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MSFT Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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MSFTMicrosoft Corporation
Technology / Software - Infrastructure
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- Momentum69
- Value44
- Quality89
- Risk resilience67
- Sentiment70
MSFT Dividend answer
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 0.74%, or $3.92 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 0.68%, from $3.64 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.98 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Nov 19, 2026. Payment date: Dec 10, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $0.98 per share.
MSFT Dividend Snapshot
Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.
Next MSFT Dividend Date
When MSFT next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next MSFT dividend
MSFT's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest MSFT Dividend Dates
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Margins, returns, leverage, and cash conversion support dividend durability.
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Lower drawdown and balance-sheet risk can improve income dependability.
MSFT Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
MSFT Annual Dividend History
MSFT Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.91, event yield 75.65%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 10.22%
- Cohort rank
- #93
- Cohort standing
- Top quartile
- Technology rank
- #21
- 2020 regular DPS
- $2.090
- 2025 regular DPS
- $3.400
- Absolute change
- $1.310
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
MSFT's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 10.22% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #93 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
MSFT Dividend Yield
How MSFT's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
MSFT's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent MSFT dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | $0.91 | $0.91 | 75.65% | Quarterly | $3.64 | Jun 10, 2026 | Aug 20, 2026 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| May 21, 2026 | $0.91 | $0.91 | 84.95% | Quarterly | $3.56 | Mar 10, 2026 | May 21, 2026 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.91 | $0.91 | 87.34% | Quarterly | $3.48 | Dec 2, 2025 | Feb 19, 2026 | Mar 12, 2026 |
| Nov 20, 2025 | $0.91 | $0.91 | 71.07% | Quarterly | $3.40 | Sep 15, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Aug 21, 2025 | $0.83 | $0.83 | 65.84% | Quarterly | $3.32 | Jun 10, 2025 | Aug 21, 2025 | Sep 11, 2025 |
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| May 15, 2025 | $0.83 | $0.83 | 71.50% | Quarterly | $3.24 | Mar 11, 2025 | May 15, 2025 | Jun 12, 2025 |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.83 | $0.83 | 75.94% | Quarterly | $3.16 | Dec 3, 2024 | Feb 20, 2025 | Mar 13, 2025 |
| Nov 21, 2024 | $0.83 | $0.83 | 74.60% | Quarterly | $3.08 | Sep 16, 2024 | Nov 21, 2024 | Dec 12, 2024 |
| Aug 15, 2024 | $0.75 | $0.75 | 71.25% | Quarterly | $3.00 | Jun 12, 2024 | Aug 15, 2024 | Sep 12, 2024 |
| May 15, 2024 | $0.75 | $0.75 | 69.25% | Quarterly | $2.93 | Mar 12, 2024 | May 16, 2024 | Jun 13, 2024 |
| Feb 14, 2024 | $0.75 | $0.75 | 69.84% | Quarterly | $2.86 | Nov 28, 2023 | Feb 15, 2024 | Mar 14, 2024 |
| Nov 15, 2023 | $0.75 | $0.75 | 75.47% | Quarterly | $2.79 | Sep 19, 2023 | Nov 16, 2023 | Dec 14, 2023 |
| Aug 16, 2023 | $0.68 | $0.68 | 84.89% | Quarterly | $2.72 | Jun 13, 2023 | Aug 17, 2023 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| May 17, 2023 | $0.68 | $0.68 | 84.71% | Quarterly | $2.66 | Mar 14, 2023 | May 18, 2023 | Jun 8, 2023 |
| Feb 15, 2023 | $0.68 | $0.68 | 96.54% | Quarterly | $2.60 | Nov 29, 2022 | Feb 16, 2023 | Mar 9, 2023 |
| Nov 16, 2022 | $0.68 | $0.68 | 1.05% | Quarterly | $2.54 | Sep 20, 2022 | Nov 17, 2022 | Dec 8, 2022 |
| Aug 17, 2022 | $0.62 | $0.62 | 85.13% | Quarterly | $2.48 | Jun 14, 2022 | Aug 18, 2022 | Sep 8, 2022 |
| May 18, 2022 | $0.62 | $0.62 | 95.25% | Quarterly | $2.42 | Mar 14, 2022 | May 19, 2022 | Jun 9, 2022 |
| Feb 16, 2022 | $0.62 | $0.62 | 78.80% | Quarterly | $2.36 | Dec 7, 2021 | Feb 17, 2022 | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Nov 17, 2021 | $0.62 | $0.62 | 67.82% | Quarterly | $2.30 | Sep 14, 2021 | Nov 18, 2021 | Dec 9, 2021 |
| Aug 18, 2021 | $0.56 | $0.56 | 77.05% | Quarterly | $2.24 | Jun 16, 2021 | Aug 19, 2021 | Sep 9, 2021 |
| May 19, 2021 | $0.56 | $0.56 | 90.08% | Quarterly | $2.19 | Mar 16, 2021 | May 20, 2021 | Jun 10, 2021 |
| Feb 17, 2021 | $0.56 | $0.56 | 87.63% | Quarterly | $2.14 | Dec 2, 2020 | Feb 18, 2021 | Mar 11, 2021 |
| Nov 18, 2020 | $0.56 | $0.56 | 99.01% | Quarterly | $2.09 | Sep 15, 2020 | Nov 19, 2020 | Dec 10, 2020 |
| Aug 19, 2020 | $0.51 | $0.51 | 97.28% | Quarterly | $2.04 | Jun 17, 2020 | Aug 20, 2020 | Sep 10, 2020 |
| May 20, 2020 | $0.51 | $0.51 | 1.07% | Quarterly | $1.99 | Mar 9, 2020 | May 21, 2020 | Jun 11, 2020 |
| Feb 19, 2020 | $0.51 | $0.51 | 1.04% | Quarterly | $1.94 | Dec 4, 2019 | Feb 20, 2020 | Mar 12, 2020 |
| Nov 20, 2019 | $0.51 | $0.51 | 1.26% | Quarterly | $1.89 | Sep 18, 2019 | Nov 21, 2019 | Dec 12, 2019 |
| Aug 14, 2019 | $0.46 | $0.46 | 1.37% | Quarterly | $1.84 | Jun 12, 2019 | Aug 15, 2019 | Sep 12, 2019 |
| May 15, 2019 | $0.46 | $0.46 | 1.43% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Mar 11, 2019 | May 16, 2019 | Jun 13, 2019 |
| Feb 20, 2019 | $0.46 | $0.46 | 1.64% | Quarterly | $1.76 | Nov 28, 2018 | Feb 21, 2019 | Mar 14, 2019 |
| Nov 14, 2018 | $0.46 | $0.46 | 1.64% | Quarterly | $1.72 | Sep 18, 2018 | Nov 15, 2018 | Dec 13, 2018 |
| Aug 15, 2018 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 1.56% | Quarterly | $1.68 | Jun 13, 2018 | Aug 16, 2018 | Sep 13, 2018 |
| May 16, 2018 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 1.70% | Quarterly | $1.65 | Mar 12, 2018 | May 17, 2018 | Jun 14, 2018 |
| Feb 14, 2018 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 1.78% | Quarterly | $1.62 | Nov 29, 2017 | Feb 15, 2018 | Mar 8, 2018 |
| Nov 15, 2017 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 1.92% | Quarterly | $1.59 | Sep 19, 2017 | Nov 16, 2017 | Dec 14, 2017 |
| Aug 15, 2017 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 2.13% | Quarterly | — | Jun 13, 2017 | Aug 17, 2017 | Sep 14, 2017 |
| May 16, 2017 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 2.20% | Quarterly | — | Mar 15, 2017 | May 18, 2017 | Jun 8, 2017 |
| Feb 14, 2017 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 2.32% | Quarterly | — | Dec 1, 2016 | Feb 16, 2017 | Mar 9, 2017 |
| Nov 15, 2016 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 2.50% | Quarterly | — | Sep 21, 2016 | Nov 17, 2016 | Dec 8, 2016 |
Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.
A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.
Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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MSFT Dividends FAQ
Does MSFT pay a dividend?
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.98 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is MSFT's dividend yield?
MSFT's trailing dividend yield is 0.68%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is MSFT's next dividend?
MSFT's next announced dividend is $0.98 per share with an ex-dividend date of Nov 19, 2026 and payment date of Dec 10, 2026.
When is MSFT's ex-dividend date?
MSFT's next announced ex-dividend date is Nov 19, 2026.
How has MSFT's dividend changed?
MSFT's one-year dividend growth is 9.64% based on comparable covered dividend history.