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

Microsoft's Dividends Paid - Common history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $6.8 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Dividends Paid - Common rose 9.59% year-over-year to $6.8 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $25.3 billion, up 10.39%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $24.1 billion, 10.62% up from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common for Q4 2025 was $6.8 billion at Microsoft, up from $6.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Dividends Paid - Common topped out at $6.8 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $4.2 billion in Q3 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Dividends Paid - Common is $5.1 billion (2022), against an average of $5.3 billion.
  • The largest annual shift saw Dividends Paid - Common increased 8.9% in 2022 before it rose 10.71% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Dividends Paid - Common shows it stood at $4.7 billion in 2021, then increased by 8.9% to $5.1 billion in 2022, then increased by 10.03% to $5.6 billion in 2023, then rose by 10.69% to $6.2 billion in 2024, then increased by 9.59% to $6.8 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MSFT's Dividends Paid - Common are $6.8 billion (Q4 2025), $6.2 billion (Q3 2025), and $6.2 billion (Q2 2025).