Morgan Stanley (LIM:MS) Dividend Payout Ratio : 0.49 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Morgan Stanley Dividend Payout Ratio?

The Dividend Payout Ratio is the measure of dividends paid out to shareholders relative to the company's net income. It is calculated as the Dividends per Share divided by the Earnings per Share (Diluted) during the same time period. Morgan Stanley's Dividend Payout Ratio for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.49.

The historical rank and industry rank for Morgan Stanley's Dividend Payout Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LIM:MS' s Dividend Payout Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.19 Med: 0.25 Max: 0.57
Current: 0.52

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Morgan Stanley was 0.57. The lowest was 0.19. And the median was 0.25.

LIM:MS's Dividend Payout Ratio is ranked worse than
67.88% of 330 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 0.375 vs LIM:MS: 0.52

As of today (2024-12-15), the Dividend Yield % of Morgan Stanley is 3.05%.

During the past 13 years, the highest Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Morgan Stanley was 4.51%. The lowest was 0.77%. And the median was 2.30%.

Morgan Stanley's Dividends per Share for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.93.

During the past 12 months, Morgan Stanley's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.40% 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.

* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.

Morgan Stanley Dividend Payout Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Morgan Stanley's Dividend Payout Ratio can be seen below:

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Morgan Stanley Dividend Payout Ratio Chart

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0.26

0.46

0.57

Morgan Stanley Quarterly Data
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Dividend Payout Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.62	1.00	0.42	0.46	0.49

Competitive Comparison of Morgan Stanley's Dividend Payout Ratio

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Morgan Stanley's Dividend Payout Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Payout Ratio 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's Dividend Payout Ratio Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Morgan Stanley's Dividend Payout Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Morgan Stanley Dividend Payout Ratio Calculation

Morgan Stanley's Dividend Payout Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (A: Dec. 2023 )	/	EPS without NRI (A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	3.25	/	5.74
	=	0.57

Morgan Stanley's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (Q: Sep. 2024 )	/	EPS without NRI (Q: Sep. 2024 )
	=	0.925	/	1.899
	=	0.49

Morgan Stanley (LIM:MS) Dividend Payout Ratio Explanation

In dividends investing, Dividend 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 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 with approximately 45% of net revenue from its institutional securities business, 45% from wealth management, and 10% from investment management. About 30% of its total revenue is from outside the Americas. The company had over $5 trillion of client assets as well as around 80,000 employees at the end of 2023.