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MSI Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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MSI Dividend answer
MSI (MSI) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 0.98%, or $4.84 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 0.98%, from $4.84 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $1.21 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Sep 16, 2026. Payment date: Oct 15, 2026. Next dividend status: not announced.
MSI 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 MSI Dividend Date
When MSI next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next MSI dividend
MSI's next dividend has not yet been announced. The latest completed dividend was $1.21 per share. Data last checked: Oct 5, 2026.
Latest MSI Dividend Dates
Review the latest dividend, yield, available trailing-year income, and coverage context before treating income as durable.
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MSI 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.
MSI Annual Dividend History
MSI Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $1.21, event yield 1.03%.
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
- 11.24%
- Cohort rank
- #72
- Cohort standing
- Top quartile
- Technology rank
- #16
- 2020 regular DPS
- $2.630
- 2025 regular DPS
- $4.480
- Absolute change
- $1.850
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
MSI's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 11.24% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #72 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.
MSI Dividend Yield
How MSI's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
MSI'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 MSI dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | $1.21 | $1.21 | 1.03% | Quarterly | $4.84 | Aug 19, 2026 | Sep 16, 2026 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Jun 17, 2026 | $1.21 | $1.21 | 1.18% | Quarterly | $4.72 | May 18, 2026 | Jun 17, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | $1.21 | $1.21 | 1.02% | Quarterly | $4.60 | Feb 25, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $1.21 | $1.21 | 1.23% | Quarterly | $4.48 | Nov 18, 2025 | Dec 15, 2025 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $1.09 | $1.09 | 90.38% | Quarterly | $4.36 | Aug 25, 2025 | Sep 15, 2025 | Oct 15, 2025 |
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| Jun 13, 2025 | $1.09 | $1.09 | 1.04% | Quarterly | $4.25 | May 15, 2025 | Jun 13, 2025 | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $1.09 | $1.09 | 99.05% | Quarterly | $4.14 | Feb 25, 2025 | Mar 14, 2025 | Apr 15, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $1.09 | $1.09 | 85.78% | Quarterly | $4.03 | Nov 14, 2024 | Dec 13, 2024 | Jan 15, 2025 |
| Sep 13, 2024 | $0.98 | $0.98 | 88.74% | Quarterly | $3.92 | Aug 26, 2024 | Sep 13, 2024 | Oct 15, 2024 |
| Jun 14, 2024 | $0.98 | $0.98 | 1.02% | Quarterly | $3.82 | May 14, 2024 | Jun 14, 2024 | Jul 15, 2024 |
| Mar 14, 2024 | $0.98 | $0.98 | 1.09% | Quarterly | $3.72 | Feb 21, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 | Apr 15, 2024 |
| Dec 14, 2023 | $0.98 | $0.98 | 1.15% | Quarterly | $3.62 | Nov 16, 2023 | Dec 15, 2023 | Jan 12, 2024 |
| Sep 14, 2023 | $0.88 | $0.88 | 1.24% | Quarterly | $3.52 | Aug 31, 2023 | Sep 15, 2023 | Oct 13, 2023 |
| Jun 14, 2023 | $0.88 | $0.88 | 1.23% | Quarterly | $3.43 | May 16, 2023 | Jun 15, 2023 | Jul 14, 2023 |
| Mar 14, 2023 | $0.88 | $0.88 | 1.25% | Quarterly | $3.34 | Feb 24, 2023 | Mar 15, 2023 | Apr 14, 2023 |
| Dec 14, 2022 | $0.88 | $0.88 | 1.22% | Quarterly | $3.25 | Nov 17, 2022 | Dec 15, 2022 | Jan 13, 2023 |
| Sep 14, 2022 | $0.79 | $0.79 | 1.30% | Quarterly | $3.16 | Aug 29, 2022 | Sep 15, 2022 | Oct 14, 2022 |
| Jun 14, 2022 | $0.79 | $0.79 | 1.51% | Quarterly | $3.08 | May 17, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | Jul 15, 2022 |
| Mar 14, 2022 | $0.79 | $0.79 | 1.37% | Quarterly | $3.00 | Feb 15, 2022 | Mar 15, 2022 | Apr 14, 2022 |
| Dec 14, 2021 | $0.79 | $0.79 | 1.13% | Quarterly | $2.92 | Nov 18, 2021 | Dec 15, 2021 | Jan 14, 2022 |
| Sep 14, 2021 | $0.71 | $0.71 | 1.18% | Quarterly | $2.84 | Aug 26, 2021 | Sep 15, 2021 | Oct 15, 2021 |
| Jun 14, 2021 | $0.71 | $0.71 | 1.31% | Quarterly | $2.77 | May 18, 2021 | Jun 15, 2021 | Jul 15, 2021 |
| Mar 12, 2021 | $0.71 | $0.71 | 1.51% | Quarterly | $2.70 | Feb 11, 2021 | Mar 15, 2021 | Apr 15, 2021 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | $0.71 | $0.71 | 1.59% | Quarterly | $2.63 | Nov 19, 2020 | Dec 15, 2020 | Jan 15, 2021 |
| Sep 14, 2020 | $0.64 | $0.64 | 1.64% | Quarterly | $2.56 | Aug 27, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 |
| Jun 12, 2020 | $0.64 | $0.64 | 1.77% | Quarterly | $2.49 | May 11, 2020 | Jun 15, 2020 | Jul 15, 2020 |
| Mar 12, 2020 | $0.64 | $0.64 | 1.71% | Quarterly | $2.42 | Feb 13, 2020 | Mar 13, 2020 | Apr 15, 2020 |
| Dec 12, 2019 | $0.64 | $0.64 | 1.45% | Quarterly | $2.35 | Nov 14, 2019 | Dec 13, 2019 | Jan 15, 2020 |
| Sep 12, 2019 | $0.57 | $0.57 | 1.37% | Quarterly | $2.28 | Aug 29, 2019 | Sep 13, 2019 | Oct 15, 2019 |
| Jun 13, 2019 | $0.57 | $0.57 | 1.39% | Quarterly | $2.23 | May 13, 2019 | Jun 14, 2019 | Jul 15, 2019 |
| Mar 14, 2019 | $0.57 | $0.57 | 1.56% | Quarterly | $2.18 | Feb 14, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 | Apr 15, 2019 |
| Dec 13, 2018 | $0.57 | $0.57 | 1.65% | Quarterly | $2.13 | Nov 15, 2018 | Dec 14, 2018 | Jan 15, 2019 |
| Sep 13, 2018 | $0.52 | $0.52 | 1.65% | Quarterly | $2.08 | Aug 28, 2018 | Sep 14, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 |
| Jun 14, 2018 | $0.52 | $0.52 | 1.78% | Quarterly | $2.03 | May 15, 2018 | Jun 15, 2018 | Jul 13, 2018 |
| Mar 14, 2018 | $0.52 | $0.52 | 1.82% | Quarterly | $1.98 | Feb 15, 2018 | Mar 15, 2018 | Apr 13, 2018 |
| Dec 14, 2017 | $0.52 | $0.52 | 2.09% | Quarterly | $1.93 | Nov 2, 2017 | Dec 15, 2017 | Jan 12, 2018 |
| Sep 14, 2017 | $0.47 | $0.47 | 2.22% | Quarterly | $1.88 | Aug 22, 2017 | Sep 15, 2017 | Oct 13, 2017 |
| Jun 13, 2017 | $0.47 | $0.47 | 2.12% | Quarterly | — | May 16, 2017 | Jun 15, 2017 | Jul 14, 2017 |
| Mar 13, 2017 | $0.47 | $0.47 | 2.16% | Quarterly | — | Feb 16, 2017 | Mar 15, 2017 | Apr 14, 2017 |
| Dec 13, 2016 | $0.47 | $0.47 | 2.04% | Quarterly | — | Nov 3, 2016 | Dec 15, 2016 | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Sep 13, 2016 | $0.41 | $0.41 | 2.16% | Quarterly | — | Aug 18, 2016 | Sep 15, 2016 | Oct 14, 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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MSI Dividends FAQ
Does MSI pay a dividend?
MSI (MSI) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $1.21 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is MSI's dividend yield?
MSI's trailing dividend yield is 0.98%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is MSI's next dividend?
MSI's next dividend has not been announced in the current AlgovestIQ snapshot. The latest completed dividend row remains available in the history table when covered data exists.
When is MSI's ex-dividend date?
MSI's latest covered ex-dividend date is Sep 16, 2026. Future ex-dividend dates are shown only when announced or explicitly projected.
How has MSI's dividend changed?
MSI's one-year dividend growth is 11.01% based on comparable covered dividend history.