock	Morgan Stanley
	$189 billion	$298 billion
	22.9%	25.6%
	+10.7%	+9.5%
	34.0×	17.7×
	0.4 years	9.6 years
	9.4%	1.9%
	2.0%	2.0%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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