Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Dividends
Dividend Yield and Dividend History Highlights
- MSFT has an EBITDA to net debt ratio of 76,965,000,000; for context, that's better than 99.65% stocks in our set (note that its net debt is negative, meaning it has more cash than debt).
- As for stocks whose price is uncorrelated with MSFT's price and thus may be suitable peers for a diversified dividend portfolio, check out the following: ODC, UGP, OLLI, FTI and CEA.
MSFT Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model
Current Price | DDM Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
$410.37 | $50.15 | -84.1% |
The Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a valuation model that attempts to determine a fair share price for a stock, based on the dividend it provides in comparison to several company-specific metrics indicative of the riskiness of the stock and the financial health of the company. In the case of MSFT, the DDM model, as implemented by StockNews, implies a negative return of 84.1% relative to its current price. To help understand and contextualize the model's evaluation of MSFT, investors may wish to consider are:
- Microsoft Corp's market cap of $2 trillion US dollars puts it in the mega-sized market cap class; amongst this group of stocks, its equity discount rate is lower than only 10% of them.
- Amongst its dividend-issuing peers in the mega-sized market cap category, MSFT has a beta lower than only 10% of them.
- Regarding its relative worth based on the dividend discount model, MSFT's provides a return of -84.1% based on the forecast of the dividend discount model we used relative to its current share price; this is a better return than 9.31% of all stocks we measured with our dividend discount model.
MSFT Dividend History
Ex-Dividend Date | Type | Payout Amount | Change |
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2024-08-15 | Dividend | $0.75 | -- |
2024-05-15 | Dividend | $0.75 | -- |
2024-02-14 | Dividend | $0.75 | -- |
2023-11-15 | Dividend | $0.75 | +10.29% |
2023-08-16 | Dividend | $0.68 | -- |
2023-05-17 | Dividend | $0.68 | -- |
2023-02-15 | Dividend | $0.68 | -- |
2022-11-16 | Dividend | $0.68 | +9.68% |
2022-08-17 | Dividend | $0.62 | -- |
2022-05-18 | Dividend | $0.62 | -- |
2022-02-16 | Dividend | $0.62 | -- |
2021-11-17 | Dividend | $0.62 | +10.71% |
2021-08-18 | Dividend | $0.56 | -- |
2021-05-19 | Dividend | $0.56 | -- |
2021-02-17 | Dividend | $0.56 | -- |
2020-11-18 | Dividend | $0.56 | +9.80% |
2020-08-19 | Dividend | $0.51 | -- |
2020-05-20 | Dividend | $0.51 | -- |
2020-02-19 | Dividend | $0.51 | -- |
2019-11-20 | Dividend | $0.51 | +10.87% |
2019-08-14 | Dividend | $0.46 | -- |
2019-05-15 | Dividend | $0.46 | -- |
2019-02-20 | Dividend | $0.46 | -- |
2018-11-14 | Dividend | $0.46 | +9.52% |
2018-08-15 | Dividend | $0.42 | -- |
2018-05-16 | Dividend | $0.42 | -- |
2018-02-14 | Dividend | $0.42 | -- |
2017-11-15 | Dividend | $0.42 | +7.69% |
2017-08-15 | Dividend | $0.39 | -- |
2017-05-16 | Dividend | $0.39 | -- |
2017-02-14 | Dividend | $0.39 | -- |
2016-11-15 | Dividend | $0.39 | +8.33% |
2016-08-16 | Dividend | $0.36 | -- |
2016-05-17 | Dividend | $0.36 | -- |
2016-02-16 | Dividend | $0.36 | -- |
2015-11-17 | Dividend | $0.36 | +16.13% |
2015-08-18 | Dividend | $0.31 | -- |
2015-05-19 | Dividend | $0.31 | -- |
2015-02-17 | Dividend | $0.31 | -- |
2014-11-18 | Dividend | $0.31 | +10.71% |
2014-08-19 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
2014-05-13 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
2014-02-18 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
2013-11-19 | Dividend | $0.28 | +21.74% |
2013-08-13 | Dividend | $0.23 | -- |
2013-05-14 | Dividend | $0.23 | -- |
2013-02-19 | Dividend | $0.23 | -- |
2012-11-13 | Dividend | $0.23 | +15.00% |
2012-08-14 | Dividend | $0.20 | -- |
2012-05-15 | Dividend | $0.20 | -- |
2012-02-14 | Dividend | $0.20 | -- |
2011-11-15 | Dividend | $0.20 | +25.00% |
2011-08-16 | Dividend | $0.16 | -- |
2011-05-17 | Dividend | $0.16 | -- |
2011-02-15 | Dividend | $0.16 | -- |
2010-11-16 | Dividend | $0.16 | +23.08% |
2010-08-17 | Dividend | $0.13 | -- |
2010-05-18 | Dividend | $0.13 | -- |
2010-02-16 | Dividend | $0.13 | -- |
2009-11-17 | Dividend | $0.13 | -- |
2009-08-18 | Dividend | $0.13 | -- |
2009-05-19 | Dividend | $0.13 | -- |
2009-02-17 | Dividend | $0.13 | -- |
2008-11-18 | Dividend | $0.13 | +18.18% |
2008-08-19 | Dividend | $0.11 | -- |
2008-05-13 | Dividend | $0.11 | -- |
2008-02-19 | Dividend | $0.11 | -- |
2007-11-13 | Dividend | $0.11 | +10.00% |
2007-08-14 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
2007-05-15 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
2007-02-13 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
2006-11-14 | Dividend | $0.10 | +11.11% |
2006-08-15 | Dividend | $0.09 | -- |
2006-05-15 | Dividend | $0.09 | -- |
2006-02-15 | Dividend | $0.09 | +12.50% |
2005-11-15 | Dividend | $0.08 | -- |
2005-08-15 | Dividend | $0.08 | -- |
2005-05-16 | Dividend | $0.08 | -- |
2005-02-15 | Dividend | $0.08 | -97.40% |
2004-11-15 | Dividend | $3.08 | +3,750.00% |
2004-08-23 | Dividend | $0.08 | -50.00% |
2003-10-15 | Dividend | $0.16 | +100.00% |
2003-02-19 | Dividend | $0.08 | -- |
2003-02-18 | Split | ||
1999-03-29 | Split | ||
1998-02-23 | Split | ||
1996-12-09 | Split |
MSFT Dividends vs. Peers
MSFT's dividend yield currently ranks #59 of 77 vs. its peers in the Software - Business category.
Looking for More Information on MSFT dividends?
Want to see what other sources are saying about Microsoft Corp's dividends? Try the links below:Microsoft Corp Common Stock (MSFT) Dividend History | Nasdaq
Dividend History for Microsoft Corp (MSFT) - Dividend Investor
Microsoft Corp (MSFT) Dividend History - Seeking Alpha