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MSCI Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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MSCI Dividend answer
MSCI (MSCI) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 1.28%, or $8.20 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 1.24%, from $7.95 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $2.05 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Nov 13, 2026. Payment date: Nov 27, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $2.05 per share.
MSCI 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 MSCI Dividend Date
When MSCI next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next MSCI dividend
MSCI's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest MSCI Dividend Dates
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MSCI 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.
MSCI Annual Dividend History
MSCI Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $2.05, event yield 1.40%.
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
- 19.78%
- Cohort rank
- #17
- Cohort standing
- Top 5%
- Financial Services rank
- #4
- 2020 regular DPS
- $2.920
- 2025 regular DPS
- $7.200
- Absolute change
- $4.280
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
MSCI's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 19.78% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #17 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
MSCI Dividend Yield
How MSCI's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
MSCI'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 MSCI dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $2.05 | $2.05 | 1.40% | Quarterly | $7.95 | Jul 20, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| May 15, 2026 | $2.05 | $2.05 | 1.37% | Quarterly | $7.70 | Apr 20, 2026 | May 15, 2026 | May 29, 2026 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | $2.05 | $2.05 | 1.42% | Quarterly | $7.45 | Jan 27, 2026 | Feb 13, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | $1.80 | $1.80 | 1.27% | Quarterly | $7.20 | Oct 27, 2025 | Nov 14, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $1.80 | $1.80 | 1.26% | Quarterly | $7.00 | Jul 21, 2025 | Aug 15, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 |
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| May 16, 2025 | $1.80 | $1.80 | 1.19% | Quarterly | $6.80 | Apr 21, 2025 | May 16, 2025 | May 30, 2025 |
| Feb 14, 2025 | $1.80 | $1.80 | 1.15% | Quarterly | $6.60 | Jan 28, 2025 | Feb 14, 2025 | Feb 28, 2025 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $1.60 | $1.60 | 1.08% | Quarterly | $6.40 | Oct 28, 2024 | Nov 15, 2024 | Nov 29, 2024 |
| Aug 16, 2024 | $1.60 | $1.60 | 1.10% | Quarterly | $6.18 | Jul 22, 2024 | Aug 16, 2024 | Aug 30, 2024 |
| May 16, 2024 | $1.60 | $1.60 | 1.20% | Quarterly | $5.96 | Apr 22, 2024 | May 17, 2024 | May 31, 2024 |
| Feb 15, 2024 | $1.60 | $1.60 | 99.70% | Quarterly | $5.74 | Jan 29, 2024 | Feb 16, 2024 | Feb 29, 2024 |
| Nov 8, 2023 | $1.38 | $1.38 | 1.09% | Quarterly | $5.52 | Oct 30, 2023 | Nov 9, 2023 | Nov 30, 2023 |
| Aug 10, 2023 | $1.38 | $1.38 | 98.56% | Quarterly | $5.39 | Jul 24, 2023 | Aug 11, 2023 | Aug 31, 2023 |
| May 11, 2023 | $1.38 | $1.38 | 1.12% | Quarterly | $5.26 | Apr 24, 2023 | May 12, 2023 | May 31, 2023 |
| Feb 16, 2023 | $1.38 | $1.38 | 88.97% | Quarterly | $4.92 | Jan 30, 2023 | Feb 17, 2023 | Feb 28, 2023 |
| Nov 9, 2022 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 98.47% | Quarterly | $4.58 | Oct 24, 2022 | Nov 10, 2022 | Nov 30, 2022 |
| Aug 11, 2022 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 87.20% | Quarterly | $4.37 | Jul 25, 2022 | Aug 12, 2022 | Aug 31, 2022 |
| May 12, 2022 | $1.04 | $1.04 | 1.07% | Quarterly | $4.16 | Apr 25, 2022 | May 13, 2022 | May 31, 2022 |
| Feb 17, 2022 | $1.04 | $1.04 | 73.38% | Quarterly | $3.90 | Jan 24, 2022 | Feb 18, 2022 | Feb 28, 2022 |
| Nov 10, 2021 | $1.04 | $1.04 | 56.70% | Quarterly | $3.64 | Oct 25, 2021 | Nov 12, 2021 | Nov 30, 2021 |
| Aug 12, 2021 | $1.04 | $1.04 | 54.07% | Quarterly | $3.38 | Jul 27, 2021 | Aug 13, 2021 | Aug 31, 2021 |
| May 13, 2021 | $0.78 | $0.78 | 67.67% | Quarterly | $3.12 | Apr 26, 2021 | May 14, 2021 | May 28, 2021 |
| Feb 18, 2021 | $0.78 | $0.78 | 69.02% | Quarterly | $3.02 | Jan 28, 2021 | Feb 19, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Nov 12, 2020 | $0.78 | $0.78 | 74.97% | Quarterly | $2.92 | Oct 26, 2020 | Nov 13, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 |
| Aug 13, 2020 | $0.78 | $0.78 | 78.36% | Quarterly | $2.82 | Jul 27, 2020 | Aug 14, 2020 | Aug 31, 2020 |
| May 14, 2020 | $0.68 | $0.68 | 79.52% | Quarterly | $2.72 | Apr 28, 2020 | May 15, 2020 | May 29, 2020 |
| Feb 20, 2020 | $0.68 | $0.68 | 81.44% | Quarterly | $2.62 | Jan 29, 2020 | Feb 21, 2020 | Mar 6, 2020 |
| Nov 14, 2019 | $0.68 | $0.68 | 1.01% | Quarterly | $2.52 | Oct 29, 2019 | Nov 15, 2019 | Nov 27, 2019 |
| Aug 15, 2019 | $0.68 | $0.68 | 1.09% | Quarterly | $2.42 | Jul 30, 2019 | Aug 16, 2019 | Aug 30, 2019 |
| May 16, 2019 | $0.58 | $0.58 | 1.03% | Quarterly | $2.32 | May 1, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | May 31, 2019 |
| Feb 21, 2019 | $0.58 | $0.58 | 1.22% | Quarterly | $2.12 | Jan 30, 2019 | Feb 22, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 |
| Nov 15, 2018 | $0.58 | $0.58 | 1.27% | Quarterly | $1.92 | Oct 30, 2018 | Nov 16, 2018 | Nov 30, 2018 |
| Aug 16, 2018 | $0.58 | $0.58 | 98.90% | Quarterly | $1.72 | Jul 31, 2018 | Aug 17, 2018 | Aug 31, 2018 |
| May 17, 2018 | $0.38 | $0.38 | 96.96% | Quarterly | $1.52 | May 1, 2018 | May 18, 2018 | May 31, 2018 |
| Feb 15, 2018 | $0.38 | $0.38 | 95.80% | Quarterly | $1.42 | Jan 30, 2018 | Feb 16, 2018 | Mar 15, 2018 |
| Nov 16, 2017 | $0.38 | $0.38 | 1.05% | Quarterly | $1.32 | Oct 31, 2017 | Nov 17, 2017 | Nov 30, 2017 |
| Aug 16, 2017 | $0.38 | $0.38 | 1.09% | Quarterly | — | Aug 3, 2017 | Aug 18, 2017 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| May 17, 2017 | $0.28 | $0.28 | 1.15% | Quarterly | — | May 4, 2017 | May 19, 2017 | May 31, 2017 |
| Feb 15, 2017 | $0.28 | $0.28 | 1.12% | Quarterly | — | Feb 2, 2017 | Feb 17, 2017 | Mar 15, 2017 |
| Nov 9, 2016 | $0.28 | $0.28 | 1.22% | Quarterly | — | Oct 27, 2016 | Nov 14, 2016 | Nov 30, 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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MSCI Dividends FAQ
Does MSCI pay a dividend?
MSCI (MSCI) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $2.05 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is MSCI's dividend yield?
MSCI's trailing dividend yield is 1.24%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is MSCI's next dividend?
MSCI's next announced dividend is $2.05 per share with an ex-dividend date of Nov 13, 2026 and payment date of Nov 27, 2026.
When is MSCI's ex-dividend date?
MSCI's next announced ex-dividend date is Nov 13, 2026.
How has MSCI's dividend changed?
MSCI's one-year dividend growth is 13.57% based on comparable covered dividend history.