Insider trade

CEO sold ~$16.4M of MS shares in the open market

Traded Oct 31, 2025 · Filed Oct 31, 2025

Morgan StanleyMS

~$16.4M
Reported value · 100K sh @ $164.3444: 575K
Holds after · shares reported: +14.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.0%, $164.00 → $188.01 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of Morgan Stanley sold $16.4M of Morgan Stanley shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Oct 31, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Oct 31, 2025

CEO$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$16,434,440

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

16 days after results of Oct 15, 2025, 76 days before results of Jan 15, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $164.00 on Oct 31, 2025, within 2% of its 52-week high, after a 3% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $99.83 (Apr 4, 2025) to $166.02 (Oct 27, 2025), 97% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $159.91 on Sep 19, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+0.9%	-0.3%	+1.1%
30 days	+6.2%	+0.1%	+6.1%
90 days	+13.1%	+1.8%	+11.3%
180 days	+14.9%	+5.1%	+9.8%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001628280-25-047850
Filed / recorded: Oct 31, 2025, 8:42 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 3:52 AM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: MORGAN STANLEY
Issuer CIK: 895421
Ticker: MS
Reporting person: Edward Pick
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: Chairman and CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Oct 31, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 100,000
Price per share: $164.3444
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 574,986.015
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $164.11 to $164.65, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to Morgan Stanley, any security holder of Morgan Stanley, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.

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Activist stake

23.9%Stake

A Schedule 13D means the holder owns more than 5% and keeps the option to push for changes: board seats, a sale, buybacks. It must be filed within 5 business days.

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