Microsoft Raises Dividend By 11%

In Friday’s CWS Market Review, I wrote:

Be on the lookout for a dividend increase soon from Microsoft ($MSFT). The software giant isn’t normally thought of as a dividend stock, but they’ve been working to change that. In the last four years, Microsoft has increased its dividend by 115%. The quarterly payout is currently 28 cents per share. I think MSFT will raise it to 31 cents per share.

I was right. After the bell, Microsoft ($MSFT) raised their quarterly dividend to 31 cents per share. That’s an increase of 10.7%. Over the last five years, MSFT has raised its dividend by 138%. The new dividend works out to $1.24 for the year. Going by today’s close and the new dividend, Microsoft now yields 2.65%.

Posted by on September 16th, 2014 at 7:40 pm


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