MSSM ETF — Morgan Stanley Pathway Small-Mid Cap Equity ETF

Morgan Stanley Pathway Small-Mid Cap Equity ETF (MSSM)

Updated October 16, 2026.

MSSM is an ETF. its trailing-12-month yield is 2.84%, its expense ratio is 0.62%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 16.3% over the past 1.9 years, 12.8 points behind SPY at 29.1%.

Morgan Stanley Pathway Small-Mid Cap Equity ETF is an equity fund that invests at least 80% of its assets in small- and mid-capitalization companies, defined as those with market capitalizations not exceeding the highest month-end value of stocks in the Russell 2500 or Russell Mid Cap Index. The fund has a modest current distribution rate and carries an expense ratio of 0.62%; note that its latest distribution was special and may not recur regularly. This fund may appeal to growth-oriented investors seeking exposure to the small- and mid-cap equity segment.

MSSM performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 16.3% over the past 1.9 years, 12.8 points behind SPY at 29.1%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 13.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 9.5%.

MSSM key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

Morgan Stanley

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

12/09/2024

Expense ratio

0.62%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

2.84%

Last close

$56.12 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$689,197,251

Average volume

20200.0

Dividend

$1.595

Ex-dividend date

12/10/2025

Payment date

12/16/2025

Beta

1.16

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (2.84%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Morgan Stanley; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

MSSM risks and drawbacks

Payments are annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 9.5%.

Who may consider MSSM — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (MSSM pays annual); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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