Microsoft (MSFT) Dividend Yield (2009 - 2026)
Microsoft's Dividend Yield was 0.71% in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), up 0.07 percentage points from 0.64% a year earlier but down 0.24 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Microsoft (MSFT) Dividend Yield (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Dividend Yield at Microsoft came in at 0.95%, up 0.30 percentage points from FY2025.
- Dividend Yield shows a five-year change of +0.14 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Dividend Yield was 0.65% in FY2025 (unchanged), 0.66% in FY2024 (-0.13 pp), 0.78% in FY2023 (-0.16 pp) and 0.95% in FY2022 (+0.13 pp).
- Quarterly Dividend Yield has moved between 0.64% (fiscal Q1 2026) and 1.07% (fiscal Q1 2023) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Dividend Yield has increased for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.07 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Dividend Yield over five years was fiscal Q2 2023 (a gain of 0.38 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q2 2024 (a drop of 0.32 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, MSFT's Dividend Yield in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 was 0.95% (Q4 2026), 0.94% (Q3 2026) and 0.70% (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,890.86 Bn | 3,826.35 Bn | 62.56 Bn |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 233.55 Bn | 188.83 Bn | 9.71 Bn |
| 3 | Cloudflare | 109.18 Bn | 91.62 Bn | 557.23 Mn |
| 4 | Equinix | 104.31 Bn | 92.20 Bn | 1.31 Bn |
| 5 | CoreWeave | 29.43 Bn | 14.28 Bn | 2.48 Bn |
| 6 | Nebius | 29.32 Bn | 122.11 Mn | 761.10 Mn |
| 7 | Verisign | 28.11 Bn | 25.46 Bn | 393.20 Mn |
| 8 | Nutanix | 16.34 Bn | 8.02 Bn | 651.35 Mn |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 13.97 Bn | 9.35 Bn | 843.00 Mn |
| 10 | Akamai Technologies | 12.30 Bn | 3.31 Bn | 617.27 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 0.71% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.95% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.94% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.70% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.64% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.65% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.84% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.73% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.70% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.66% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.68% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.74% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.86% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.78% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.90% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.06% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.07% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.95% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.77% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.69% |
API Access
Microsoft Dividend Yield API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=MSFT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividend-yield", "ticker": "MSFT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=MSFT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();