Microsoft Corporation Dividends
The next dividend date for Microsoft Corporation is August 20, 2026.
A dividend of $0.91 per share is scheduled.
What is a Dividend Date
When we talk about a dividend date, we’re referring specifically to the ex-dividend date.
This is the date on which all stockholders will earn a dividend. Technically, a person needs to be the owner of a share of stock as of the night before the ex-dividend date in order to earn the dividend.
The ex-dividend date is different than the date when the dividend is issued. Although you earn a dividend on the ex-dividend date, that dividend is typically not disbursed to your account until several weeks later.
Most brokerages will automatically credit the dividend to your account once it’s issued.
Historical Dividends for Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)
| 05/21/2026 | 03/10/2026 | 05/21/2026 | 06/11/2026 | $0.91 |
| 02/19/2026 | 12/02/2025 | 02/19/2026 | 03/12/2026 | $0.91 |
| 11/20/2025 | 09/15/2025 | 11/20/2025 | 12/11/2025 | $0.91 |
| 08/21/2025 | 06/10/2025 | 08/21/2025 | 09/11/2025 | $0.83 |
| 05/15/2025 | 03/11/2025 | 05/15/2025 | 06/12/2025 | $0.83 |
| 02/20/2025 | 12/03/2024 | 02/20/2025 | 03/13/2025 | $0.83 |
| 11/21/2024 | 09/16/2024 | 11/21/2024 | 12/12/2024 | $0.83 |
| 08/15/2024 | 06/12/2024 | 08/15/2024 | 09/12/2024 | $0.75 |
| 05/15/2024 | 03/12/2024 | 05/16/2024 | 06/13/2024 | $0.75 |
| 02/14/2024 | 11/28/2023 | 02/15/2024 | 03/14/2024 | $0.75 |
More About Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices, and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers Microsoft 365 commercial, enterprise mobility + security, windows commercial, power BI, exchange, sharepoint, Microsoft teams, security and compliance, and copilot; Microsoft 365 commercial products, such as Windows commercial on-premises and office licensed services; Microsoft 365 consumer products and cloud services, including Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, office licensed on-premises, and other consumer services; LinkedIn; dynamics products and cloud services, such as dynamics 365, cloud-based applications, and on-premises ERP and CRM applications. Its Intelligent Cloud segment provides Server products and cloud services comprising Azure and other cloud services, GitHub, Nuance Healthcare, virtual desktop offerings, and other cloud services; server products, including SQL and windows server, visual studio and system center related client access licenses, and other on-premises offerings; enterprise and partner services, such as enterprise support and nuance professional services, industry solutions, Microsoft partner network, and learning experience. The Personal Computing segment provides windows and devices, such as Windows OEM licensing and devices and surface and PC accessories; gaming services and solutions, such as Xbox hardware, content, and services, first- and third-party content Xbox game pass, subscriptions, and cloud gaming, advertising, and other cloud services; search and news advertising services. It sells its products through OEMs, distributors, and resellers; and online and retail stores. The company has a strategic collaboration with Mayo Clinic, Inc. for the development of a frontier AI model for healthcare; and Global Objects, Inc. to build a retrieval-grounded generative AI world model. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
Owning Microsoft Corporation Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own Microsoft Corporation stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of Microsoft Corporation stock should go down by the amount of the dividend (in addition to any other pressures that market forces have on the price of Microsoft Corporation stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying Microsoft Corporation stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the Microsoft Corporation dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
Owning Microsoft Corporation Options on the Dividend Date
Unlike the stock price, which will normally have an abrupt decrease by the amount of the dividend on the ex-dividend date, option prices typically do not reflect the same phenomenon.
The reason is that in the time leading up to the ex-dividend date, that projected drop in Microsoft Corporation stock price from the dividend is already baked into Microsoft Corporation option prices.
That means the prices of call options that overlap the Microsoft Corporation ex-dividend date typically go down in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
The prices of put options that overlap the Microsoft Corporation ex-dividend date typically go up in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
Owners of Microsoft Corporation call options do not receive the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date. Owners of Microsoft Corporation put options are not responsible to pay the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date.
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