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Here is why Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) can still attract retail investors

And What about dividends?

A dividend is the distribution of a portion of Morgan Stanley earnings, decided and managed by the company's board of directors and paid to a class of its shareholders. Note, announcements of dividend payouts are generally accompanied by a proportional increase or decrease in a company's stock price. Morgan Stanley dividend payments follow a chronological order of events, and the associated dates are important to determine the shareholders who qualify for receiving the dividend payment. Morgan one year expected dividend income is about $0.78 per share. Morgan Stanley Preferred Dividends Income Statement Impact is relatively stable at the moment as compared to the past year. Morgan Stanley reported last year Preferred Dividends Income Statement Impact of 477 Million. As of 01/17/2021, Dividends per Basic Common Share is likely to grow to 1.62, while Payment of Dividends and Other Cash Distributions is likely to drop (2.4 B).

	Last Reported	Projected for 2021
Preferred Dividends Income Statement Impact	477 M	518.3 M
Payment of Dividends and Other Cash Distributions	-2.4 B	-2.4 B
Dividend Yield	0.0288	0.0237
Dividends per Basic Common Share	1.50	1.62

Investing in dividend-paying stocks, such as Morgan Stanley is one of the few strategies that are good for long-term investment. Ex-dividend dates are significant because investors in Morgan Stanley must own a stock before its ex-dividend date to receive its next dividend. This type of analysis is very useful when you want to generate a past dividend schedule and payout information for Morgan Stanley. Then that information in the form of graph and calendar can be used to fully explain how Du Pont dividends can provide a real clue to its valuation.

How important is Morgan Stanley's Liquidity

Morgan Stanley financial leverage refers to using borrowed capital as a funding source to finance Morgan Stanley ongoing operations. It is usually used to expand the firm's asset base and generate returns on borrowed capital. Morgan Stanley financial leverage is typically calculated by taking the company's all interest-bearing debt and dividing it by total capital. So the higher the debt-to-capital ratio (i.e., financial leverage), the riskier the company. Please check the breakdown between Morgan Stanley's total debt and its cash.

What do experts say?

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What did Morgan Stanley file with SEC?

The SEC filings are financial statements or other formal documents of Morgan Stanley that are regularly submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Public companies, certain insiders, and broker-dealers are required to make SEC filings and fintech professionals rely on these filings for information about companies they are evaluating for investment purposes. Please note, most SEC filings are available online through the SEC's EDGAR database. Please check here for more information. Please note, although all public domestic companies are required to submit their filings via EDGAR, not all public companies are available through our service. Also, keep in mind that the actual annual reports to Morgan shareholders may or may not be submitted as SEC does not always require it.

8th of January 2021 Unclassified Corporate Event	View
21st of December 2020 Financial Statements and Exhibits. Other Events. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers	View

Please note, although all public domestic companies are required to submit their filings via EDGAR, not all public companies are available through our service. Also, keep in mind that the actual annual reports to Morgan shareholders may or may not be submitted as SEC does not always require it.

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