Microsoft Corporation: dividend
Price
$523.88
November 13, 2026Market cap $3.89T
What Ploutos Investor adds for Microsoft
Part of Ploutos Investor, €9.99 a month
- The full history: 17 fiscal years, from FY2010
- The estimated fair value, with its range and its certainty
- The full analysis, 18 a month
- More questions to the chat on its filings
- Excel with every year
- An email when it reports, changes its dividend or an officer buys
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Yield
0.69%
$3.64 per share over the last 12 months, at a price of $523.88.
Forward yield0.69%($0.91 a quarter)
- FCF coverThe year's free cash flow was 2.2 times the dividend it paid.
- 2.2x
- Payout19% of the last 12 months' earnings went to the dividend.
- 19%
- No cutWithout a cut since 2010, the first year of our figures: the run may be longer.
- 16+
- 5-year growthAverage yearly growth over the last five years.
- +10.2%
- Debt / EBITDAMoney that goes to interest does not go to the dividend.
- 0.2x
The dividend year by year
What it paid per share each fiscal year, how much that changed, and the yield it gave at the price at year end.
- FY2026Dividend per share$3.64
- FY2025Dividend per share$3.32
- FY2024Dividend per share$3.00
| Year | Dividend per share | Change | Price | Yield then | As % of earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $3.64 | +9.6% | $373.02 | 0.98% | 20% |
| FY2025 | $3.32 | +10.7% | $497.41 | 0.67% | 24% |
| FY2024 | $3.00 | – | $446.95 | 0.67% | 25% |
Each fiscal year's dividend as the company states it in its filings, adjusted for stock splits. Special dividends count in the year they were paid.
The dividend year by year
MSFT's dividend per share each fiscal year, from FY2010 to FY2023, 14 more fiscal years
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Everything it returns to shareholders
The dividend is one way. The other is buybacks, which reduce the number of shares.
Dividend yield
0.69%
$6.90 a year per $1,000 of shares
Buybacks
0.57%
$5.70 a year per $1,000 of shares
The share count fell by 0.1% over the year.
Total returned
1.26%
$12.60 a year per $1,000 of shares
dividend 55%buybacks 45%
MSFT beside the other dividend payers
Where it stands among this week's 968 dividend payers, and in the Technology sector. The dot is the company, the white line the median.
Above 14% of the payers · median 2.03%
In Technology: above 36%, median 1.01%.
Above 31% of the payers · median 3.6x
In Technology: above 15%, median 4.2x.
Above 75% of the payers · median +6.3%
In Technology: above 63%, median +7.8%.
Above 23% of the payers · median 35%
In Technology: above 37%, median 28%.
The full analysis
What do Microsoft's filings show?
The dividend is one part of Microsoft's picture. The full Ploutos AI analysis reads everything the company has filed and shows what stands behind it, with a source for every figure.
- A fair value range built from the filings
- Earnings quality, debt and red flags
- Insider and institutional moves
- The case for and the case against
What is MSFT's dividend yield?
Microsoft paid $3.64 per share over the last 12 months. At a price of $523.88, that is a yield of 0.69%.
Does MSFT cover its dividend with the cash it makes?
Yes, over the last year. Microsoft's free cash flow was 2.2 times the dividend it paid.
Has MSFT ever cut its dividend?
Microsoft has not cut its dividend for 16+ years, in the 17 years of figures we hold.
How much has MSFT's dividend grown?
Microsoft's dividend per share changed by +10.2% a year on average over the last five years.
Related pages
The other pages on US stocks, free to read. On the company pages, the last three fiscal years are open to everyone, five with a free account, and every year with Ploutos Investor.
The figures come from the company's SEC filings and the share price, and describe what it has reported. They are not a score or a fair value.