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MS Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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MSMorgan Stanley
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MS Dividend answer
Morgan Stanley (MS) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 2.46%, or $4.60 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 2.22%, from $4.15 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $1.15 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Oct 30, 2026. Payment date: Nov 13, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $1.15 per share.
MS Dividend Snapshot
Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.
Next MS Dividend Date
When MS next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next MS dividend
MS's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest MS Dividend Dates
Review the latest dividend, yield, available trailing-year income, and coverage context before treating income as durable.
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Margins, returns, leverage, and cash conversion support dividend durability.
Yield is more useful when valuation context is not stretched.
Lower drawdown and balance-sheet risk can improve income dependability.
MS Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
MS Annual Dividend History
MS Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $1.15, event yield 1.97%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 22.42%
- 2020 regular DPS
- $1.400
- 2025 regular DPS
- $3.850
- Absolute change
- $2.450
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
MS's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 22.42% a year from 2020 through 2025.
MS is classified as variable-dividend payers, which is not ranked against ordinary corporate dividend policy.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
MS Dividend Yield
How MS's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
MS's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent MS dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | $1.15 | $1.15 | 1.97% | Quarterly | $4.15 | Jul 15, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 2.10% | Quarterly | $4.00 | Apr 15, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | May 15, 2026 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 2.15% | Quarterly | $3.93 | Jan 15, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | Feb 13, 2026 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 2.35% | Quarterly | $3.85 | Oct 15, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | Nov 14, 2025 |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 2.65% | Quarterly | $3.78 | Jul 16, 2025 | Jul 31, 2025 | Aug 15, 2025 |
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| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.925 | $0.925 | 3.21% | Quarterly | $3.70 | Apr 11, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 | May 15, 2025 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | $0.925 | $0.925 | 2.62% | Quarterly | $3.63 | Jan 16, 2025 | Jan 31, 2025 | Feb 14, 2025 |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.925 | $0.925 | 3.05% | Quarterly | $3.55 | Oct 16, 2024 | Oct 31, 2024 | Nov 15, 2024 |
| Jul 31, 2024 | $0.925 | $0.925 | 3.37% | Quarterly | $3.48 | Jul 16, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | Aug 15, 2024 |
| Apr 29, 2024 | $0.85 | $0.85 | 3.69% | Quarterly | $3.40 | Apr 16, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | May 15, 2024 |
| Jan 30, 2024 | $0.85 | $0.85 | 3.79% | Quarterly | $3.32 | Jan 16, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Feb 15, 2024 |
| Oct 30, 2023 | $0.85 | $0.85 | 4.60% | Quarterly | $3.25 | Oct 18, 2023 | Oct 31, 2023 | Nov 15, 2023 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | $0.85 | $0.85 | 3.47% | Quarterly | $3.18 | Jul 18, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | Aug 15, 2023 |
| Apr 28, 2023 | $0.775 | $0.775 | 3.45% | Quarterly | $3.10 | Apr 19, 2023 | May 1, 2023 | May 15, 2023 |
| Jan 30, 2023 | $0.775 | $0.775 | 3.15% | Quarterly | $3.03 | Jan 17, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | Feb 15, 2023 |
| Oct 28, 2022 | $0.775 | $0.775 | 3.59% | Quarterly | $2.95 | Oct 14, 2022 | Oct 31, 2022 | Nov 15, 2022 |
| Jul 28, 2022 | $0.775 | $0.775 | 3.47% | Quarterly | $2.88 | Jul 14, 2022 | Jul 29, 2022 | Aug 15, 2022 |
| Apr 28, 2022 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 3.36% | Quarterly | $2.80 | Apr 14, 2022 | Apr 29, 2022 | May 13, 2022 |
| Jan 28, 2022 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 2.41% | Quarterly | $2.45 | Jan 19, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 | Feb 15, 2022 |
| Oct 28, 2021 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 2.05% | Quarterly | $2.10 | Oct 14, 2021 | Oct 29, 2021 | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Jul 29, 2021 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 5.87% | Quarterly | $1.75 | Jul 15, 2021 | Jul 30, 2021 | Aug 13, 2021 |
| Apr 29, 2021 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 6.34% | Quarterly | $1.40 | Apr 16, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | May 14, 2021 |
| Jan 28, 2021 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 7.65% | Quarterly | $1.40 | Jan 20, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | Feb 12, 2021 |
| Oct 29, 2020 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 2.91% | Quarterly | $1.40 | Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | Nov 13, 2020 |
| Jul 30, 2020 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 2.86% | Quarterly | $1.40 | Jul 16, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | Aug 14, 2020 |
| Apr 29, 2020 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 3.43% | Quarterly | $1.40 | Apr 16, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 | May 15, 2020 |
| Jan 30, 2020 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 2.51% | Quarterly | $1.35 | Jan 16, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Feb 14, 2020 |
| Oct 30, 2019 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 2.81% | Quarterly | $1.30 | Oct 17, 2019 | Oct 31, 2019 | Nov 15, 2019 |
| Jul 30, 2019 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 2.80% | Quarterly | $1.25 | Jul 18, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 | Aug 15, 2019 |
| Apr 29, 2019 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 2.48% | Quarterly | $1.20 | Apr 17, 2019 | Apr 30, 2019 | May 15, 2019 |
| Jan 30, 2019 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 2.69% | Quarterly | $1.15 | Jan 17, 2019 | Jan 31, 2019 | Feb 15, 2019 |
| Oct 30, 2018 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 2.47% | Quarterly | $1.10 | Oct 16, 2018 | Oct 31, 2018 | Nov 15, 2018 |
| Jul 30, 2018 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 2.06% | Quarterly | $1.05 | Jun 28, 2018 | Jul 31, 2018 | Aug 15, 2018 |
| Apr 27, 2018 | $0.25 | $0.25 | 1.93% | Quarterly | $1.00 | Apr 18, 2018 | Apr 30, 2018 | May 15, 2018 |
| Jan 30, 2018 | $0.25 | $0.25 | 1.68% | Quarterly | $0.95 | Jan 18, 2018 | Jan 31, 2018 | Feb 15, 2018 |
| Oct 30, 2017 | $0.25 | $0.25 | 1.78% | Quarterly | $0.90 | Oct 17, 2017 | Oct 31, 2017 | Nov 15, 2017 |
| Jul 27, 2017 | $0.25 | $0.25 | 1.81% | Quarterly | — | Jul 19, 2017 | Jul 31, 2017 | Aug 15, 2017 |
| Apr 27, 2017 | $0.20 | $0.20 | 1.84% | Quarterly | — | Apr 19, 2017 | May 1, 2017 | May 15, 2017 |
| Jan 27, 2017 | $0.20 | $0.20 | 1.72% | Quarterly | — | Jan 17, 2017 | Jan 31, 2017 | Feb 15, 2017 |
| Oct 27, 2016 | $0.20 | $0.20 | 2.07% | Quarterly | — | Oct 19, 2016 | Oct 31, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.
A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.
Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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MS Dividends FAQ
Does MS pay a dividend?
Morgan Stanley (MS) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $1.15 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is MS's dividend yield?
MS's trailing dividend yield is 2.22%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is MS's next dividend?
MS's next announced dividend is $1.15 per share with an ex-dividend date of Oct 30, 2026 and payment date of Nov 13, 2026.
When is MS's ex-dividend date?
MS's next announced ex-dividend date is Oct 30, 2026.
How has MS's dividend changed?
MS's one-year dividend growth is 9.93% based on comparable covered dividend history.