Microsoft (MSFT) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)

Microsoft (MSFT) reported Dividends Paid - Common of $6.8 billion for Q1 2026, up 9.52% year-over-year from $6.2 billion in Q1 2025, and little changed sequentially from $6.8 billion in Q4 2025.

Microsoft (MSFT) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Microsoft's Dividends Paid - Common history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $6.8 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Dividends Paid - Common rose 9.52% year-over-year to $6.8 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $25.9 billion (up 10.09% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $24.1 billion, up 10.62% from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common was $6.8 billion for Q1 2026 at Microsoft, roughly flat from $6.8 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 $4.6 billion in Q3 2022.
  • Median Dividends Paid - Common over the past 5 years was $5.6 billion (2023), compared with a mean of $5.6 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Dividends Paid - Common climbed 8.9% in 2022 and gained 10.71% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Dividends Paid - Common stood at $5.1 billion in 2022, then rose by 10.03% to $5.6 billion in 2023, then gained by 10.69% to $6.2 billion in 2024, then climbed by 9.59% to $6.8 billion in 2025, then dropped by 0.09% to $6.8 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MSFT's Dividends Paid - Common at $6.8 billion in Q1 2026, $6.8 billion in Q4 2025, and $6.2 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Dividends Paid - Common (Qtr)
1 ZenaTech 82,806.72 Bn 82,806.72 Bn - -
2 Microsoft 11,085.79 Bn 11,007.52 Bn 56.06 Bn 6.76 Bn
3 Palantir Technologies 1,073.49 Bn 1,065.58 Bn 1.42 Bn -
4 Rezolve Ai 1,009.18 Bn 1,009.17 Bn - -
5 Palo Alto Networks 824.56 Bn 820.03 Bn 1.91 Bn -
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 701.26 Bn 698.20 Bn 993.68 Mn 389,000.00
7 Oracle 514.97 Bn 476.40 Bn 17.12 Bn 1.50 Bn
8 Fortinet 456.74 Bn 453.45 Bn 1.49 Bn -
9 Cloudflare 331.63 Bn 330.68 Bn 455.60 Mn -
10 Synopsys 303.79 Bn 303.67 Bn 1.77 Bn -

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 6.76 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 6.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 6.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 6.76 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 6.17 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 6.17 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 6.17 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 6.17 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 6.17 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 6.17 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 6.17 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 6.17 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 5.57 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 5.57 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 5.57 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 5.57 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 5.57 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 5.57 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 5.57 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 5.57 Bn