Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) To Go Ex-Dividend on November 20th

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 15th, RTT News reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be given a dividend of 0.91 per share by the software giant on Thursday, December 11th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 20th. This is a 9.6% increase from Microsoft’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83.

Microsoft has raised its dividend payment by an average of 0.1%annually over the last three years and has increased its dividend annually for the last 23 consecutive years. Microsoft has a dividend payout ratio of 24.1% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect Microsoft to earn $14.70 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $3.64 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 24.8%.

Microsoft Stock Performance

Shares of MSFT stock opened at $507.49 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $514.45 and its 200 day moving average is $497.92. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.77 trillion, a P/E ratio of 36.09, a PEG ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 1.02. Microsoft has a 12 month low of $344.79 and a 12 month high of $555.45. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The software giant reported $4.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.65 by $0.48. Microsoft had a net margin of 35.71% and a return on equity of 33.47%. The business had revenue of $77.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $75.49 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.30 EPS. Microsoft’s revenue was up 18.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Microsoft has set its Q2 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Microsoft will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Microsoft Company Profile

Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services.