Dividends

MSFTMicrosoft Corporation

StockNasdaqVerenigde StatenTechnologyEU 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 (Verenigde Staten)
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: Verenigde Staten (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 nov 2026
Payment date
10 dec 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 $ 3,402016: $ 0,392017: $ 1,592018: $ 1,722019: $ 1,892020: $ 2,092021: $ 2,302022: $ 2,542023: $ 2,792024: $ 3,082025: $ 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 nov 202610 dec 2026$ 0,98RegularAnnounced1
20 aug 202611 sep 2026$ 0,91RegularVerified3
21 mei 202615 jun 2026$ 0,91RegularVerified3
19 feb 202616 mrt 2026$ 0,91RegularVerified3

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 →