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On September 15, 2025, Microsoft (MSFT) declared a 9.6% increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.91 per share. This marks 23 consecutive years of dividend growth for the technology giant.

Microsoft (MSFT) will hike its quarterly dividend by 10.7% to 83 cents per share in 2024. This marks 22 consecutive years of increases. Last year Microsoft hiked its dividend by 10.3%.

In a recent development, software and technology company Microsoft (MSFT) has solidified its position as the largest dividend payer in the United States, outpacing its closest competitors, including Apple and Exxon Mobil. The tech giant's latest dividend announcement (a 10.3% dividend hike, marking 21 consecutive years of dividend growth) reflects a significant increase, further extending its lead in this regard. Microsoft is approaching Dividend Aristocrat status.

Microsoft (MSFT) has declared a $0.75 per share quarterly dividend, up 10.3% from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.68 per share. Last year MSFT hiked its dividend by 9.7%. The dividend yield will jump to 0.9% based on a new annual dividend of $3.00 per share and a stock price of $328 for Microsoft. This marks 21 consecutive years of dividend increases by the technology company. The next Microsoft dividend is payable December 14, 2023, to shareholders of record on November 16, 2023. The ex-dividend date will be November 15, 2023. Microsoft will now pay an estimated $22.3 billion in dividends to shareholders annually. Microsoft Corporation is a technology company. The company develops, licenses, and supports software products, services and devices. The company's products include operating systems; cross-device productivity applications; server applications; business solution applications; desktop and server management tools; software development tools; and video games. Microsoft...

  On September 20, 2022, Microsoft (MSFT) declared a $0.68 per share quarterly dividend, up 9.7% from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share.   Last year   MSFT hiked its dividend by 10.7%. This marks 20 consecutive years of dividend increases by the technology company. The dividend is payable Dec. 8, 2022, to shareholders of record on Nov. 17, 2022. The ex-dividend date will be Nov. 16, 2022. Microsoft Corporation  is a technology company. The company develops, licenses, and supports software products, services and devices. The company's products include operating systems; cross-device productivity applications; server applications; business solution applications; desktop and server management tools; software development tools; and video games. Microsoft also manufactures devices, including PCs, tablets, gaming and entertainment consoles, other intelligent devices, and related accessories.The company offers an array of services, including cloud...

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) will raise its quarterly dividend by 10.7 percent to $0.62 per share in 2021. This comes after a dividend hike of 9.8 percent to 56 cents per share announced by MSFT in 2020 and will mark the 19th consecutive year of annual dividend increases for Microsoft. The next MSFT dividend of $0.62 per share is payable on December 9, 2021, to shareholders of record on November 18, 2021. The next MSFT ex-dividend date will be November 17, 2021. A new annualized dividend rate of $2.48 per share yields 0.83% at at stock price of $300 for Microsoft. The Microsoft board of directors also approved a new share repurchase program authorizing up to $60 billion in share repurchases. The new share repurchase program, which has no expiration date, may be terminated at any time. For Microsoft the average annual dividend hike in the last five years will jump from 9.2 to 9.7 percent. In 2019 the dividend was hiked by double digits for the first time since 2015, when Microsoft annou...

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) will raise its quarterly dividend by 9.8 percent to 56 cents per share in 2020. This comes after a 10.9 percent dividend hike to $0.51 per share announced in 2019 by the technology company. This will mark the 18th consecutive year of annual dividend increases for Microsoft. The new dividend is payable on December 10, 2020, to shareholders of record on November 19, 2020. The ex-dividend date will be November 18, 2020.. A new annualized dividend rate of $2.24 per share yields 1.1% at at stock price of $208.78. Microsoft stock has gained 32.4 percent year-to-date, resulting in a current market cap of $1.55 trillion for the technology company. Our own calculations indicate that Microsoft will now pay an estimated $16.98 billion in dividends annually to its shareholders. This makes the company the biggest dividend payer in the United States, with both AT&T and ExxonMobil paying less than $15 billion in dividends annually. Apple (AAPL) now pays an est...

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) will raise its quarterly dividend by 10.9 percent to $0.51 per share in 2019. This marks the 17th consecutive year of annual dividend increases. The new dividend is payable Dec. 12, 2019, to shareholders of record on Nov. 21, 2019. The ex-dividend date will be Nov. 20, 2019. A new annualized dividend rate of $2.04 per share yields 1.5% at at stock price of $138.52. Microsoft also approved a new share repurchase program authorizing up to $40 billion in share repurchases. The new share repurchase program, which has no expiration date, may be terminated at any time. Microsoft Corporation is a technology company. The company develops, licenses, and supports software products, services and devices. The company's products include operating systems; cross-device productivity applications; server applications; business solution applications; desktop and server management tools; software development tools; and video games. Microsoft also manufactures devic...