MS Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates

Morgan Stanley (MS) pays a quarterly dividend. As of its most recent declaration, MS paid $1 per share, an annual rate of $4, for a dividend yield of about 1.75% at a recent price of $228.75. Its most recent ex-dividend date was Apr 30, 2026, and the next one is not yet declared. This page tracks MS's dividend, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.

WITH d AS (
    SELECT argMax(cash_amount, ex_dividend_date) AS latest,
           argMax(frequency, ex_dividend_date) AS freq,
           max(ex_dividend_date) AS last_ex,
           maxIf(ex_dividend_date, ex_dividend_date > today()) AS nxt
    FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
    WHERE ticker = 'MS' AND frequency IN (1, 2, 4, 12) AND ex_dividend_date >= today() - 900
),
p AS (
    SELECT argMax(toFloat64(close), window_start) AS price
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'MS' AND window_start >= now() - INTERVAL 8 DAY
)
SELECT round(d.latest, 3) AS latest_dividend,
       multiIf(d.freq = 12, 'monthly', d.freq = 4, 'quarterly', d.freq = 2, 'semi-annual', 'annual') AS frequency,
       round(d.latest * d.freq, 2) AS annual_dividend,
       round(p.price, 2) AS recent_price,
       round(d.latest * d.freq / p.price * 100, 2) AS dividend_yield_pct,
       formatDateTime(d.last_ex, '%b %e, %Y') AS last_ex_date,
       if(d.nxt > today(), formatDateTime(d.nxt, '%b %e, %Y'), 'not yet declared') AS next_ex_date
FROM d CROSS JOIN p

MS dividend yield and payout

To collect a dividend you must own the shares before the ex-dividend date. MS's dividend yield above is the annual rate divided by the recent price; it moves inversely with the share price, so a yield figure only means something next to the date it was measured. The per-share amounts here are the cash dividends declared, not any special or one-time distributions.

MS dividend history

The most recent regular dividends MS has paid, newest first:

SELECT toDate(ex_dividend_date) AS date,
       round(cash_amount, 4) AS dividend_per_share
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker = 'MS' AND frequency IN (1, 2, 4, 12) AND ex_dividend_date >= today() - 1100
ORDER BY ex_dividend_date DESC
LIMIT 10

The rhythm of the payments shows the schedule: a quarterly payer sends a check on that cadence, and the per-share amount is what steps up (or holds, or is cut) over time.

MS dividend growth by year

Totaling the regular dividends within each calendar year turns the individual payments into a growth picture.

SELECT toString(toYear(ex_dividend_date)) AS year,
       round(sum(cash_amount), 2) AS dividends_paid_per_share
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker = 'MS' AND frequency IN (1, 2, 4, 12)
  AND ex_dividend_date >= toDate('2019-01-01') AND ex_dividend_date < toDate(concat(toString(toYear(today())), '-01-01'))
GROUP BY year
ORDER BY year

In 2019, MS paid $1.3 per share across the year; by 2025 the annual total had reached $3.85. A rising line is a company lifting its payout year after year; a flat line is a held dividend; a fall is a cut. The year-by-year record is the single most useful thing to check before treating a stock as an income holding, and it is the part of a dividend a screener's single yield number hides.

Is MS a good dividend stock?

Two numbers frame that question, and both sit on this page: the yield (1.75%) and the direction of the annual payout above. A yield below the broad-market average paired with a steadily rising payout is the profile of a dividend-growth name, where the appeal is a small check today that compounds. A high yield next to a flat or falling payout is an income-now profile, and it warrants a closer look at whether earnings cover the payment. MS's record above shows which of the two it looks like. What a dividend history cannot show on its own is safety: that rests on earnings and free cash flow, not on the run of past payments, so a stretched payout ratio can precede a cut that the history has not yet recorded.

When is MS's ex-dividend date?

The ex-dividend date is the cutoff: buy MS before it and the upcoming dividend is yours, buy on it and the dividend goes to the seller. On the ex-date the stock opens lower by roughly the dividend amount, since the cash is leaving the company. MS's most recent ex-dividend date was Apr 30, 2026. The record date follows one business day later under T+1 settlement, and the pay date comes a few weeks after that. Upcoming ex-dates across the market are on the ex-dividend calendar.

FAQ

Does Morgan Stanley pay a dividend?

Yes. MS pays a quarterly dividend, most recently $1 per share, which annualizes to about $4 a share.

What is MS's dividend yield?

MS's dividend yield is about 1.75%, calculated as the $4 annual dividend divided by a recent price of $228.75. Yield rises as the price falls and vice versa, so it is a snapshot, not a fixed number.

When is MS's next ex-dividend date?

MS's most recent ex-dividend date was Apr 30, 2026, and the next is not yet declared. As a quarterly payer, MS sets a new ex-date on that cadence; a date shows as declared here once the company announces it.

How much is MS's dividend?

The most recent regular dividend was $1 per share. At a quarterly cadence that annualizes to about $4 per share.

Every figure above is a stored, inspectable query, refreshed each week. Open the SQL under any panel to audit it, or pull any ticker's dividend record on the Strasmore terminal.