As of today (2024-04-16), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Morgan Stanley is 3.91%.
As of today (2024-04-16), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Morgan Stanley is 3.83%.
MS's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 68.3% of 347
companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 2.54
vs MS: 3.91
Morgan Stanley's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.85.
During the past 12 months, Morgan Stanley's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 32.40% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 26.70% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 29.30% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Morgan Stanley was 62.70% per year. The lowest was -43.00% per year. And the median was 21.70% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Competitive Comparison
For the Capital Markets subindustry, Morgan Stanley's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Morgan Stanley Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Morgan Stanley's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Morgan Stanley's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
Morgan Stanley Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Morgan Stanley Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.850
2024-01-30
2024-01-31
2024-02-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.850
2023-10-30
2023-10-31
2023-11-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.850
2023-07-28
2023-07-31
2023-08-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.775
2023-04-28
2023-05-01
2023-05-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Morgan Stanley's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
3.4
/
86.99
=
3.91 %
Current Share Price is $86.99.
Morgan Stanley's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.85 * 4 = $3.4.
Morgan Stanley's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
3.325
/
86.99
=
3.82 %
Current Share Price is $86.99.
Morgan Stanley's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $3.325.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) Forward Dividend Yield % Explanation
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
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Morgan Stanley (Morgan Stanley) Business Description
Morgan Stanley is a global investment bank whose history, through its legacy firms, can be traced back to 1924. The company has institutional securities, wealth management, and investment management segments. The company had over $4 trillion of client assets as well as over 80,000 employees at the end of 2022. Approximately 50% of the company's net revenue is from its institutional securities business, with the remainder coming from wealth and investment management. The company derives about 30% of its total revenue outside the Americas.
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