Dividends

MSFTMicrosoft Corporation

StockNasdaqالولايات المتحدةTechnologyEU retail: available
9/10
Trailing 12-month yieldi
0.68%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
0.73%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
3.64 $
Payments per year
4
Dividend safetyi
95 / 100
Very safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
0.68% → 0.56%
Forward
0.73% → 0.60%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (الولايات المتحدة)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: الولايات المتحدة (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 0.56%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

Ex-dividend date
19 نوفمبر 2026
Payment date
10 ديسمبر 2026
Amount per share
0.98 $
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+10.2%
Years of dividend growth
23
Years without a cut
23
Payout ratio (earnings)
20%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
39%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 0.39 $, 2017 1.59 $, 2018 1.72 $, 2019 1.89 $, 2020 2.09 $, 2021 2.30 $, 2022 2.54 $, 2023 2.79 $, 2024 3.08 $, 2025 3.40 $2016: 0.39 $2017: 1.59 $2018: 1.72 $2019: 1.89 $2020: 2.09 $2021: 2.30 $2022: 2.54 $2023: 2.79 $2024: 3.08 $2025: 3.40 $

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Ex-dividend datePayment dateAmount per shareTypeStatusFeeds
19 نوفمبر 202610 ديسمبر 20260.98 $RegularAnnounced1
20 أغسطس 202611 سبتمبر 20260.91 $RegularVerified3
21 مايو 202615 يونيو 20260.91 $RegularVerified3
19 فبراير 202616 مارس 20260.91 $RegularVerified3

Each payment is checked against up to 3 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.

A high yield is not a high return: payouts can come from your own capital and can be cut. Dividend calculator →