HomeCompareEW vs MS

EW vs MS: Dividend Comparison 2026

EW yields 2.52% · MS yields 2.48%● Live data

vsPost on X →
After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 MS wins by $167.41M in total portfolio value
10 years
EW
EW
● Live price
2.52%
Share price
$79.50
Annual div
$2.00
5Y div CAGR
0%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$23.4K
Annual income
$295.93
Full EW calculator →
MS
MS
● Live price
2.48%
Share price
$158.32
Annual div
$3.93
5Y div CAGR
100%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$167.43M
Annual income
$155,391,640.16
Full MS calculator →

Portfolio growth — EW vs MS

📍 MS pulled ahead of the other in Year 1

Annual dividend income

🛡️

Recession Test — Did They Cut Dividends?

How each stock treated shareholders during the 3 biggest crises of the last 20 years

Crisis PeriodEWMS
2008–2009
GFC
— No data— No data
2020 Q1–Q2
COVID
— No data— No data
2022 Q4
Rate Hike
— No data— No data
Based on dividend payment history. "Increased" = dividend grew during crisis. "Maintained" = held within 3%. "Cut" = reduced by more than 3%.
📅

Dividend Calendar Overlap

Combined, EW + MS cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
EW pays
MS pays
Both pay
Neither
💰

Tax Bracket Optimizer

Which stock is actually better after tax? Adjust your rate to find out.

EW
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$213.84/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$251.54/yr
MS
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$210.73/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$132,082,894.14/yr
At 15% tax rate, MS beats the other by $132,082,642.60/year in after-tax income after 10 years on $10,000
⚖️

Lazy Portfolio Split Optimizer

What's the optimal mix of EW + MS for your $10,000?

EW: 50%MS: 50%
100% MS50/50100% EW
Portfolio after 10yr
$83.73M
Annual income
$77,695,968.04/yr
Blended yield
92.80%
📊

Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on EW right now

EW
Analyst Ratings
32
Buy
16
Hold
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$96.38
+21.2% upside vs current
Range: $87.00 — $110.00
Altman Z
10.9
Piotroski
5/9
MS
Analyst Ratings
27
Buy
24
Hold
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$196.00
+23.8% upside vs current
Range: $165.00 — $220.00
Altman Z
0.4
Piotroski
6/9
Analyst ratings via FMP. Altman Z-Score: >3.0 safe, 1.81–3.0 grey zone, <1.81 distress. Piotroski: 7–9 strong, 0–3 weak.
🏛️

Copy Congress — What Are Politicians Buying?

Senate & House STOCK Act disclosures (last 90 days)

EW buys
0
MS buys
0
No recent congressional trades found for EW or MS in the last 90 days.
STOCK Act mandates disclosure within 45 days of transaction. Data via FMP.Full tracker →
MetricEWMS
Forward yield2.52%2.48%
Annual dividend / share$2.00$3.93
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR0%100%
Portfolio after 10y$23.4K$167.43M
Annual income after 10y$295.93$155,391,640.16
Total dividends collected$2.8K$166.51M
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorHealthcareFinancials
Analyst consensusBuyBuy
Analyst price target$96.38$196.00

Year-by-year: EW vs MS ($10,000, DRIP)

YearEW PortfolioEW Income/yrMS PortfolioMS Income/yrGap
1← crossover$10,952$251.57$11,196$495.85$244.00MS
2$11,976$257.49$13,017$1,037.65$1.0KMS
3$13,077$263.14$16,183$2,255.06$3.1KMS
4$14,261$268.55$22,557$5,240.32$8.3KMS
5$15,533$273.70$37,788$13,652.33$22.3KMS
6$16,899$278.61$83,183$42,749.57$66.3KMS
7$18,365$283.28$264,902$175,896.68$246.5KMS
8$19,938$287.72$1,330,469$1,047,023.74$1.31MMS
9$21,626$291.93$11,252,891$9,829,288.79$11.23MMS
10$23,436$295.93$167,432,233$155,391,640.16$167.41MMS

EW vs MS: Complete Analysis 2026

EWHealthcare

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation provides products and technologies for structural heart disease, and critical care and surgical monitoring in the United States, Europe, Japan, and internationally. It offers transcatheter heart valve replacement products for the minimally invasive replacement of heart valves; and transcatheter heart valve repair and replacement products to treat mitral and tricuspid valve diseases. The company also provides the PASCAL and Cardioband transcatheter valve repair systems for minimally-invasive therapy. In addition, it offers surgical structural heart solutions, such as aortic surgical valve under the INSPIRIS name; KONECT RESILIA, a pre-assembled aortic tissue valved conduit for patients who require replacement of the valve, root, and ascending aorta; and HARPOON Beating Heart Mitral Valve Repair System for patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation. Further, the company provides critical care solutions, including advanced hemodynamic monitoring systems to measure a patient's heart function and fluid status in surgical and intensive care settings; and Acumen Hypotension Prediction Index software that alerts clinicians in advance of a patient developing dangerously low blood pressure. The company distributes its products through a direct sales force and independent distributors. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Full EW Calculator →

MSFinancials

Morgan Stanley, a financial holding company, provides various financial products and services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. It operates through Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment Management segments. The Institutional Securities segment offers capital raising and financial advisory services, including services related to the underwriting of debt, equity, and other securities, as well as advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, real estate, and project finance. This segment also provides sales and trading services, such as sales, financing, prime brokerage, and market-making services in equity and fixed income products consisting of foreign exchange and commodities; corporate and commercial real estate loans, which provides secured lending facilities and financing for sales and trading customers, and asset-backed and mortgage lending; and wealth management services, investment, and research services. The Wealth Management segment offers financial advisor-led brokerage and investment advisory services; self-directed brokerage services; financial and wealth planning services; workplace services, including stock plan administration; annuity and insurance products; securities-based lending, residential real estate loans, and other lending products; banking; and retirement plan services to individual investors and small to medium-sized businesses and institutions. The Investment Management segment provides equity, fixed income, liquidity, and alternative/other products to benefit/defined contribution plans, foundations, endowments, government entities, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and third-party fund sponsors and corporations through institutional and intermediary channels. Morgan Stanley was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Full MS Calculator →
📬

Get this EW vs MS comparison by email

Save your analysis + weekly dividend insights. Free forever.

More comparisons

EW vs SCHDEW vs JEPIEW vs OEW vs KOEW vs MAIN

⚠️ Educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Congressional trades sourced from SEC STOCK Act filings via FMP. Past performance does not guarantee future results.