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EDD · Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc.

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Company overview

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund owns bonds issued in emerging economies, often exposed to local interest rates and currencies. The bond coupons bring income, but a weaker local currency can reduce what that income and the bonds are worth in dollars.

Business
Credit and multi-sector income funds
Listing
EDD · New York Stock Exchange
Reporting period
2026-04-30
Dividend schedule
Quarterly

How the business works

Interest from government and company debt becomes net investment income after fund and financing costs. Currency moves, credit changes and bond-price gains or losses are separate parts of the return that also affect NAV.

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc.: financial report supporting reported earnings

Dividend & earnings snapshot

Reported earnings

Each measure shown separately, per share

Net investment income$0.28

Nov 1, 2025 to Apr 30, 2026

Distribution yield16.24%Sourced distributions divided by dated market price
Reported annual income yield10.06%Reported net investment income $0.5400 per share for 2024-11-01 to 2025-10-31, divided by approved 2025-10-31 market price $5.3700. Excludes capital gains; historical, not a current yield or forecast.
Annual dividend$0.96Current regular payment annualized per share
Dividend payment history
Date or monthPer share
Oct 15, 2026$0.21
Reported earnings and sources

Reported earnings for the latest four periods. Compare the same earnings measure across periods; different measures are not added together.

Reporting periodPer shareSource
Nov 1, 2025 to Apr 30, 2026$0.28SEC
Announced Jun 29, 2026

Cash distributions and reported returns

Cash distributions are the total paid per share during each reporting period, including any gains or return of capital. Period lengths may differ, so compare the dates before comparing amounts. Short periods are not annualized.

Reporting periodEnding NAVNAV changeDistributions / shareReported NAV total returnSource
Nov 1, 2025 to Apr 30, 2026$5.97+4.55%$0.27+9.56%EDD financial highlights in the SEC shareholder report for 2026-04-30. Distributions include all reported cash components for this exact fiscal period. Partial-period figures are not annualized.
Nov 1, 2024 to Oct 31, 2025$5.71+9.60%$0.56+22.88%EDD financial highlights in the SEC shareholder report for 2026-04-30. Distributions include all reported cash components for this exact fiscal period. Partial-period figures are not annualized.
Nov 1, 2023 to Oct 31, 2024$5.21+2.56%$0.45+12.83%EDD financial highlights in the SEC shareholder report for 2026-04-30. Distributions include all reported cash components for this exact fiscal period. Partial-period figures are not annualized.
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Reporting periodEnding NAVNAV changeDistributions / shareReported NAV total returnSource
Nov 1, 2022 to Oct 31, 2023$5.08+5.39%$0.32+12.64%EDD financial highlights in the SEC shareholder report for 2026-04-30. Distributions include all reported cash components for this exact fiscal period. Partial-period figures are not annualized.
Nov 1, 2021 to Oct 31, 2022$4.82-25.16%$0.33-19.78%EDD financial highlights in the SEC shareholder report for 2026-04-30. Distributions include all reported cash components for this exact fiscal period. Partial-period figures are not annualized.
Nov 1, 2020 to Oct 31, 2021$6.44-4.59%$0.39+1.66%EDD own SEC Financial Highlights fiscal 2021. Common cash comprises separately reported NII-funded and paid-in-capital components. The repurchase NAV effect is a separate share-accounting line, not investment return. The fiscal market value is reported, not an inferred exchange close.

NAV change excludes distributions. Reported NAV total return includes reinvestment and is copied from the fund statement, not estimated by adding cash distributions to the NAV change.

Distribution and NAV evidence

Cash paid, opening and closing NAV, and the fund-reported NAV total return are separate observations. NAV change excludes distributions. These figures show outcomes, not which source funded a payment or whether future distributions are sustainable. Net investment income excludes investment gains and is not a payout-coverage ratio.

Reporting period and filingNet investment income/shareCash distributions/shareOpening NAVClosing NAVNAV changeReported NAV total return
2025-11-01 to 2026-04-30 Not reviewed $0.27 $5.71 $5.97 4.55% 9.56%
2024-11-01 to 2025-10-31 Not reviewed $0.56 $5.21 $5.71 9.60% 22.88%
2023-11-01 to 2024-10-31 Not reviewed $0.45 $5.08 $5.21 2.56% 12.83%
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Reporting period and filingNet investment income/shareCash distributions/shareOpening NAVClosing NAVNAV changeReported NAV total return
2022-11-01 to 2023-10-31 $0.32 $0.32 $4.82 $5.08 5.39% 12.64%
2021-11-01 to 2022-10-31 $0.30 $0.33 $6.44 $4.82 -25.16% -19.78%
2020-11-01 to 2021-10-31 $0.31 $0.39 $6.75 $6.44 -4.59% 1.66%

The assets behind the earnings

How EDD makes money

Financial snapshot: 2026-04-30. Research reviewed 2026-09-18. Compare results for the reporting periods shown. Historical results are not a forecast.

The assets it owns

$386.092 million net assets465 holdings · As of 6/30/2026

Net assets checked 2026-09-11. Borrowings and preferred financing are excluded from this net-assets figure.

A complete, comparable portfolio allocation is not available for this chart. No percentages have been estimated.

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc.: net assets and portfolio information, checked 2026-09-11

Reported earnings and distributions

2025-11-01 through 2026-04-30 · $ per share

Fund net investment income per common share; actual reporting period, not annualized$0.2800

For the six months ended April 30, 2026, EDD recorded $0.28 of net investment income per common share and $0.27 of distributions. NAV moved from $5.71 to $5.97. Income covered the cash paid in this period by one cent per share, but the next result needs to show whether local bond and currency results keep supporting capital value too.

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc.: financial report supporting reported earnings

The income-producing business

Bond interest, less expenses and financing costs, is the central recurring income source. A declared distribution can include gains or return of capital as well as investment income; its amount is not an earnings figure.

The earnings available to shareholders depend on the cash generated by these activities after operating and financing costs. Portfolio gains, financing proceeds and recurring income should be evaluated separately.

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc.: financial report supporting reported earnings

What the reported earnings support

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc. reported $0.2800 per share for 2025-11-01 through 2026-04-30, measured as Fund net investment income per common share; actual reporting period, not annualized.

Actual per-share reporting period, without annualisation. Net investment income, realized gains, unrealized changes and cash distributions are different measures. This comparison is not the Fly High forward Dividend Coverage Ratio.

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc.: financial report supporting reported earnings

What would change the earnings picture?

At the next six-month report, compare common-share income with cash paid and read NAV alongside currency and local-rate moves. Keep this half-year distinct from full-year totals.

Net asset value (NAV)

NAV per share$5.83Sep 29, 2026
Market price$5.51Sep 29, 2026
PREMIUM / DISCOUNT TO NAV5.49% discountCalculated from the displayed same-date values.

NAV is the fund's assets minus liabilities, divided by shares outstanding. All values are USD per share.

CEFConnect current common-share NAV and closing market price, both dated 2026-09-29. The published premium or discount agrees with the calculation within source rounding. Older audited NAV history remains unchanged.

NAV source · Market-price source

Fly High context

At the next six-month report, compare common-share income with cash paid and read NAV alongside currency and local-rate moves. Keep this half-year distinct from full-year totals.

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U.S. federal

Dividend tax treatment

EDD’s audited report shows how distributions were classified over the fund’s October reporting year. That is helpful background, but November and December sit outside that window. We are keeping the 2025 calendar-year answer open until those dates can be reconciled with a matching tax statement.

Read the fund filing. Your Form 1099-DIV is the guide for your own filing.

Public Research updated October 1, 2026 5:33 am

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