Morgan Stanley (MS) Q1 Earnings Beat as IB Business Rebounds

Morgan Stanley’s (MS) first-quarter 2024 earnings of $2.02 per share handily outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.69. The bottom line compared favorably with $1.70 per share reported in the prior-year quarter.Shares of the company gained more than 3.5% in the pre-market trading as better-than-expected results were largely driven by a rebound in investment banking (IB) business.Though advisory fees declined 28% year over year, underwriting fees witnessed solid improvement in the quarter. Specifically, ...