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

Microsoft's (MSFT) quarterly Dividends Paid - Common came in at $6.8 billion in Q1 2026, up 9.52% year-on-year from $6.2 billion in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $6.8 billion in Q4 2025.

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

Microsoft has disclosed Dividends Paid - Common across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $6.8 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Dividends Paid - Common for Q1 2026 came in at $6.8 billion, up 9.52% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $25.9 billion (up 10.09% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $24.1 billion, up 10.62% from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common came in at $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.
  • The 5-year median for Dividends Paid - Common is $5.6 billion (2023), against an average of $5.6 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Dividends Paid - Common grew 8.9% in 2022 and advanced 10.71% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Microsoft's Dividends Paid - Common stood at $5.1 billion in 2022, then gained by 10.03% to $5.6 billion in 2023, then advanced by 10.69% to $6.2 billion in 2024, then grew by 9.59% to $6.8 billion in 2025, then declined by 0.09% to $6.8 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Dividends Paid - Common figures came in at $6.8 billion (Q1 2026), $6.8 billion (Q4 2025), and $6.2 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Dividends Paid - Common (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 6.76 Bn
2 Alarum Technologies 1,040.72 Bn 1,026.57 Bn 7.23 Mn -
3 Oracle 590.32 Bn 551.74 Bn 15.14 Bn 1.44 Bn
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn -
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn -
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn 389,000.00
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn -
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn -
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn -
10 CoreWeave 51.85 Bn 49.58 Bn 2.01 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