Morgan Stanley: dividend

MSNYSEFinancial services · Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation CompaniesBank

Price

$190.65

November 13, 2026Market cap $303B

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  • The full history: 17 fiscal years, from 2009
  • The estimated fair value, with its range and its certainty
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  • Excel with every year
  • An email when it reports, changes its dividend or an officer buys

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Yield

2.26%

$4.30 per share over the last 12 months, at a price of $190.65.

Forward yield2.41%($1.15 a quarter)

Cover from subsidiariesThe parent received 277% of what it paid out from its subsidiaries.
2.8x
Payout34% of the last 12 months' earnings went to the dividend.
34%
No cutWithout a cut since 2010, the first year of our figures: the run may be longer.
15+
5-year growthFewer than five years of dividends.
–
CET1Core capital, from the FDIC.
20.8%

The dividend year by year

What it paid per share each fiscal year, how much that changed, and the yield it gave at the price at year end.

  • 2025
    Dividend per share$3.85
  • 2024
    Dividend per share$3.55
  • 2023
    Dividend per share$3.25

Each fiscal year's dividend as the company states it in its filings, adjusted for stock splits. Special dividends count in the year they were paid.

The dividend year by year

MS's dividend per share each fiscal year, from 2009 to 2022, 14 more fiscal years

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Everything it returns to shareholders

The dividend is one way. The other is buybacks, which reduce the number of shares.

Dividend yield

2.26%

$22.60 a year per $1,000 of shares

Buybacks

1.51%

$15.10 a year per $1,000 of shares

The share count fell by 1.6% over the year.

Total returned

3.77%

$37.70 a year per $1,000 of shares

dividend 60%buybacks 40%

MS beside the other dividend payers

Where it stands among this week's 968 dividend payers, and in the Financial services sector. The dot is the company, the white line the median.

Dividend yield2.26%

Above 55% of the payers · median 2.03%

In Financial services: above 49%, median 2.29%.

Share of earnings paid out34%

Above 48% of the payers · median 35%

In Financial services: above 57%, median 31%.

Yield, cover and years without a cut for almost 1,000 stocks, in one table.The table

The full analysis

What do Morgan Stanley's filings show?

The dividend is one part of Morgan Stanley's picture. The full Ploutos AI analysis reads everything the company has filed and shows what stands behind it, with a source for every figure.

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  • The case for and the case against

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What is MS's dividend yield?

Morgan Stanley paid $4.30 per share over the last 12 months. At a price of $190.65, that is a yield of 2.26%.

Has MS ever cut its dividend?

Morgan Stanley has not cut its dividend for 15+ years, in the 17 years of figures we hold.

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The figures come from the company's SEC filings and the share price, and describe what it has reported. They are not a score or a fair value.