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MSD (Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd) Dividend Yield % : 11.15% (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-12-14), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd is 11.15%.

Good Sign:

Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

The historical rank and industry rank for Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

MSD' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.52   Med: 6.28   Max: 11.22
Current: 11.15

During the past 7 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd was 11.22%. The lowest was 4.52%. And the median was 6.28%.

MSD's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
86.23% of 1184 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.75 vs MSD: 11.15

Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was 1.16.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Inc is 0.95, which seems too high.

During the past 7 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd was 0.95. The lowest was 0.39. And the median was 0.73.

As of today (2024-12-14), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd is 13.91%.

Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was $0.43.

During the past 12 months, Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 44.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 20.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.40% per year.

During the past 7 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd was 20.50% per year. The lowest was -9.30% per year. And the median was -4.25% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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


Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

* 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.

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Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Dividend Yield % Chart

Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 5.37 4.67 4.99 7.34 10.90

Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.19 7.34 9.08 10.90 11.48

Competitive Comparison of Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and 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 Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.2650002024-12-132024-12-132025-01-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2200002024-09-302024-09-302024-10-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2200002024-06-282024-06-282024-07-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2100002024-03-272024-03-282024-04-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD: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 Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.915/7.61
=12.02 %

Current Share Price is $7.61.
Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.915.

Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.06/7.61
=13.93 %

Current Share Price is $7.61.
Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.265 * 4 = $1.06.

* 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 Emerg Mkts Debt Fd  (NYSE:MSD) 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.

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Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Business Description

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Address
1585 Broadway, New York, NY, USA, 10036
Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Inc is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's primary investment objective is to produce high current income and as a secondary objective to seek capital appreciation, through investments mainly in debt securities of government and government-related issuers located in emerging countries, of entities organized to restructure the outstanding debt of such issuers and debt securities of corporate issuers in or organized under the laws of emerging countries.
Executives
Michael J Key officer: Vice President 1633 BROADWAY, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Kyle Lee officer: Portfolio Manager 1633 BROADWAY, 19TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Federico C Sequeda officer: Portfolio Manager TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, BOSTON MA 02110
Ali Akbar Causer officer: Portfolio Manager TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, BOSTON MA 02110
Eddie Arthur Grier other: Advisory Board Member 11700 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE, SUITE 500, RESTON VA 20190
Frances Cashman other: Advisory Board Member MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, 1633 BROADWAY 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Deidre Downes officer: Chief Compliance Officer 1633 BROADWAY, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Patricia A Maleski director C/O J P MORGAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC, 522 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Timothy J Knierim officer: CCO 100 MULBERRY STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Sahil Tandon officer: Portfolio Manager 522 5TH AVE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Jakki L. Haussler director 221 EAST FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Nancy Everett director 1812 PARK AVE, RICHMOND VA 23220
Nystedt Bo Jens Andreas other: Portfolio Manager 522 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Warren John Mar other: Portfolio Manager 522 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Joseph C Benedetti officer: Vice President C/O INVESCO, 225 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK NY 10281

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