Morgan Stanley MS
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At close: Sep 4, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Morgan Stanley (MS) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Morgan Stanley's (MS) quarterly Payout Ratio came in at 0.31 in Q2 2026, down 33.94% year-over-year from 0.47 in Q2 2025, and down 2.27% quarter-over-quarter from 0.32 in Q1 2026.

Analysis

Morgan Stanley (MS) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Morgan Stanley (MS) has reported Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.31 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Payout Ratio fell 33.94% year-over-year to 0.31 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.35, a 23.08% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.41, down 15.39% from the prior year.
  • Payout Ratio was 0.31 for Q2 2026 at Morgan Stanley, down from 0.32 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Payout Ratio peaked at 1.07 in Q4 2023 and troughed at 0.31 in Q2 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 0.51 and a median of 0.48 in 2023 frame the typical range for Payout Ratio.
  • Across the five-year window, Payout Ratio jumped 149.15% in 2022 and tumbled 58.36% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.65 in 2022, then jumped by 63.76% to 1.07 in 2023, then tumbled by 58.36% to 0.44 in 2024, then dropped by 10.69% to 0.4 in 2025, then slipped by 22.33% to 0.31 in 2026.
  • The last three Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.31 (Q2 2026), 0.32 (Q1 2026), and 0.4 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Bank Of America 439.96 Bn -148.54 Bn 30.39 Bn
2 Morgan Stanley 342.23 Bn 182.09 Bn -
3 Goldman Sachs 302.60 Bn -673.74 Bn -
4 Mitsubishi Ufj Financial 296.69 Bn -87.63 Bn 10.89 Bn
5 Royal Bank Of Canada 295.00 Bn 68.16 Bn -
6 Wells Fargo & Company 272.35 Bn 70.52 Bn -
7 American Express 220.11 Bn 170.79 Bn 17.99 Bn
8 Banco Santander 218.87 Bn 226.49 Bn 28.01 Bn
9 Toronto Dominion Bank 205.51 Bn 44.18 Bn -
10 Schwab Charles 189.00 Bn 115.41 Bn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.31
Mar 31, 2026 0.32
Dec 31, 2025 0.40
Sep 30, 2025 0.38
Jun 30, 2025 0.47
Mar 31, 2025 0.39
Dec 31, 2024 0.44
Sep 30, 2024 0.53
Jun 30, 2024 0.50
Mar 31, 2024 0.46
Dec 31, 2023 1.07
Sep 30, 2023 0.66
Jun 30, 2023 0.67
Mar 31, 2023 0.50
Dec 31, 2022 0.65
Sep 30, 2022 0.56
Jun 30, 2022 0.55
Mar 31, 2022 0.37
Dec 31, 2021 0.37
Sep 30, 2021 0.38