$443.57
0.21% day before yesterday
Nasdaq, Dec 06, 10:14 pm CET
ISIN
US5949181045
Symbol
MSFT

Microsoft Dividend history 22 years & estimates 2025 to 2028

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Dividend Analysis of the Microsoft Stock

Criteria / Value
Criteria
Value
Grade
Current dividend yield
0.66%
0/3
Dividend Yield 10Y
1.17%
1/3
Payout 3Y
25.73%
3/3
Continuity 10Y
10 Years
3/3
Growth 5Y
10.23%
3/3
No top scorer Total: 10/15

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Updated on: Fri, Dec 06 2024

When does Microsoft pay a dividend?

Microsoft pays the next dividend on Mar 13 2025 (payday). The ex-day is on Feb 20 2025. The Microsoft stock dividend is paid 4 times a year. In order to receive a dividend, you should generally own the Microsoft stock before the ex-dividend date. The Dividend Calendar shows that the last ex-day dates were February, May, August and November . Dividends from Microsoft are distributed via March, June, September and December.

Year Dividend Ex-day &
Payday
Frequency
Fiscal Year Dividend per Share Ex-Day Payday Payment frequency
2025
$0.83 Forecast
$0.83 Forecast
Feb 20 2025
Feb 20 2025
Mar 13 2025
Feb 20 25
Mar 13 25
Mar 13 2025
quarterly
quarterly
2025
$0.83
$0.83
Nov 21 2024
Nov 21 2024
Dec 12 2024
Nov 21 24
Dec 12 24
Dec 12 2024
quarterly
quarterly
2025
$0.75
$0.75
Aug 15 2024
Aug 15 2024
Sep 12 2024
Aug 15 24
Sep 12 24
Sep 12 2024
quarterly
quarterly
2024
$0.75
$0.75
May 15 2024
May 15 2024
Jun 13 2024
May 15 24
Jun 13 24
Jun 13 2024
quarterly
quarterly
2024
$0.75
$0.75
Feb 14 2024
Feb 14 2024
Mar 14 2024
Feb 14 24
Mar 14 24
Mar 14 2024
quarterly
quarterly
2024
$0.75
$0.75
Nov 15 2023
Nov 15 2023
Dec 14 2023
Nov 15 23
Dec 14 23
Dec 14 2023
quarterly
quarterly
2024
$0.68
$0.68
Aug 16 2023
Aug 16 2023
Sep 14 2023
Aug 16 23
Sep 14 23
Sep 14 2023
quarterly
quarterly
2023
$0.68
$0.68
May 17 2023
May 17 2023
Jun 08 2023
May 17 23
Jun 08 23
Jun 08 2023
quarterly
quarterly
2023
$0.68
$0.68
Feb 15 2023
Feb 15 2023
Mar 09 2023
Feb 15 23
Mar 09 23
Mar 09 2023
quarterly
quarterly
2023
$0.68
$0.68
Nov 16 2022
Nov 16 2022
Dec 08 2022
Nov 16 22
Dec 08 22
Dec 08 2022
quarterly
quarterly
2023
$0.62
$0.62
Aug 17 2022
Aug 17 2022
Sep 08 2022
Aug 17 22
Sep 08 22
Sep 08 2022
quarterly
quarterly
2022
$0.62
$0.62
May 18 2022
May 18 2022
Jun 09 2022
May 18 22
Jun 09 22
Jun 09 2022
quarterly
quarterly
2022
$0.62
$0.62
Feb 16 2022
Feb 16 2022
Mar 10 2022
Feb 16 22
Mar 10 22
Mar 10 2022
quarterly
quarterly
2022
$0.62
$0.62
Nov 17 2021
Nov 17 2021
Dec 09 2021
Nov 17 21
Dec 09 21
Dec 09 2021
quarterly
quarterly
2022
$0.56
$0.56
Aug 18 2021
Aug 18 2021
Sep 09 2021
Aug 18 21
Sep 09 21
Sep 09 2021
quarterly
quarterly
2021
$0.56
$0.56
May 19 2021
May 19 2021
Jun 10 2021
May 19 21
Jun 10 21
Jun 10 2021
quarterly
quarterly
2021
$0.56
$0.56
Feb 17 2021
Feb 17 2021
Mar 11 2021
Feb 17 21
Mar 11 21
Mar 11 2021
quarterly
quarterly
2021
$0.56
$0.56
Nov 18 2020
Nov 18 2020
Dec 10 2020
Nov 18 20
Dec 10 20
Dec 10 2020
quarterly
quarterly
2021
$0.51
$0.51
Aug 19 2020
Aug 19 2020
Sep 10 2020
Aug 19 20
Sep 10 20
Sep 10 2020
quarterly
quarterly
2020
$0.51
$0.51
May 20 2020
May 20 2020
Jun 11 2020
May 20 20
Jun 11 20
Jun 11 2020
quarterly
quarterly
2020
$0.51
$0.51
Feb 19 2020
Feb 19 2020
Mar 12 2020
Feb 19 20
Mar 12 20
Mar 12 2020
quarterly
quarterly
2020
$0.51
$0.51
Nov 20 2019
Nov 20 2019
Dec 12 2019
Nov 20 19
Dec 12 19
Dec 12 2019
quarterly
quarterly
2020
$0.46
$0.46
Aug 14 2019
Aug 14 2019
Sep 12 2019
Aug 14 19
Sep 12 19
Sep 12 2019
quarterly
quarterly
2019
$0.46
$0.46
May 15 2019
May 15 2019
Jun 13 2019
May 15 19
Jun 13 19
Jun 13 2019
quarterly
quarterly
2019
$0.46
$0.46
Feb 20 2019
Feb 20 2019
Mar 14 2019
Feb 20 19
Mar 14 19
Mar 14 2019
quarterly
quarterly
2019
$0.46
$0.46
Nov 14 2018
Nov 14 2018
Dec 13 2018
Nov 14 18
Dec 13 18
Dec 13 2018
quarterly
quarterly
2019
$0.42
$0.42
Aug 15 2018
Aug 15 2018
Sep 13 2018
Aug 15 18
Sep 13 18
Sep 13 2018
quarterly
quarterly
2018
$0.42
$0.42
May 16 2018
May 16 2018
Jun 14 2018
May 16 18
Jun 14 18
Jun 14 2018
quarterly
quarterly
2018
$0.42
$0.42
Feb 14 2018
Feb 14 2018
Mar 08 2018
Feb 14 18
Mar 08 18
Mar 08 2018
quarterly
quarterly
2018
$0.42
$0.42
Nov 15 2017
Nov 15 2017
Dec 14 2017
Nov 15 17
Dec 14 17
Dec 14 2017
quarterly
quarterly
2018
$0.39
$0.39
Aug 15 2017
Aug 15 2017
Sep 14 2017
Aug 15 17
Sep 14 17
Sep 14 2017
quarterly
quarterly
2017
$0.39
$0.39
May 16 2017
May 16 2017
Jun 08 2017
May 16 17
Jun 08 17
Jun 08 2017
quarterly
quarterly
2017
$0.39
$0.39
Feb 14 2017
Feb 14 2017
Mar 09 2017
Feb 14 17
Mar 09 17
Mar 09 2017
quarterly
quarterly
2017
$0.39
$0.39
Nov 15 2016
Nov 15 2016
Dec 08 2016
Nov 15 16
Dec 08 16
Dec 08 2016
quarterly
quarterly
2017
$0.36
$0.36
Aug 16 2016
Aug 16 2016
Sep 08 2016
Aug 16 16
Sep 08 16
Sep 08 2016
quarterly
quarterly
2016
$0.36
$0.36
May 17 2016
May 17 2016
Jun 09 2016
May 17 16
Jun 09 16
Jun 09 2016
quarterly
quarterly
2016
$0.36
$0.36
Feb 16 2016
Feb 16 2016
Mar 10 2016
Feb 16 16
Mar 10 16
Mar 10 2016
quarterly
quarterly
2016
$0.36
$0.36
Nov 17 2015
Nov 17 2015
Dec 10 2015
Nov 17 15
Dec 10 15
Dec 10 2015
quarterly
quarterly
2016
$0.31
$0.31
Aug 18 2015
Aug 18 2015
Sep 10 2015
Aug 18 15
Sep 10 15
Sep 10 2015
quarterly
quarterly
2015
$0.31
$0.31
May 19 2015
May 19 2015
Jun 11 2015
May 19 15
Jun 11 15
Jun 11 2015
quarterly
quarterly
2015
$0.31
$0.31
Feb 17 2015
Feb 17 2015
Mar 12 2015
Feb 17 15
Mar 12 15
Mar 12 2015
quarterly
quarterly
2015
$0.31
$0.31
Nov 18 2014
Nov 18 2014
Dec 11 2014
Nov 18 14
Dec 11 14
Dec 11 2014
quarterly
quarterly
2015
$0.28
$0.28
Aug 19 2014
Aug 19 2014
Sep 11 2014
Aug 19 14
Sep 11 14
Sep 11 2014
quarterly
quarterly
2014
$0.28
$0.28
May 13 2014
May 13 2014
Jun 12 2014
May 13 14
Jun 12 14
Jun 12 2014
quarterly
quarterly
2014
$0.28
$0.28
Feb 18 2014
Feb 18 2014
Mar 13 2014
Feb 18 14
Mar 13 14
Mar 13 2014
quarterly
quarterly
2014
$0.28
$0.28
Nov 19 2013
Nov 19 2013
Dec 12 2013
Nov 19 13
Dec 12 13
Dec 12 2013
quarterly
quarterly
2014
$0.23
$0.23
Aug 13 2013
Aug 13 2013
Sep 12 2013
Aug 13 13
Sep 12 13
Sep 12 2013
quarterly
quarterly
2013
$0.23
$0.23
May 14 2013
May 14 2013
Jun 13 2013
May 14 13
Jun 13 13
Jun 13 2013
quarterly
quarterly
2013
$0.23
$0.23
Feb 19 2013
Feb 19 2013
Mar 14 2013
Feb 19 13
Mar 14 13
Mar 14 2013
quarterly
quarterly
2013
$0.23
$0.23
Nov 13 2012
Nov 13 2012
Dec 13 2012
Nov 13 12
Dec 13 12
Dec 13 2012
quarterly
quarterly
2013
$0.2
$0.2
Aug 14 2012
Aug 14 2012
Sep 13 2012
Aug 14 12
Sep 13 12
Sep 13 2012
quarterly
quarterly
2012
$0.2
$0.2
May 15 2012
May 15 2012
Jun 14 2012
May 15 12
Jun 14 12
Jun 14 2012
quarterly
quarterly
2012
$0.2
$0.2
Feb 14 2012
Feb 14 2012
Mar 08 2012
Feb 14 12
Mar 08 12
Mar 08 2012
quarterly
quarterly
2012
$0.2
$0.2
Nov 15 2011
Nov 15 2011
Dec 08 2011
Nov 15 11
Dec 08 11
Dec 08 2011
quarterly
quarterly
2012
$0.16
$0.16
Aug 16 2011
Aug 16 2011
Sep 08 2011
Aug 16 11
Sep 08 11
Sep 08 2011
quarterly
quarterly
2011
$0.16
$0.16
May 17 2011
May 17 2011
Jun 09 2011
May 17 11
Jun 09 11
Jun 09 2011
quarterly
quarterly
2011
$0.16
$0.16
Feb 15 2011
Feb 15 2011
Mar 10 2011
Feb 15 11
Mar 10 11
Mar 10 2011
quarterly
quarterly
2011
$0.16
$0.16
Nov 16 2010
Nov 16 2010
Dec 09 2010
Nov 16 10
Dec 09 10
Dec 09 2010
quarterly
quarterly
2011
$0.13
$0.13
Aug 17 2010
Aug 17 2010
Sep 09 2010
Aug 17 10
Sep 09 10
Sep 09 2010
quarterly
quarterly
2010
$0.13
$0.13
May 18 2010
May 18 2010
Jun 10 2010
May 18 10
Jun 10 10
Jun 10 2010
quarterly
quarterly
2010
$0.13
$0.13
Feb 16 2010
Feb 16 2010
Mar 11 2010
Feb 16 10
Mar 11 10
Mar 11 2010
quarterly
quarterly
2010
$0.13
$0.13
Nov 17 2009
Nov 17 2009
Dec 10 2009
Nov 17 09
Dec 10 09
Dec 10 2009
quarterly
quarterly
2010
$0.13
$0.13
Aug 18 2009
Aug 18 2009
Sep 10 2009
Aug 18 09
Sep 10 09
Sep 10 2009
quarterly
quarterly
2009
$0.13
$0.13
May 19 2009
May 19 2009
Jun 18 2009
May 19 09
Jun 18 09
Jun 18 2009
quarterly
quarterly
2009
$0.13
$0.13
Feb 17 2009
Feb 17 2009
Mar 12 2009
Feb 17 09
Mar 12 09
Mar 12 2009
quarterly
quarterly
2009
$0.13
$0.13
Nov 18 2008
Nov 18 2008
Dec 11 2008
Nov 18 08
Dec 11 08
Dec 11 2008
quarterly
quarterly
2009
$0.11
$0.11
Aug 19 2008
Aug 19 2008
Sep 11 2008
Aug 19 08
Sep 11 08
Sep 11 2008
quarterly
quarterly
2008
$0.11
$0.11
May 13 2008
May 13 2008
Jun 12 2008
May 13 08
Jun 12 08
Jun 12 2008
quarterly
quarterly
2008
$0.11
$0.11
Feb 19 2008
Feb 19 2008
Mar 13 2008
Feb 19 08
Mar 13 08
Mar 13 2008
quarterly
quarterly
2008
$0.11
$0.11
Nov 13 2007
Nov 13 2007
Dec 13 2007
Nov 13 07
Dec 13 07
Dec 13 2007
quarterly
quarterly
2008
$0.1
$0.1
Aug 14 2007
Aug 14 2007
Sep 13 2007
Aug 14 07
Sep 13 07
Sep 13 2007
quarterly
quarterly
2007
$0.1
$0.1
May 15 2007
May 15 2007
Jun 14 2007
May 15 07
Jun 14 07
Jun 14 2007
quarterly
quarterly
2007
$0.1
$0.1
Feb 13 2007
Feb 13 2007
Mar 08 2007
Feb 13 07
Mar 08 07
Mar 08 2007
quarterly
quarterly
2007
$0.1
$0.1
Nov 14 2006
Nov 14 2006
Dec 14 2006
Nov 14 06
Dec 14 06
Dec 14 2006
quarterly
quarterly
2007
$0.09
$0.09
Aug 15 2006
Aug 15 2006
Sep 14 2006
Aug 15 06
Sep 14 06
Sep 14 2006
quarterly
quarterly
2006
$0.09
$0.09
May 15 2006
May 15 2006
Jun 08 2006
May 15 06
Jun 08 06
Jun 08 2006
quarterly
quarterly
2006
$0.09
$0.09
Feb 15 2006
Feb 15 2006
Mar 09 2006
Feb 15 06
Mar 09 06
Mar 09 2006
quarterly
quarterly
2006
$0.08
$0.08
Nov 15 2005
Nov 15 2005
Dec 08 2005
Nov 15 05
Dec 08 05
Dec 08 2005
quarterly
quarterly
2006
$0.08
$0.08
Aug 15 2005
Aug 15 2005
Sep 08 2005
Aug 15 05
Sep 08 05
Sep 08 2005
quarterly
quarterly
2005
$0.08
$0.08
May 16 2005
May 16 2005
Jun 09 2005
May 16 05
Jun 09 05
Jun 09 2005
quarterly
quarterly
2005
$0.08
$0.08
Feb 15 2005
Feb 15 2005
Mar 10 2005
Feb 15 05
Mar 10 05
Mar 10 2005
quarterly
quarterly
2005
$3
$3
Nov 15 2004
Nov 15 2004
Dec 02 2004
Nov 15 04
Dec 02 04
Dec 02 2004
Special dividend
Special div.
2005
$0.08
$0.08
Nov 15 2004
Nov 15 2004
Dec 02 2004
Nov 15 04
Dec 02 04
Dec 02 2004
quarterly
quarterly
2005
$0.072
$0.07
Aug 23 2004
Aug 23 2004
Sep 14 2004
Aug 23 04
Sep 14 04
Sep 14 2004
quarterly
quarterly
2004
$0.144
$0.14
Oct 15 2003
Oct 15 2003
Nov 07 2003
Oct 15 03
Nov 07 03
Nov 07 2003
annual
yearly
2003
$0.072
$0.07
Feb 19 2003
Feb 19 2003
Mar 07 2003
Feb 19 03
Mar 07 03
Mar 07 2003
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How much dividend does Microsoft pay?

Microsoft most recently paid a dividend of $0.83. Microsoft paid a Dividend of $2.93 Per Share in the financial year 2024. With a stock price of $443.57 at Dec 06 2024, the current dividend yield is 0.66% (calculation: $2.93 / $443.57 = 0.66%). No special dividend was paid.

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What is the Microsoft Dividend Yield and payout ratio?

The average Microsoft dividend yield over the last 5 years is 0.92% and the average over the last 10 years is 1.17%.

The payout ratio of Microsoft in relation to the last financial year is 24.83%. The payout ratio smoothed over 3 years is 25.73%. The calculation is based on the sum of all dividend payments divided by the cumulative earnings per share(EPS).

Metric Microsoft
Current dividend yield 0.66%
Dividend Yield 5Y 0.92%
Dividend Yield 10Y 1.17%
Payout 1Y 24.83%
Payout 3Y 25.73%

Is the Microsoft dividend safe? Continuity & Dividend Growth

Is the Microsoft dividend safe?

Microsoft has been paying a dividend for 22 years and has not lowered the dividend for 22 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 22-times.

The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 10.15%. The average Microsoft Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is 10.23%. The average for the last 10 years is 10.60%.

Metric Microsoft
Increased 22 Years
Continuity 22 Years
Paid 22 Years
Growth 1Y 10.15%
Growth 5Y 10.23%
Growth 10Y 10.60%

Continuity

Microsoft has been paying a dividend for 22 years and has not lowered the dividend for 22 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 22-times.

Dividend Growth

The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 10.15%. The average Microsoft Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is 10.23%. The average for the last 10 years is 10.60%.

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Microsoft Stock Forecast 2024

On the stock exchange, the Microsoft stock (ISIN: US5949181045) is not traded as a top scorer in December 2024 according to the dividend strategy.

The stock price of Microsoft 17.96% has risen since the beginning of the year 2024. However, the return generated in the past says nothing about the future return. You can find the Microsoft stock price in real time at the top of the page.

Microsoft (symbol: MSFT) is valued at a Price / Earnings Ratio (P/E ratio) of 36.61 and a price/sales ratio (P/S ratio) of 12.97 valued. Based on analyst estimates, the Microsoft stock forecast 2024 of the current financial year corresponds to a valuation of 33.99 according to P/E ratio and 11.84 according to P/S.

Metric Microsoft
Dividend Score 10/15
Performance 2024
17.96%
P/E TTM 36.61
P/S TTM 12.97
P/E forward 33.99
P/S forward 11.84

Microsoft (symbol: MSFT) is valued at a Price / Earnings Ratio (P/E ratio) of 36.61 and a price/sales ratio (P/S ratio) of 12.97 valued. Based on analyst estimates, the Microsoft stock forecast 2024 of the current financial year corresponds to a valuation of 33.99 according to P/E ratio and 11.84 according to P/S.

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