Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Increases Dividend to $0.91 Per Share

Key Points

• Microsoft Corporation has announced a quarterly dividend of $0.91 per share, which marks a 9.6% increase from the previous dividend of $0.83.
• Microsoft maintains a payout ratio of 21.9%, indicating its dividend is well-supported by earnings, with analysts projecting earnings of $14.70 per share for the upcoming year.
• Microsoft's stock has shown significant performance, trading at $515.36 recently, with a market capitalization of $3.83 trillion.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 15th, RTT News reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be paid a dividend of 0.91 per share by the software giant on Thursday, December 11th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. This is a 9.6% increase from Microsoft's previous quarterly dividend of $0.83.

Microsoft has a payout ratio of 21.9% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities research analysts expect Microsoft to earn $14.70 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $3.32 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 22.6%.

Microsoft Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of NASDAQ:MSFT traded down $1.57 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $508.45. The company's stock had a trading volume of 18,867,026 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,072,316. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $511.42 and a 200-day moving average of $457.02. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.78 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.28, a PEG ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. Microsoft has a 12-month low of $344.79 and a 12-month high of $555.45.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.35 by $0.30. Microsoft had a net margin of 36.15% and a return on equity of 32.44%. The firm had revenue of $76.44 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.79 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.95 EPS. The company's revenue was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Microsoft will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current year.

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services.