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Microsoft (MSFT) Dividends Paid - Common (2016 - 2025)

Microsoft (MSFT) has disclosed Dividends Paid - Common for 17 consecutive years, with $6.8 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Dividends Paid - Common rose 9.59% to $6.8 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $25.3 billion through Dec 2025, up 10.39% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $24.1 billion for FY2025, 10.62% up from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common hit $6.8 billion in Q4 2025 for Microsoft, up from $6.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Dividends Paid - Common ranged from a high of $6.8 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $4.2 billion in Q3 2021.
  • Historically, Dividends Paid - Common has averaged $5.3 billion across 5 years, with a median of $5.1 billion in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Dividends Paid - Common: rose 8.9% in 2022 and later grew 10.71% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Dividends Paid - Common stood at $4.7 billion in 2021, then rose by 8.9% to $5.1 billion in 2022, then rose by 10.03% to $5.6 billion in 2023, then grew by 10.69% to $6.2 billion in 2024, then rose by 9.59% to $6.8 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Dividends Paid - Common for MSFT at $6.8 billion in Q4 2025, $6.2 billion in Q3 2025, and $6.2 billion in Q2 2025.