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Microsoft (MSFT) Dividend Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Updated

Microsoft's Dividend Coverage Ratio came in at 5.29 for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 19.9% from 4.41 a year earlier and up 12.5% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Microsoft (MSFT) Dividend Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Microsoft's Dividend Coverage Ratio was 5.06, up 19.6% from FY2025.

  • Dividend Coverage Ratio has increased in each of the last three fiscal years.
  • Going back by fiscal year, Dividend Coverage Ratio was 4.23 in FY2025 (+4.5%), 4.05 in FY2024 (+10.8%), 3.65 in FY2023 (-8.9%) and 4.01 in FY2022 (+8.1%).
  • The five-year range for quarterly Dividend Coverage Ratio is 3.24 (fiscal Q2 2023) to 5.69 (fiscal Q2 2026).
  • Year-over-year, Dividend Coverage Ratio has increased for six consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 12.2% over the last eight quarters.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in Dividend Coverage Ratio over five years came in fiscal Q2 2026 (growth of 45.6%), and the weakest in fiscal Q1 2023 (a decline of 22.1%).
  • Business Quant data shows MSFT's Dividend Coverage Ratio at 4.70 (Q3 2026), 5.69 (Q2 2026) and 4.50 (Q1 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Div. Cover (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 3,932.24 Bn 3,855.40 Bn 60.48 Bn 5.29
2 International Business Machines 219.04 Bn 169.85 Bn 9.91 Bn 1.36
3 Cloudflare 104.70 Bn 88.23 Bn 499.52 Mn -
4 Equinix 97.19 Bn 85.75 Bn 1.40 Bn -
5 Nebius 40.23 Bn 13.66 Bn 448.70 Mn -
6 CoreWeave 33.76 Bn 20.85 Bn 1.70 Bn -
7 Verisign 27.46 Bn 24.67 Bn 384.60 Mn -
8 Nutanix 17.98 Bn 9.67 Bn 651.35 Mn -
9 GoDaddy 13.83 Bn 9.41 Bn 828.20 Mn -
10 Akamai Technologies 12.69 Bn 6.10 Bn 613.75 Mn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 5.29
Mar 31, 2026 4.70
Dec 31, 2025 5.69
Sep 30, 2025 4.50
Jun 30, 2025 4.41
Mar 31, 2025 4.19
Dec 31, 2024 3.91
Sep 30, 2024 4.43
Jun 30, 2024 3.95
Mar 31, 2024 3.94
Dec 31, 2023 3.92
Sep 30, 2023 4.41
Jun 30, 2023 3.97
Mar 31, 2023 3.62
Dec 31, 2022 3.24
Sep 30, 2022 3.80
Jun 30, 2022 3.61
Mar 31, 2022 3.60
Dec 31, 2021 4.03
Sep 30, 2021 4.88
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