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Morgan Stanley (MS) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2026)

Morgan Stanley has reported Share-based Compensation over the past 16 years, most recently at $469.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation rose 19.95% to $469.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $1.9 billion through Dec 2025, up 18.74% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $1.9 billion for FY2025, 18.74% up from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation was $469.0 million for Q4 2025 at Morgan Stanley, up from $449.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Share-based Compensation peaked at $618.0 million in Q2 2021 and troughed at $361.0 million in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $449.0 million (2021), against an average of $460.8 million.
  • Year-over-year, Share-based Compensation surged 236.36% in 2021 and then tumbled 32.36% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $449.0 million in 2021, then grew by 10.91% to $498.0 million in 2022, then decreased by 27.51% to $361.0 million in 2023, then increased by 8.31% to $391.0 million in 2024, then rose by 19.95% to $469.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MS's Share-based Compensation are $469.0 million (Q4 2025), $449.0 million (Q3 2025), and $469.0 million (Q2 2025).