MS
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley (MS) is a global financial services firm with a $278.8B market cap, showing a strong political signal from a single congressional donor who has contributed $1.44M and executed 24 trades in the stock.
Govt Dependence
5/100
Regulatory Density
85/100
Lobbying Intensity
0/100
Political Signal
BULLISH
BusinessWhat MS does
Morgan Stanley operates through three primary segments: Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment Management, generating revenue from investment banking, sales and trading, asset management, and advisory fees. The firm serves corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individual investors worldwide. Its business model is heavily exposed to capital markets activity, interest rates, and financial regulation.
12 months past · 3 months futureMS activity timeline
Congress
buy
sell
Insider · Form 4
open-market buy
Hedge fund · 13F
opened
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− trimmed
closed
holds
Bills
past action (this ticker)
upcoming markup (sector)
★ carveout (this ticker)
240 trading days ·
26 congressional trades shown
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0 insider buys
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12 13F filings
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2 past bill actions
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4 upcoming markups
Executive Branch ConflictsMS held by Trump-administration officials
2 cabinet/senior officials reported MS positions in OGE Form 278 disclosures across 4 filings.
Lifetime Government AwardsMS federal contracts
MS doesn't hold direct federal contracts.
Verified via USASpending.gov: $0 reported in direct prime-contract awards. Companies in this position typically sell federal services indirectly through prime contractors and integrators (e.g., Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen, Microsoft Azure) or through commercial channels that don't appear in USASpending data.
Smart Money · 13F HoldingsHedge funds holding MS
$8.18B
Total MS held by tracked 13F funds
40
Funds with MS positions
+40
Funds opened this quarter
Citadel Advisors
$866M
opened
12 overlap
2025-12-31
Millennium Management
$560M
opened
2025-09-30
Citadel Advisors
$553M
opened
2025-09-30
Citadel Advisors
$527M
opened
2025-06-30
Millennium Management
$491M
opened
2025-03-31
Millennium Management
$464M
opened
2024-12-31
Millennium Management
$447M
opened
2024-03-31
Millennium Management
$404M
opened
2025-12-31
32 more 13F positions tracked · quarterly delta charts available in member dashboard
Politicians Trading MSMembers of Congress with recent MS positions
9 politicians traded MS across 90 disclosed transactions totaling $2.1M (last 730 days).
Greed score = composite of trade frequency, volume & recency across the politician's entire history (not just MS). 0-30 LOW · 30-60 MID · 60+ HIGH.
Ro Khanna
43 buys
15 sells
$1.8M
2026-01-29
LOW · 0
Julie Johnson
10 sells
$80K
2025-12-18
LOW · 15
Steve Cohen
1 sell
$75K
2025-12-17
LOW · 2
Jefferson Shreve
2 sells
$65K
2025-04-07
LOW · 0
Val T. Hoyle
2 buys
4 sells
$48K
2025-09-23
LOW · 0
Ritchie Torres
2 buys
2 sells
$32K
2025-07-11
LOW · 0
Bruce Westerman
2 buys
2 sells
$32K
2025-04-21
LOW · 0
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
3 buys
$24K
2025-11-18
HIGH · 61
John James
2 sells
$16K
2024-09-04
LOW · 0
Congressional TradesWho in Congress is trading MS
2026-01-16
Ro Khanna
Purchase
$15,001 - $50,000
2026-01-23
Ro Khanna
Sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2026-01-16
Ro Khanna
Purchase
$50,001 - $100,000
2026-01-29
Ro Khanna
Purchase
$15,001 - $50,000
2025-12-18
Julie Johnson
Sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-12-17
Steve Cohen
Sale
$50,001 - $100,000
2025-11-18
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-11-13
Julie Johnson
Sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-10-17
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-10-17
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-10-07
Ro Khanna
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-10-07
Ro Khanna
purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
30+ trades on file · most recent 2026-02-06
Corporate Insiders · Form 4What CEOs, CFOs, and directors are doing with their own stock
Stock awards & option exercises
12
stock awards · $37.5M market value
2026-02-19
PICK EDWARD
Chairman and CEO
AWARD
60,897 sh
$10.6M
2026-02-19
SAPERSTEIN ANDREW M
Co-President
AWARD
52,777 sh
$9.2M
2026-02-19
SIMKOWITZ DANIEL A
Co-President
AWARD
32,865 sh
$5.7M
2026-02-19
GROSSMAN ERIC F
Chief Legal/Admin Officer
AWARD
22,715 sh
$4.0M
2026-02-19
YESHAYA SHARON
Chief Financial Officer
AWARD
17,399 sh
$3.0M
2026-02-19
Pizzi Michael A.
Head Technology & Operations
AWARD
16,432 sh
$2.9M
2026-02-19
CRAWLEY MANDELL
Chief Client Officer
AWARD
9,666 sh
$1.7M
2025-12-01
GLOCER THOMAS H
Director
AWARD
637.011 sh
$108K
For MS, executives receive stock primarily as compensation rather than via open-market purchases — typical for established large-cap firms.
Bills Affecting MSLive legislation impacting this stock
HR.1968 · 119th
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
S.870 · 118th
An act to authorize appropriations for the United States Fire Administration and firefighter assistance grant programs, to advance
HR.1549 · 119th
China Financial Threat Mitigation Act of 2025
HR.1764 · 119th
Aligning SEC Regulations for the World Bank’s International Development Association Act
HR.1991 · 119th
Producer and Agricultural Credit Enhancement Act of 2025
S.1043 · 119th
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the energy credit for qualified fuel cell property.
HR.2079 · 119th
Insurance Fraud Accountability Act
HR.2031 · 119th
HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2025
S.925 · 119th
Credit for Caring Act of 2025
SJRES.36 · 119th
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted b
Political ProfileWhere MS sits in Washington
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STRUCTURAL: Strong alignment with a key House Financial Services subcommittee member (Rep. Gottheimer) who has received $1.44M. EVIDENTIARY: Active congressional trading (9 purchases by one member in 12 months) and a STRONG contribution-trading pattern linked to 10 subsequent trades. Net: Strong donor alignment and active political trading offset zero corporate insider buying and no federal contract exposure.
Regulatory ExposureThreats & opportunities
Regulatory threats
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High density of finance-related legislationMultiple (Congress)"`bill_impacts` lists 8 recent bills with estimated revenue impacts ranging from $1.45M to $1.82M, indicating active legislative focus on the sector."
Regulatory opportunities
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Alignment with key committee member overseeing financial institutionsHouse Financial Services Committee"Top donor Rep. Josh Gottheimer is a member of the House Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions (`get_political_influence.donations[0].committees[0"
Capitol Hill AlliesChampions & critics
Congressional champions
- Gottheimer, Josh D
- Unknown (ID: K000389) Unknown
Congressional critics
- No specific congressional critics identified.
Member intelligence layer
Live signals + predictions for MS — for Founders
The free page above gives you the public record. Members see the real-time intelligence layer on top of it:
- Live 7-layer signal scores when Congress trades MS
- Bill Pass Index v2 odds for every bill on the watch list
- Iron Triangle alerts (committee × donor × trade)
- SEC Form 4 cluster detection (CEO + CFO + director buys)
- Whale-Opportunity expected-value ranking
- Custom watchlist alerts via email + Discord
Frequently AskedAbout MS & political exposure
Does Morgan Stanley (MS) hold federal contracts?
No direct prime contracts reported in USASpending.gov for Morgan Stanley. Companies in the semiconductor and AI hardware sectors often sell to the federal government via prime contractors and cloud resellers (Microsoft Azure, AWS, Lockheed Martin systems integration) rather than as direct primes.
Which Trump cabinet officials own MS stock?
2 Trump cabinet members or senior White House staff have disclosed holdings in MS on their OGE 278 financial disclosures, including Donald J. Trump, Pete Hegseth. See the Cabinet Conflicts panel for details.
Has Congress traded MS stock?
432 congressional trades by 33 unique members of Congress, most recently on 2026-01-29. See the Congressional Trading panel for politician-by-politician breakdown.
What is MS political risk profile?
Government dependence: 5/100. Lobbying intensity: 0/100. Political signal: bullish. Donor party split: R 0% / D 100%.
How does GovGreed track MS political activity?
GovGreed integrates STOCK Act congressional trade disclosures, FEC contributions, OGE executive-branch disclosures, USASpending federal contracts, Senate LDA lobbying filings, and SEC Form 4 corporate insider trades into a single queryable graph. MS data is updated daily from these official federal sources.