Morgan Stanley Dividend yield

Morgan Stanley is part of Financial Services business, which is part of Financials industry. Morgan Stanley is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Morgan Stanley stock dividend

Morgan Stanley paid a total dividend of 5,685 million USD last year, for a market value of 142,371 millions (Market Cap 102,243 millions). Morgan Stanley dividend per share is 3.40 USD, and his stock market price 85.15 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Morgan Stanley has a dividend yield of 3.99%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. However, it is lower than the average of Financials industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare Morgan Stanley stocks dividend with other Financial Services companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Morgan Stanley Dividend Payout

About the ability of Morgan Stanley to maintain his current dividend of USD 3.40 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.99%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Morgan Stanley payout on ernings is currently 53.88%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Morgan Stanley can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Morgan Stanley is USD -7.54 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 3.40, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Morgan Stanley, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Financials industry and Financial Services sector companies.

Morgan Stanley Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Morgan Stanley's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.99%	3.40	53.88%	1,672
2022	3.65%	3.10	36.09%	1,690
2021	2.85%	2.80	47.95%	1,794
2020	2.04%	1.40	29.60%	1,806
2019	2.74%	1.40	27.67%	1,619
2018	3.03%	1.20	31.50%	1,720
2017	1.91%	1.00	32.79%	1,808
2016	1.93%	0.80	27.87%	1,978
2015	1.75%	0.60	37.50%	1,978

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Morgan Stanley dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Financial Services stocks.

Morgan Stanley Stock performance

Finally, last moth Morgan Stanley showed a return of -7.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -0.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Financial Services firms.