Dividends

MSCIMSCI Inc

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+0.5% today · +3.3% over a year

No score: too little data.

Dividend safety: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 31.3). Dividend yield 1.31%.

MSCI Inc (MSCI) dividends: trailing yield 1.31%, next ex-dividend date 13 Nov 2026, Dividend Safety 82/100, raised 11 years in a row, 5-year growth 18.7% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
1.31%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
1.36%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$7.95
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.
82 / 100
Very safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
1.31% → 1.08%
Forward
1.36% → 1.12%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 1.08%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

Ex-dividend date
13 Nov 2026
Payment date
27 Nov 2026
Amount per share
$2.05
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+18.7%
Years of dividend growth
11
Years without a cut
11
Payout ratio (earnings)
42%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
37%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.28, 2017 $1.32, 2018 $1.92, 2019 $2.52, 2020 $2.92, 2021 $3.64, 2022 $4.58, 2023 $5.52, 2024 $6.40, 2025 $7.202016: $0.282017: $1.322018: $1.922019: $2.522020: $2.922021: $3.642022: $4.582023: $5.522024: $6.402025: $7.20

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
13 Nov 202627 Nov 2026$2.05RegularAnnounced1
14 Aug 202601 Sep 2026$2.05RegularVerified2
15 May 202601 Jun 2026$2.05RegularVerified2
13 Feb 202602 Mar 2026$2.05RegularVerified2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.

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